Refinished SVO Rims

[venomizd93]

Another set....differnt scheme

A little hijack here.....the same place did a set of 95 GT rims to the 93 Cobra R scheme.

The edge is machined like the 93r's came, it looks like the light washed it out in the pic.

[Ken Potter]

Those look really great also. I've always wanted a set to swap around on the different cars for a change in looks.

[venomizd93]

Wish I had an extra set laying around and an SUV to bring them down that way.......

[venomizd93]

Ok since my PM is getting bombed, here's the company.

https://www.pro-wheels.net

A note on the refinishing of the SVO rims. I was told that the castings of aluminum rims in the 1980's was not what it is today. That is to say that the castings were porous. After the face is machined and re-cleared there may be minor, tiny pin head pours in the clear here and there. This can't be avoided. It didn't happen on all my rims but one. Overall the quality is very very good, I'd say better than factory beacause with powdercoating the face won't peel like the factory rims did. The weight difference between the SVO stock 16s and the 95 GT 17's is significant, so it stands to reason the advancement in wheel castings over the 10 year difference. Too bad the SVO rims couldn't be redone with the current technology and the weight reduction.

If the powers that be want to remove the web address, then so be it....

[dawaki]

wow they look ............good....mine needs that but I think I am going to go a different route.....man they look good though

[svono50]

Those wheels look great, will keep the info handy just in case.

One note on the 'fish-eye' issue. One thing that might help the issue would be to bake the wheels through the powder coating oven once before they coat them. The 'fish-eye' could be caused by the machining oil/lube they use to refinish the surface, as it might seep into the porous voids. The contaminents should then be boiled off prior to having the powder coat put on. We occasionally have this issue with our powder coated aluminum castings at work.