What have you done to your DeLorean today?

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Originally Posted by Jpalatinus

I had a set of after market wheels for a long time on 17167 and i had sold the original wheels off in the early 2000s for a song to a friend. One of my after market rims became damaged and irreplaceable so i decided to gef a set of original which has taken a while. I ended up finding 2 fronts at a junk yard and buying 2 oem rears from houston in the early grey style. I had them powder coated and then machined locally.Attachment 67751

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What exactly does it mean to be "powder coated and then machined"? Educate me.

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When the wheel spins on the lath to be machined so you have the machined finish on it the lath misses the low spots. So i had them powder coated first, machined to bare metal and then clear coated.

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Originally Posted by 82DMC12

What exactly does it mean to be "powder coated and then machined"? Educate me.

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Just exactly that. Powdered coat the base silver then machine cut the face off the wheel and optionally follow up with clear powder coat.

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Originally Posted by Jpalatinus

I had a set of after market wheels for a long time on 17167 and i had sold the original wheels off in the early 2000s for a song to a friend. One of my after market rims became damaged and irreplaceable so i decided to gef a set of original which has taken a while. I ended up finding 2 fronts at a junk yard and buying 2 oem rears from houston in the early grey style. I had them powder coated and then machined locally.Attachment 67751

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Those look amazing!

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Originally Posted by Jpalatinus

When the wheel spins on the lath to be machined so you have the machined finish on it the lath misses the low spots. So i had them powder coated first, machined to bare metal and then clear coated.

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So the inside of the spokes is powder coated but the face only is bare metal? Got a close up photo? Wouldn't the powder coat be prone to chipping on the edge?

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I dont know about the susceptibility to chipping, but i suspect the subsequent clear coat helps prevent that. The one thing that is less than ideal is the wheel cap does protrude about a half millimeter and the center face does have, almost like microbubbling. (The machinist reffered to it as off gassing during the casting process) you only notice it on really close inspection. I can get some real close ups when i get home from the holidays, if you are curious.

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Nice wheels Joe. Hard to find a place that will do more than the lip and the face of the turbines. Your place did the center too. Would love to know the name of the place that did those. I have some machined ones, but not the entire rim. Let me know. Thanks!

Wheel werks in salt lake city, ask for Mike. He will hook you up. I stumbled upon them and qas really impressed. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...60c4b37f4a.jpg

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My car has a top tier sound system (for 2006) including a Genesis Profile 5 amp hidden behind the parcel shelf. The only clue is a cutout for the fan.

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Today I added a back light on the stereo switched power.

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I knew this day of reckoning would eventually come. My hood latch cable finally broke. I tried to fix the existing one before, but it was so frayed I could no longer thread it into the set screw. Anyway, based on a previous forum post, I decided the replace it with a bicycle brake cable. It worked out fantastic. There was actually enough material to make 2 hood cables. I even put a little solder on the end of the cable where I cut it, to prevent future fraying.

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