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Call me crazy, BUT I have the urge to anodize the aluminum parts of Mr. Emerson's wheels to black to match the black and gold scheme. Keep in mind that I will likely use a new body with a black and gold scheme.

Thoughts?

your not crazy at all. Personally I think they would look good black...

Todd

You could ano them black and use gold screws. Just a thought.

BTW you owe me a new shirt. My nipples went clean through this one.

I say do it, It will look sick

besides the silver parts are more available then the 5 spoke centers

That's something to think about THUMB.

I think Emerson mentioned that the rear aluminum sections were already anodized to be aluminum, so I suppose that means I have to strip that anodizing off first. I guess I could PM him to find out why this was, seems odd to me.

Is there anyone on the forum that does a lot of anodizing?

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote:You could ano them black and use gold screws. Just a thought.

BTW you owe me a new shirt. My nipples went clean through this one.

Sometimes having imagination can be a very bad thing....

for me imagination cost a lot

vintage AE wrote:for me imagination cost a lot

Was thinking more about Thumber and his untweakable nipples.... but you'd be right up there....

Looking at it a bit more that aluminum showing without tires really sets that thing off. I think black may dull the overall shock effect when laying eyes upon it, especially if you ever add black tires. I say leave it alone, regardless of how many shirts it ruins.

It's one of those models that reminds me of the final scene of "Raiders Of The Lost Ark".

Incredible_Serious wrote:

vintage AE wrote:for me imagination cost a lot

Was thinking more about Thumber and his untweakable nipples.... but you'd be right up there....

I blocked that out, lol

Charlie don't surf wrote:Get on with it!!!

Reg, I would have it done yesterday if I had the resources and the resources ($$)

I'd say go for it you might want to polish them before plating to give them more of a sheen

I will wait until I get the tires on it to rethink it I guess

Incredible_Serious wrote:

vintage AE wrote:for me imagination cost a lot

Was thinking more about Thumber and his untweakable nipples.... but you'd be right up there....

Reminds me of every time I see my wife naked. I like to reach out and turn the "knobs" and say "Can you get ESPN radio on these things?". It's a slight twist (no pun intended) on the old "Tune In Tokyo" joke... Meh, she loves it...

You could always ano the centers black and the outer rings gold