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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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Omg My Arm Hurts!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn polishing old wheels is a pain in the ***......but oh man do these look sweet so far.......oh well back at them again.......these are going on my FB when they are finished!!!! woo hoo!!!! The old rim on the left....the rim in progress on the right (yes i painted the center black)......








yeah yeah i know i still have many HOURS ahead of me...oh well.....(

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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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Nice
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:30 PM
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So, you finally got ahold of some meshers? Are those from an LE? Lookin' good, man!
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:36 PM
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Hey the polishing looks good. Just a quick suggestion...try power tools you will be much happier and so would your arm!
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 10:54 PM
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holy poop those look good!!! Wish I sit there and do that to mine. I have ADD and my mom has this huge list for me before I go off to college. Man those look sweet.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 01:18 AM
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lol, save your arm, no tires on the wheels? take out the stems put them on the car. While its jacked up on stands, start it and let the car do all the hard work. you just hold the rag or very fine sand paper to aluminum polish

They look good.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 12:29 PM
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looks good

ill give you $25 to do mine lol
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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I Know Place That Would Do Those For $179.00 Per Wheel With Paint And A Warranty. They Would Look Perfect.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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I Know Place That Would Do Those For $179.00 Per Wheel With Paint And A Warranty. They Would Look Perfect.
thats a little too expensive. you can get them chromed (if thats what you like)for less than that.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 03:05 PM
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if i had them chromed it would run me $95.00 cost for good chrome with a warranty. no retail, retail is always more.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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Looks good. Be sure to post pics when you get them on the car.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 05:43 PM
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Ahh, that looks great, my plan is comming full circle---- for someone else.. Glad they are working out for you....
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 10:28 PM
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I allways wanted to do that to some LE rims, but my center's would've been flat black
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 10:42 PM
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looooking goood
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