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patrickt 02-22-2017 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by RodKnock (Post 1416411)
Patrick has color-keyed Trigos. He had a thread about repainting his wheels the same color as the body.
Yep, nice, lengthy, detailed thread... of course.:cool:

RodKnock 02-22-2017 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt (Post 1416413)
Yep, nice, lengthy, detailed thread... of course.:cool:
But of course. Yet, the color change was imperceptible to your home viewer.

patrickt 02-22-2017 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by RodKnock (Post 1416415)
But of course. Yet, the color change was imperceptible to your home viewer.
Well you know that's not true. Here are the before and after pics. I did a beautiful job.:cool:

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d.../newheels1.jpg

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d.../newheels3.jpg

cycleguy55 02-22-2017 06:51 PM
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmwqnqL3Hbg[/ame]

rodneym 02-22-2017 10:07 PM
I'm not a big fan of color coded wheels but Pat's wheels make for a nice color.

moore_rb 02-23-2017 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by rodneym (Post 1416450)
I'm not a big fan of color coded wheels but Pat's wheels make for a nice color.
Agree!

The color of the center spokes looks more "magnesium-ish" in the after-pic.

Nicely done.

patrickt 02-23-2017 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by moore_rb (Post 1416494)
Agree!

The color of the center spokes looks more "magnesium-ish" in the after-pic.

Nicely done.
From a distance, and with pad dust on them, they will pass for magnesium.;) The original color finish for Trigos basically just sucks.:(

RodKnock 02-23-2017 12:02 PM
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Well you know that's not true. Here are the before and after pics. I did a beautiful job.:cool:
For all I know, you photoshopped those pics. :p

And this is what a magnesium wheel would look like with the coating. No perfectly polished lips. Even Chas' mag wheels, when polished, didn't look as nice as your wheels.

RodKnock 02-23-2017 12:07 PM
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Or look like this from CSX4323.

patrickt 02-23-2017 12:39 PM
Well, I never really intended to mimic the mag look. It just turned out that way a bit. Mostly, I just hated the original Trigo finish from day one.

tkb289 02-25-2017 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by peterpjb (Post 1416291)

Beautiful & historic Cobra ... great photo!

moore_rb 02-26-2017 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by RodKnock (Post 1416509)
For all I know, you photoshopped those pics. :p

And this is what a magnesium wheel would look like with the coating. No perfectly polished lips. Even Chas' mag wheels, when polished, didn't look as nice as your wheels.
You posted a picture of painted aluminum wheels, in order to show what a coated magnesium wheel looks like... :confused::confused:

Here's what a real, Dow7 coated magnesium wheel actually looks like:

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i1...5/DSCN1304.jpg

The color is very similar to the color of Patrick's spokes (in my opinion).

The lips on a magnesium wheel can also be dow7 coated (like these are) or they can be bare magnesium (which gradually turns a darker and darker gray as it oxidizes, until it is almost black- Just like the wheels in the picture of CSX4323), or the lips can be polished bare magnesium, which has a shine similar to polished nickel (mag wheel on the right, aluminum wheel on the left:

http://www.realrodderswheels.biz/01-TwoWheels-Color.jpg

the darker the shade of gray a set of real mag wheels are, the more neglected they have been; but another point that I agree with Patrick on, is that the blue-gray color of the center spokes of Trigo wheels looks nothing like ANY shade of gray that you would ever see on a genuine Magnesium Halibrand... :cool:

patrickt 02-26-2017 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by moore_rb (Post 1416723)
You posted a picture of painted aluminum wheels, in order to show what a coated magnesium wheel looks like... :confused::confused:

Here's what a real, Dow7 coated magnesium wheel actually looks like:

...

The color is very similar to the color of Patrick's spokes (in my opinion).
In my life, I have blindly stumbled in to success far more often than having cleverly earned it.:cool:

moore_rb 02-26-2017 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by patrickt (Post 1416724)
In my life, I have blindly stumbled in to success far more often than having cleverly earned it.:cool:
Whether you're a pro dart player or not, a bullseye is a bullseye.... :cool:

Phx Mike 02-26-2017 09:54 AM
Get your spray can out Robert I am coming over with my Trigos! I have to agree that I think the magnesium look would be better than the standard finish. Especially on a Kirkham.

patrickt 02-26-2017 12:56 PM
For anyone interested, the technique I used, adhesion enhancers and all, begin on page four or so of this lengthy thread: http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/fe-t...astomer-4.html

peterpjb 02-26-2017 01:48 PM
i dont think it is very cool to create magnesium lookalike with coating or paint,

what is really cool are these black brown anodized (magnesium) wheels


http://i65.tinypic.com/2j2jm76.jpg

patrickt 02-26-2017 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by peterpjb (Post 1416739)
i dont think it is very cool to create magnesium lookalike with coating or paint,

what is really cool are these black brown anodized (magnesium) wheels

Remember, all of these cars, and everything on them, are fake. Expensive, but still just fake little toys.;)

peterpjb 02-26-2017 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt (Post 1416740)
Remember, all of these cars, and everything on them, are fake. Expensive, but still just fake little toys.;)
not necessarily ...

a magnesium wheel is a real magnesium wheel even when it is produced in 2017 and a magnesium lookalike coated wheel is a magnesium fake wheel even when it was produced in 1965.. ;)

the fact that most cars don't have a sixties vin isn't any excuse to fake anything on the cars...

just my 2¢

RodKnock 02-26-2017 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by moore_rb (Post 1416723)
You posted a picture of painted aluminum wheels, in order to show what a coated magnesium wheel looks like... :confused::confused:

Here's what a real, Dow7 coated magnesium wheel actually looks like:
You're a genius! :LOL:

So, you post a real Dow7 coated wheel that's not a real magnesium Halibrand Cobra II wheel? Doh!

Hoping I've inserted this picture of a brand new REAL MAGNESIUM COBRA II WHEEL properly. Looks like the image that quickly I grabbed of the alloy Vintage Wheels' Cobra wheel is VERY SIMILAR to a new magnesium Halibrand Cobra II wheel. Go figure.

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/pict...=16231&thumb=1


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