Where to go for painting Ferrari vintage wheels

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DrewA
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Where to go for painting Ferrari vintage wheels

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Hi folks,

I have a 79 Boxer whose wheels need painting. They are outgassing and the paint is bubbling. Not correctly prepped the last go around.

I've tried to find someone in the Alabama or Georgia/Atalanta area (I'm in Tuscaloosa) who is experienced with these but have not come up with a good solution I feel comfortable with.

I think my path is going to be to have the tires removed and remove the trim ring and splines and ship them to someone who still does this work.

Would appreciate any names, references, etc., to help me on my way.

Regards,

Drew Altemara
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Re: Where to go for painting Ferrari vintage wheels

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Hi Drew,

I've had mixed results with wheels. I have not done a set of "concours" wheels in the sense of exact color matching and degree of gloss, or lack of. You can imagine the rabbit hole of choices and opinions that are out there. I think your Boxer wheels also have decals on the rim? I've been having the street driven car's wheels powder coated with the extra step of baking the wheels before the powder is applied to get the moisture out of the magnesium. It works well most of the time, but have occasionally had a blister form. It's not a problem when my powder coater is close and will re-do the wheel if there is a problem.

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can u post a pic of the wheels you have?
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Tom - these are early Boxer wheels. I do not believe they have the decal. I think the BBi (vs BB) wheel, which I believe are metric, had the decal but don't take my word for it.

I'm not looking for concourse just something that is pretty close and does not bubble up after 2 years.

Bo Pirkle in Atlanta (did work FAF) use to do this work and when he did mine they lasted over 10 years but Bo is retired and the painter who worked with him is no longer alive.

Supposedly they have to be primed with zinc chromate.

I'm out of town right now but as soon as I get back I'll send post a couple of pictures.

Appreciate you guys taking a look at this.

Drew
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Re: Where to go for painting Ferrari vintage wheels

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Here are some pictures of the out-gassed Chromodoro 512BB Mags. One pic of each wheel. Might have to enlarge to see detail. Drew
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