Painting Fuchs 2.0's

[Knoxxy]

Hi All,
I thought I would share a little bit of work I did this morning.
My square had 914 Fuchs on it when I bought it & I've never loved them.



I don't like the high gloss finish, so I decided to take a Scotch Pad to them to dull them down.


I went over them once with a course pad, then with a medium pad.
I tried to use a circular motion to avoid deep scratches.
Pretty pleased with the outcome.


Before:


After:


A little hard to see in the light, but pretty good for an hours work:


Knoxxy.

[Lint]

Hi
Love the square
Just wondering how much you have lowered it at the back?

[Knoxxy]

An update on the Fuch's.
Still not loving them, so going for another approach.

I am going for a brushed effect on the rims & the rest in semi gloss black.
I'm using Würth semi gloss black paint, as from a bit of research this is meant to be as close as you can get to the original Porsche paint:

[Knoxxy]

I scuffed the alloy & paint with Scotch pads & masked the rims:



3 coats of acid etch primer drying overnight:



More to follow.
Knoxxy

[kinga]

Think you would have been better off swapping them for my steels, beauty rings & hub caps in the first place, you know that's what u will end up doing lol

[Knoxxy]

I think you're probably right.
All good fun though!

Knoxxy.

[Knoxxy]

[jmarkha1]

much better...

[Knoxxy]

Finished today, but too dark for decent full car pics, but here's the finished wheel.

[Knoxxy]

Happy with those!
And on the car: