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Old 12-04-07, 07:47 PM
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Painted limited edition rims

so i was bored, decided to give my 7's rims a facelift. whatcha think?
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Hey, that ain't bad. Nice work.
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Those are really nice, I'm surprized. What paint did you use?
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dupont gloss black enamel with the dupont clear enamel. you gotta love aircraft stripper. made my job so easy, and ended up costing about 22 dolars total. i diddnt even have to polish the lip. im glad it came out as good as it did.
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Maybe I should try that with my wheels. They're looking a tad worn.
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What stereo setup do you have? It looks like you have a couple 12's in the back.
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no 12's, just a lonly pair of 10's with 600 watts. bumps pretty good. i love the way a hatch hits. my bro-in-law wants me to put it on a drag strip with a v8. i said no way in hell. its an 83 limited edition.
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How long did it take for you to do all of the rims like that?
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took about 6 hours, a toothbrush, 2 cans of aircraft stripper, 2cans of black, 2 cans of clear. no sanding required. also had to get a roll of blue trim tape. thats all
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Looks good BUT YOU ARE ONLY HALF DONE!! go get some mother's metal polish and start polishing the lip

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dammit, i was going to do that but it got cold. i was just excited to get a different look on my car
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it looks good though.....nice work mang
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I know what I'm doing next!
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hell yeah, onlyonthurs you inspired me

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hell yeah, onlyonthurs you inspired me



You actually did a LOT better job at the polishing than i did. Your look sooooo much shinier. You did a great job mang!
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that lip looks good.
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aww. I miss those rims Only....
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Man, those LE wheels look great polished! I have a set I'm going to work on this winter. What length lug bolts, or studs are you guys using??
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stock length
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Unfortunately, I didn't receive lug bolts with the wheels, and the bolts from the more common oem wheels are too short for the LE wheels. I just thought someone might know the length. I've searched several times, but haven't found a definitive answer.
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If the regular ones are too short then get a set of the ones for the SA waffle wheels. They are a bit longer.
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ooo those are nice. im tempted myself.
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Originally Posted by Normy9
Unfortunately, I didn't receive lug bolts with the wheels, and the bolts from the more common oem wheels are too short for the LE wheels. I just thought someone might know the length. I've searched several times, but haven't found a definitive answer.
Stock wheel bolts have always worked fine for me. I have 3 sets of these on my RX-7s and RX-4. It is a pain to get the standard bolts started due to the deep recesses they go into. I just use a deep well socket to remove and install. I believe the LE models had bolts with the same length threaded section but longer heads.
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Originally Posted by 74RX4
Stock wheel bolts have always worked fine for me. I have 3 sets of these on my RX-7s and RX-4. It is a pain to get the standard bolts started due to the deep recesses they go into. I just use a deep well socket to remove and install. I believe the LE models had bolts with the same length threaded section but longer heads.
Thanks 74,

It looks like the my old bolts will work fine. I appreciate the help!
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