Title: original finish of mahle 4 lug wheels (baby gas burner) Post by: nicolas on February 10, 2013, 11:14:37 am i am looking at how original wheels were finished from the factory. paint (what colors?) i think only grey, but what grey or are they adonized? and did the lip or spokes get a polish from the factory. i think not.
thank you Title: Re: original finish of mahle 4 lug wheels (baby gas burner) Post by: Nico86 on February 10, 2013, 12:45:07 pm I think they were painted silver (libe the 5-lug Mahle's)
Check this thread, there are a lot of infos about 914 wheels : http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s=8a5b931ce7631696d78c96cc0faee471&showtopic=74857 (http://www.914world.com/members/markd/misc/wheel/mahleA.jpg) Title: Re: original finish of mahle 4 lug wheels (baby gas burner) Post by: nicolas on February 10, 2013, 21:15:50 pm thanks that is actually very helpful.
psst, by the way, those porsche guys are way too serious. ::) ::) :P Title: Re: original finish of mahle 4 lug wheels (baby gas burner) Post by: Nico86 on February 11, 2013, 20:22:07 pm That's why we only drive the poor man's Porsche :D ;D
Title: Re: original finish of mahle 4 lug wheels (baby gas burner) Post by: Neil Davies on February 11, 2013, 21:21:52 pm That's why we only drive the poor man's Porsche :D ;D ...and why we detail our wheels - forget the fact that they look better in satin black with a polished rim and spokes, it's mainly just to piss off the Porsche purists! :D |