Fix those rusty wheels!

11-15-2008, 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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11-15-2008, 11:29 AM

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WHEELS?

all this time i thought they were brake rotors.

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11-15-2008, 12:37 PM

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good job and glad you went with black paint

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11-15-2008, 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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11-15-2008, 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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11-15-2008, 05:18 PM

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^agreed. I need to do this as well.

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11-15-2008, 06:53 PM

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Quote:

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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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11-15-2008, 08:34 PM

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I live in Campus Hills..

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11-15-2008, 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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11-15-2008, 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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