Heh, good luck stripping those wheels. I believe there was a post in the archives about the pain and agony one person went through to strip the finish off just one wheel. Basically I believe they were powdercoated from the factory or at least the finish is similar in toughness (probably used due to the complaints over the peeling clearcoat on previous factory alloy wheels)
Now the wheel he did get stripped and polished looked really very nice but just plan on being the next Karate kid after doing 4 wheels :) Good luck! Stefan Mullikin Portland, OR Co-Founder PNW-SDAC http://www.pnw-sdac.org 1980 Fiat X-1/9 1984 Dodge Rampage 2.2 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z 1987 Shelby CSX #106 1988 Shelby CSX-T #3 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Arroyo Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 2:28 PM To: shelby-dodge@imagicomm.com Subject: SD> 16" CS Pumper cleanup choices, need advice Hi peeps. Well the shop is inserting the engine back into the Daytona Shelby today (took forever). Engine looks amazing. Painted shiny red and I'll repaint this faded red Daytona the same as the engine. Anyways I located a replacement CS pumper centercap. I have been thinking about what to do with these wheels. I don't want to get different wheels. I actually like the pumpers, and think they are part of the Daytona Shelby's "styling". But mine are getting kinda dingy. So here are the options I've been considering: 1. Polishing. How hard is it to polish pumpers? I know lots of you have polished the Pizza, Swiss Cheese, Centurian, and Craw wheels. You guys think the Pumper style wheels can get the same treatment? What did you use for compounds, what kinds of tools, etc.? And are the centercaps aluminum like the wheels? Can I get them mirror smooth? Anyone done this with a pumper? Pics? 2. Chroming. Ok, this is a no-brainer. They dip the wheel. Then they dip the cap. How about that texture on the wheel? Should it be polshed smooth first? Has anyone chromed a pumper and seen how the centercap came out? Pics? 3. Powdercoating. I am thinking that silvertone or maybe even white. Wasn't the OEM for my car a silvertone coat of some kind over the aluminum anyways? I saw a Shadow turbo with poumpers painted white from the factory (or perhaps it was also powdercoating). Looked nice. I'm thinking that qhite powdercoated 16" Pumpers will look slick on a freshly painted red Daytona Shelby. I'm not sure how the CS logo will look covered with powdercoat. 4. ???? Alternatives? Share with me your ideas! :) -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------- ------ Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
