Hello, Mr Weidman . . .
Well, this is an open forum. And as you may know from reading this thread, I'm totally open about the work that gets done and what it costs. So if we're gonna talk business . . .
Here's the situation.
1) I've got five wheels that appear to be the originals for the car.
2) All five have some scratching and gouging to their rims.
3) One of the wheels, the current 'spare,' has been identified as possibly needing truing by Zuffenhaus when the tires were being fitted, about a year ago.
Here's what I'd like to accomplish:
1) Verify the condition of all five wheels:
. . .1a) Are they cracked or bent?
. . .1b) What kinds of physical damage do they have? Scratches, scrapes, gouges
2) Can the wheels be properly repaired?
. . .2a) Can they be trued?
. . .2b) Can the scrapes and gouges be fixed?
If 1 and 2 can be answered, then . . .
3) Restore all five wheels to their original stock appearance.
Nothing fancy, here . . . just put my old set of wheels back to stock. Based on what I believe and have described here, what would you estimate the cost of restoring these wheels to be? I don't need a to-the-penny figure, but Oroville's 483 mi away, and Al Reed isn't returning my calls, so . . . can you ball-park it?
And how would 'loaners' work? Steel or alu --- no preference.
Thank you, Sir.
Rick Kreiskott
Just sent my deep sixes off to Al Reed Plating. Spoke to Diane on the phone a few days ago. She was very nice and sounded very knowledgeable. The cost to go back to factory anodized finish is $140 or $145 per wheel. I am not in front of my notes right now, but that is close. They are very busy so I would not expect a fast turn around. She said she had just received something like 40 wheels to be refinished by one person.
Mark Erbesfield
2018 911 Carrera T 7spd manual 😊
1973 911S #9113301282
1957 356A #58648
1966 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45LV
1982 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40
1977 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40
1972 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 FST (Factory Soft Top)
1971 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 “Patina Queen”
1979 MB 450SL "Dad's old car"
2019 Cayenne "Wife's car"
Rick - I would magine that someone on this board (who lives near you) should have a spare set of wheels they can loan you while you send yours off to Harvey.
Rick,
I don't want to make a this forum a sales venue. For information sake and the things that I have learned about what wheels need from a Porsche enthusiast's point of view..Porsches are also my hobby and wheels my passion. I would be here (early S registry) even if I was not in the business.
When we receive wheels we inventory including dates and other features that a set has. Carefully put your initals on them so you get your wheels back.
The next step is chemically and physically remove all of the finish, everywhere...
Then we inspect the wheels for cracks,welds,repairs,any other damage and we measure all wear surfaces. (hop,wobble,hubs,edges,center holes and lug holes). This is the first thing a owner needs to know is the condition and if it is repairable...
Our refinishing is done the same way as it was at Fuchs. It costs us more than twice as much to do it this way.
Cont...
We can repair anything on the lips. Including reforging and complete lip replacement. Most damage can be fixed with peining. We can true most anything except major center damage. We paint with the same type baking industrial enamel using the same lines as Fuchs. Everything is done in house by me, my son, my wife and two part time wheel prepers. (except plating-done next door by a precision anodizer)
We can do them the way that others do them but I would be going back 15 years and want to do them as best as they can be done-they way that I would put them on my car. The time put in is more than three times that we did when we did the fronts only and didn't check anything. We also modify the wheels for tubless stems, widen, narrow and most anything else. We have been at 285 per wheel (early 6s) for 4 years and make less on each wheel than we did 15 years ago.
We will ship loaners, all you have to pay is shipping...
Hope this helps..H
It just now occurred to me that I used to own chassis number 9110101060.
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...=911ST+tribute
Small world gettin' smaller, eh Rick?
-Marco
SReg. #778 OGrp: #8 RGrp: #---
TLG Auto: Website
Searching for engine #907495 and gearbox 902/1 #229687
Hey, Marco . . .
Dude --- that is amazing. 1059 had a Dealer sticker from Austria on it (according to the PO). What was the story on 1060? And where is it now?
Rick Kreiskott
PS See you Guys Sunday.
Hi Rick
I have just read all 9 pages and really enjoyed sharing your journey. I have just started a shell restoration on my 1970 2.2E and I can see that some of your pictures will help me to replicate a factory finish.
Kind Regards
John #1022
1970 911E 2.2
Hey, John . ..
Glad you've enjoyed this thread. And lemme know if you have a question or if there's something you want to see. I'd be glad to help, if I can.
And don't forget to share. Like . . . by starting your own thread, maybe? I love to read about about people's projects, their progress and their cars. Also, how people come here, how these cars get found, and what all the 'stories' are.
And, of course, pictures. You can't take too many pictures, not for me.