Ferrari F40 wheels... what to do?

[Trofim4uk]

Hey everyone!!! I have these Speedline F40 centerlocks and debating on either:
going to completely refinish these from scratch so bare with me...

The spokes have been filled with bondo, smoothed and painted black along with lips. hardware is still original as you can see. wheels are in awesome shape for being late 80s, no bends or cracks as far as i can tell. let me know what you guys think?

btw the specs are:
17x8 front ET -15?
17x13 rear ET -22?

Carlssons are for sale too! 18x8/9 et35 5x112

Cheers!








my garage setup

[KyleAnderson]

Oh hey, I recognize that polisher, haha. How's it working out?

The wheels are probably worth the most in original condition. I can't imagine there's a huge market for them to non-F40 owners.

[Trofim4uk]

Oh hey, I recognize that polisher, haha. How's it working out?

The wheels are probably worth the most in original condition. I can't imagine there's a huge market for them to non-F40 owners.

Hey! I love it Kyle! polished and fixed rash on few set with it and loving it. a bit too fast for sanding but ill have to put a bigger pulley to slow it down a bit.

about the wheels yes market is very limited but there are people would buy for the right price.

[zoo]

Same thoughts here, factory condition would be best.
Strip and check for any damage. Bondo use on a wheel is odd.

[Pootis]

More on that polisher setup

[Trofim4uk]

More on that polisher setup

ill post some pics of that too.

[white out]

sell them to me for cheap.


srsly

[Trofim4uk]

sell them to me for cheap.


srsly

emil sent

[Trofim4uk]

Hey everyone! after a long busy summer at work, out with family and house projects finally had some time to get some work done on the Speedlines.
Took the faces off the wheels, went out and got a can of aircraft remover and tried it on the lips. the result was amazing! the black and the clear bubbled off and underneath were gleaming polished lips, just as they left Speedline in '88.

Note the cool laser etched specs on the lips: Ferrari 17x8 and 17x13








after few more rounds to get rid of the patches of clear they looked like this


while i was at it i tried the faces too. the paint came off somewhat but under it was body filler.




used a propane torch ONLY on the deep part of the spoke as i was afraid to distort anything. Being careful not to damage the metal i used a painters putty knife to scrape as much of it as possible.


used a pneumatic tool and a soft wire brush to get 90% of the filler out of the spokes and dropped them off to get em blasted. rough mockup of the wheel

[konstbug]

I wish to see the guy who did that shit

[Trofim4uk]

I wish to see the guy who did that shit

idiotic idea if you ask me

[Trofim4uk]

got the centers blasted yesterday




face mounted

[Dr.AK]

Thank you for restoring something truly beautiful. Good work man!

[konstbug]

idiotic idea if you ask me

right on...how could he did that, I don't understand. Agree with Dr.AK - great work and awesome wheels, good luck.

Will you machine the star edges like this?

[zoo]

I would avoid any finishing other than factory look.