Silver SS 10 Spokes convert to LE 35th wheels ?
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I just want to know if anyone here knows how to make the silver ss 10 spokes into the 35th le style wheels?.... what tools, paint, etc... or a link to a write up on how to ? thanks
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To get it 100 percent, youll need to get them painted black, then bring them to a shop that has a cnc lathe that can fit a 17 inch wheel in it, and get them to program the design in to have the face machined. After that, you will need to get 4 LE center caps from the dealer. They are discontinued but should still be able to get them. I'm currently working on a set of c5 zo6's that I'm going to use as drag wheels to match my black/machined face zo6's. I dont care about them matching perfect so I'm painting them black, taking a dulled down flap wheel to clean the paint off the face, and clear coat it. Much more cost efficient since getting the face machined will cost $$$
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To get it 100 percent, youll need to get them painted black, then bring them to a shop that has a cnc lathe that can fit a 17 inch wheel in it, and get them to program the design in to have the face machined. After that, you will need to get 4 LE center caps from the dealer. They are discontinued but should still be able to get them. I'm currently working on a set of c5 zo6's that I'm going to use as drag wheels to match my black/machined face zo6's. I dont care about them matching perfect so I'm painting them black, taking a dulled down flap wheel to clean the paint off the face, and clear coat it. Much more cost efficient since getting the face machined will cost $$$
If you strip the silver paint there is a machined finish underneath already. I have done this before on my last SS. I had the spokes stripped and polished (i wanted them a lil different) then taped off the parts i wanted to keep polished and painted/cleared the rest. I then used chrome center caps to match the polish and black caps for the lugs.
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to this....
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Is not that hard and drawn out, it is actually fairly simple as the machined finish is already there you just have to expose it with the use of a chemical stripper. Also remember to paint the inside of the drum, it looks retarded without them black.
There are what mine looked like before I applied the black outline "SS" decal to the center caps.
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I have stripped a few different gm wheels and never found a machined face under them. That's pretty cool that they leave the face machined for these wheels. Was the machining on all your wheels even? I feel like knowing my luck, I'd end up with the wheel that had a tool bit break on the lathe and there would be some uneven scoring in random spots.
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the best way is to machine the face as posted before, even though there is already a machined finish underneath the paint, it is a PITA to strip the paint off. What ever u do dont bead blast them if u want to save the machine finish. I had tried stripping black paint off my 10 spokes before and in a couple spots i went too deep so i had them bead blasted and it took off the machined face.
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I have stripped a few different gm wheels and never found a machined face under them. That's pretty cool that they leave the face machined for these wheels. Was the machining on all your wheels even? I feel like knowing my luck, I'd end up with the wheel that had a tool bit break on the lathe and there would be some uneven scoring in random spots.
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