A question for the Fuch Wheel Gurus

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 2 Feb 2007, 9:16 pm

#569404

Are the black centres on the later 16" Fuch Wheels painted or anodised?

I'm talking about what the factory did originally.

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Brendan

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fuch Slammed & Awesome Dubber

94 posts · joined Sep 2005 · 2 Feb 2007, 9:43 pm

#569408

I was under the impression that it was anodised as getting it off seems a lot more difficult than normal paint removal.

Unity-28 TOO LOW? NEVER

1,742 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 2 Feb 2007, 10:13 pm

#569418

I could have sworn, that on my 15s that the black was painted, as it came off pretty easy. I think they were painted over the anodising of the alloy.

Nectar

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1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 3 Feb 2007, 7:53 am

#569469

I know that the black centre caps are anodised as Ihave had to strip this off before.

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hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 3 Feb 2007, 8:01 am

#569473

some where anodised, some powder coated, not sure which ones tho.................a guy in the US told me that when he begins the refinishing process, sometimes the chemical stripper does nothing_indicating anodising

[ Edited on 3-2-07 by dumone ]

Hertz www.melburgluft.com

1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 3 Feb 2007, 8:53 am

#569485

powder coat

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Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 3 Feb 2007, 9:07 am

#569490

Hertz wrote:powder coat

Is that the definitive answer ??

Thanks guys for your responses.

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Brendan

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greenman Officially Full-On Dubber

270 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 3 Feb 2007, 10:11 am

#569501

My 15s were undercoated with a light grey after I took off the black factory colour. The Wheel polisher wasn't too happy with me when I asked him to pay specific attention around the area of the wheel studs...