Diamond cutting 19inch 7 spoke wheels?
Diamond cutting 19inch 7 spoke wheels?
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JetskiJezz

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664 posts

165 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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I'm thinking of buying myself a Vantage roadster, it will be either an 07 or 08 model so more than likely will be coming with a set of 19 inch 7 spoke wheels which seems to be the norm on most of the ones I've seen advertised.
The problem is, I'm not convinced that the nicest set of alloys on the planet, before anyone starts I'm not suggesting they look awful, just thinking about doing something a bit different with them.
I've seen quite a few cars with them either painted in graphite or black, so that might be the way forward depending on the car colour I end up going for.

I'm just wondering however if anyone has tried doing something a bit different with them such as diamond polishing the outer surface or something similar?
Obviously on the more recent models Aston Martin have started offering this sort of look, I didn't want to go to the huge expense of completely changing the wheels, but just thought I might consider doing something different with them.
If anyone seen this done, or has any clever ideas your thoughts would be welcome.

Wobbly

563 posts

202 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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These are my wheels, painted a light graphite, and diamond cut face. Any decent wheel refurbishes will be able to achieve this.


yeti

10,684 posts

304 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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My previous Sports Pack wheels and my current DBS wheels (on a DB9) have both been painted graphite and then had diamond cut faces. I do this to a) hide the shininess of the big wheels and b) to hide the dirt and make them easy to clean - just wipe the face smile

Neil1300R

5,761 posts

207 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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yeti said:
to hide the dirt and make them easy to clean - just wipe the face smile
rofl

JetskiJezz

Original Poster:

664 posts

165 months

Sunday 2nd December 2012
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Wobbly said:
These are my wheels, painted a light graphite, and diamond cut face. Any decent wheel refurbishes will be able to achieve this.


That's exactly what I'm looking to do, but to the 7 spoke wheels. I think they have a slight dish in the spokes so not so sure this is possible.
There's a company over in woburn sands who could do this.
It would also be easier to keep clean.