348 Machined 348 Wheels

To my eye, it looks like a standard 348 wheel with the angle sections painted black.


https://www.carfarm.com.hk/en/product/ferrari-348-original-wheels-complete-set/
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Those are Jeep Cherokee wheels.

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In all seriousness they are OEM wheels with the inside blacked out with powder coat.

 

"Machined" could mean almost anything (e.g. built from scratch). It would have been better to explain it as you did above. It doesn't seem to make much sense to put it on a lathe after painting (unless the lathe is just polishing, which you could do without a lathe). You might get more info if you can post the links where you saw them on the internet.

 

Seems like a lot of trouble machining a new wheel that looks exactly like a factory wheel minus the black paint.


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Dunk the rims in b12 to strip them, media blast them, tape the face, powder coat the non taped parts black, bake it at 240 degrees till it flows out, pull the tape, clear coat the whole wheel, bake at 400 for 15 min once rim is up to temp so about 40 min total. Result is shiny raw aluminum with gloss black behind the spokes as the top picture. Any powder coat shop can do that, it’s a common thing.

only thing different is that first picture looks like it was plated not raw aluminum. Same process just plate it first.

You could be right about machining but I do t think so.

 

The process on that wheel is just as Lucas explained. I just did this with the wheels on my C8 Vette. Powder coated the color (dark silver metallic with darker silver barrels), machined the lip natural and then a tinted clear final coat. Came out great.

 

I rather like it

 

ha ha! Sorry I missed you at the shop in the spring, I have been having health issues and had nasty surgery and still having issues. ugh.