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  1. 01-24-2021, 10:10 AM #1
    Carl S.
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    68 Front Hub - Polished?

    I was cleaning up my front hubs this morning. I degreased and media blasted. There is some blistering in the lug sockets and cleaned up as best I could.

    Are the hubs to be polished (wire wheel) or left matte finish due to media blasting? How did they come from the factory? Thanks
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  2. 01-24-2021, 03:21 PM #2
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    They came as forged , neither polished nor matte , vapor blasting would be the most authentic look now . Or blasting with new larger size glass beads at around 35 psi .
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    We clean them up and ceramic tumble for final step. We did remove wheel studs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richy View Post
    They came as cast , Neither polished nor matte , vapor blasting would be the most authentic look now . Or blasting with new larger size glass beads at around 35 psi .
    I think they were forged, hence the satin finish.
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  5. 01-25-2021, 02:18 PM #5
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    Thank you, I will go with a low pressure media blast. I am not doing a Concours build, but I'd like to keep it as close to original with what I can do.

    Did not think about pressing out the studs.. Probably should do that and apply Black Chromate to the studs.
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