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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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Fix those rusty wheels!

Here's a few pics on my fix to unsightly RX8 wheels...
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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WHEELS? all this time i thought they were brake rotors.
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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good job and glad you went with black paint
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 03:03 PM
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Wow I think I might do that. What paint did you use? Does it last long or do you have to re paint every couple weeks?
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 03:05 PM
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Look at your last pic..............I think you should've done the dust shields as well. Good job though.
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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^agreed. I need to do this as well.
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by sjotis
Here's a few pics on my fix to unsightly RX8 wheels...
Where in Towson do you live, Im right off Register Ave... You should come out to some of the meets...
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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I live in Campus Hills..
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 10:08 PM
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The next meet is at Mazda of Aberdeen(cookout) the first sat in Dec... Check out the Maryland people thread or catch a tiGrey 8 with the whine of a Pettit SC on York Rd. and wave ....
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Old Nov 15, 2008 | 10:37 PM
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I did this recently as well. But instead I just took the rotor off. I was doing the calipers as well.
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