It's HEMI time !!! Compliments of NJSteve

[njsteve]

After looking at that NOS pair of American Racing 200S "Daisies" I had for so long, I got the itch to finally clean up the 38 years of "patina" i.e. tar, overspray, and road grime that wouldn't come off despite numerous attempts with more and more volotile chemicals each time.

Since I had the Charger sitting on the vintage Cragars over the winter, I spent some time and dismounted the old Daisies and had the centers glass beaded. Prior to the glass beading, I covered the rest of the rims in duct tape and that worked pretty well to protect the polished areas.

Here's the "before" shot from last year:



And here is one of the NOS wheels I had. You can definitely see from above, what 38 years did to the finish on the raw aluminum hub area:



And here she is today after a run to the ice cream shop with the kids:








They came out very well and now look very close to the finish of the NOS pair that I recently sold. I also remounted the tires with the blackwalls out this time. Just for a change in the look so it didnt look so modern with the white "Radial T/A" logos showing.