[gtokev]

I spent a while today giving my Torq Thrust copy wheels the "machined" look on the outer rim lips. I jacked up the GTO and put the rim on the back and let it spin at idle while I held 80 grit emory paper against it. It turned out pretty good except for a few deep marks which will never come out.

How can I protect the finish on this bare aluminum? Aluminum polish? Clear coat paint?

I would like to see pic of those Ansens, copper.

[Repoman]

Originally Posted by gtokev

I spent a while today giving my Torq Thrust copy wheels the "machined" look on the outer rim lips. I jacked up the GTO and put the rim on the back and let it spin at idle while I held 80 grit emory paper against it. It turned out pretty good except for a few deep marks which will never come out.

How can I protect the finish on this bare aluminum? Aluminum polish? Clear coat paint?

I would like to see pic of those Ansens, copper.

You're going to get corrosion in those deep scratches. Do it again with some 400 or 800. Gibbs brand is the best protectant for wheels. Get it from Dave Mann @ http://www.roadsters.com/welcome/, again, he is the best resource for care + info on early wheels.

[Ken K]

Since the internet there is not much you really need to know except how to identify the wheels. The dealers are not going to tell you everything. As a few people already found out, they won't even tell you what to use to paint the wheels. Now anybody can snag a set of wheels off of Ebay. Before the internet you had to get the wheels where ever you could find them and then match them up. It use to be if the wheels were not made by American Racing, nobody would buy them, that has changed. There are people with over 1000 of the vintage wheels in their garage. There are some high profile people on the net but they are not the ones who have all the wheels.