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Read the feature on the MCE-restored '89 930 Press Car in 911&Porsche World Mag #349
Tel: 07796-372-239 or 01295-710-374
Tel: 07796-372-239 or 01295-710-374
Fuchs Wheel Restoration
At MCE Porsche we can offer a complete in-house Fuchs restoration service for MCE-maintained vehicles or as part of the scope of a wider restoration project being undertaken in our workshops. We take aged original Fuchs rims and restore them back to original condition, using the same polishing, anodising and paint finshes as applied in-period, resulting in a finished wheel restored to concours-correct standards.
We can restore wheels from the '60's, '70's and '80's eras, spanning the usual range of 'aged' and 'tired' conditions. If the wheels are heavily aged or previously coated with paint, laquer or chrome it is only during the stripping process that the true condition of the original aluminium can be revealed.
Once the wheels are stripped, we can asses them in detail, then advise on what is achievable.
Wheels at clear anodising stage
All anodising is done to our own developed processes to exactly match the clear finish of an original wheelset.
Polish detail
Anodising bath
Post-anodising, the wheels are then treated to robust 2K paint in the correct black finish between the petals as per original factory pattern, unique and different for 4.5J, 5.5J or 6J x 15" deep-six or flat-six wheels, and different again for the later generation 16" wheel series.
The hidden rear and inner faces of the wheels are not neglected either, receiving the same exacting standard of restoration as the more visible outer face, including fully black finished inner rim with bare metal centre area in order to correctly seat the wheel against the hub.
Example of a completed 1967 4.5J x 15" one-year-only 911S wheelset
Example of a completed 1973 6J x 15" 'Flat Six' wheelset
Example of a completed 1973 Carrera 2.7RS 6J & 7J x 15" wheelset
Note that the optional RS finish on our wheels is not achieved by media blasting the unpolished areas, as seen on some RS reproductions and applied by other wheel restorers. In our experience this produces a rough, matt finish that is hard to clean, so we offer what is in our view a more accurate replication of the original surface finish of the bare aluminium on a genuine 2.7RS wheel.
Detail showing the 'bare tooled, unpolished' look of the 2.7RS Fuchs inner rim, slightly less bright-polished than the outer rim yet still smooth and easily wiped clean, therefore easier to maintain and more characteristic of the original 2.7RS and other race-prepared Fuchs in-perod.
Example of a completed 1989 930 Turbo 7J & 9J x 16" wheelset in satin black as standard
Satin black finish applied across the entire central petal area, characteristic of the appearance of all standard factory Fuchs used on impact bumper G-series cars from 1974 through to 1989.
Centre-caps can also be stripped and refinished in paint, polished or replacements supplied in clear-anodised finish.
Example of a completed 1989 930 Turbo 7J & 9J x 16" wheelset colour-coded to body
This example shows a baltic blue metallic finish applied across the entire central petal area, a body-colour match offered by the factory as an option on impact bumper G-series cars from 1974 through to 1989.
For the later colour-coded wheels, the rear barrels are finished in satin black as standard, regardless of front face colour