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Old 06-16-13, 02:24 PM
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Old 06-16-13, 03:15 PM
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Nice! Those are going to look sweet on your ride
Old 06-16-13, 03:41 PM
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Thank you Seize and thanks for your photochops.
Also mods i'm a noob please move to the build thread section.
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Looks great! Looks like you got your work cut out for ya for the rims!
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like those wheels OP....
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You know I have been looking for the perfect set of wheels for some time and I find myself coming back to the five spokes every time. Thanks for the input folks.
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dang nice job man. i was wondering how i was going to tackle mine as i know they are powdercoated also. thanks for this lil walkthrough. not sure how i am going to handle mine. but this is a pure metho to get down to the clean metal
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the end result looks great... They'll look nice on the GS
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Thanks everyone.

Sevenevez just be sure not to hit bare aluminum with anything harder than aluminum or it will be near impossible to remove such a deep scratch. Aircraft remover is awesome on paint, powder coat, but it sucks on skin :-/

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Originally Posted by rofflehous
Thanks everyone.

Sevenevez just be sure not to hit bare aluminum with anything harder than aluminum or it will be near impossible to remove such a deep scratch. Arcraft remober is awesome on paint, powder coat, but it sucks on skin :-/
yeah i have used it before. its no joke. sometimes it worked amazing and sometimes it still took a LOT of elbow grease. but i have never thought to try it on Powder Coating
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I'm not sure now if I want to chrome the lip or just polish it.
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I received my center caps today ftom ebay. If your looking for caps email lonewolf12007. Shipped in two days and fit the wheels great.

Here is a pic still need to polish the lips and order wesden emblems.
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wheels look great...


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