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heres pics of my new 83LE wheels
-after a bunch of polishing, note they haven't been cleaned yet
-before any work pics
up close pic to show the shine
side by side before and after pics
I'm very pleased with the way the wheels turned out after the many hours of sanding/polishing that was required to get the shine out of them. After seeing onlyonthurs's FB and and thinking he had just about the sexy'est wheels on a FB I ever saw I knew if I bought the 83LE's I had to copy him and duplicate the polished lip look, I'm not going to completly bite off onlyonthurs style by painting the center black (i love the black tho) but rather leave the center spokes factory finish or spray them gold, what color do you guys think I should paint the centers ? Heres a pic of the car they are going on for color reference
I feel a little bad using these rather rare wheels as my winter set but that is what I originally purchased them for so I'm sticking to it hehehe .
I need a suggestion for a really good rain tire, its seattle duh but the tire also needs to have the highest posible dry grip, again
-a quick tirerack search returned these tires
yoko ES100
BFGoodrich traction T/A
or
bridgestone potenza pole position RE960
Also I would like to personally thank fourm members 85gs (craig) for selling me such a clean set of wheels and onlyonthurs (marcello) for taking the time to help me out reaching my goals/plan I had for these wheels and also revealing his jedi tricks for making the wheels sparkle sparkle you two were a big help, THANKS -aaron
-after a bunch of polishing, note they haven't been cleaned yet
-before any work pics
up close pic to show the shine
side by side before and after pics
I'm very pleased with the way the wheels turned out after the many hours of sanding/polishing that was required to get the shine out of them. After seeing onlyonthurs's FB and and thinking he had just about the sexy'est wheels on a FB I ever saw I knew if I bought the 83LE's I had to copy him and duplicate the polished lip look, I'm not going to completly bite off onlyonthurs style by painting the center black (i love the black tho) but rather leave the center spokes factory finish or spray them gold, what color do you guys think I should paint the centers ? Heres a pic of the car they are going on for color reference
I feel a little bad using these rather rare wheels as my winter set but that is what I originally purchased them for so I'm sticking to it hehehe .
I need a suggestion for a really good rain tire, its seattle duh but the tire also needs to have the highest posible dry grip, again
-a quick tirerack search returned these tires
yoko ES100
BFGoodrich traction T/A
or
bridgestone potenza pole position RE960
Also I would like to personally thank fourm members 85gs (craig) for selling me such a clean set of wheels and onlyonthurs (marcello) for taking the time to help me out reaching my goals/plan I had for these wheels and also revealing his jedi tricks for making the wheels sparkle sparkle you two were a big help, THANKS -aaron
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They look awesome, I say leave them factory or black, no gold paint. Or if you want to be mad JDM you could do red centers.
And unless your future plans for the car involve putting the car in a ditch I wouldn't get the ES100's. I have them right now and I love them, but the smallest amount of moisture affects them.
And unless your future plans for the car involve putting the car in a ditch I wouldn't get the ES100's. I have them right now and I love them, but the smallest amount of moisture affects them.
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I have some Sumitomo HTR 200 205/60/R14 on my 83 LE, and I love them. They did fine when I lived down in Lousiana, and we all know when it rains down there its a disaster lol
Nice job on the lip. Looks good! Got that bling going on! lol
Nice job on the lip. Looks good! Got that bling going on! lol
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heres my red car with le wheels.
i personally like the factory silver, if the paints in good shape i would leave them be.
i personally like the factory silver, if the paints in good shape i would leave them be.
Beautiful car mang....but i notice that she is sitting quite high. Why is that?
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Originally Posted by Onlyonthurs
Beautiful car mang....but i notice that she is sitting quite high. Why is that?
we had just put the engine in and i think it took time for the shocks to settle back down or something, it was a mystery really.
it even has rb springs on the front, lol.
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hey i know you said these were going to be your winter wheels, but i think once you put them on you will fall madly in love with them... you may as well just go ahead and sell me those raggity old wheels that are on your car in the pic for $50... jk!!! don't get mad, i think they are both nice wheels!!! but for real if you do sell out please notify me...
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Originally Posted by MattG
I have some Sumitomo HTR 200 205/60/R14 on my 83 LE, and I love them. They did fine when I lived down in Lousiana, and we all know when it rains down there its a disaster lol
Nice job on the lip. Looks good! Got that bling going on! lol
Nice job on the lip. Looks good! Got that bling going on! lol
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thanks all for positive comments,
hehehe dayton I'm already in love and they aren't even mounted yet, the kosie's aren't going anywhere except storage until june I have about 500+ dollar rubber on them and they are getting down low in treadwear which also happends to be when they grip the best so I want to save them until summer when it doesn't rain for three months.
Speaking on the yoko's which happen to be the only tire on my list I have driven on, I have road shotty in a couple cars (96 jeda with full suspension and 93 prelude w/stock suspension) with the es100's and they gripped really well in the dry and I haven't seen them pushed in the wet but I'm guessing on a light rwd in the rain they prolly suck with that tread pattern.
I have always been a bfgoodrich tire man so I will prolly scoop that set but I still wanna hear anyones experience on the bridgestones as those are the same price and I like the tread pattern on them.
hehehe dayton I'm already in love and they aren't even mounted yet, the kosie's aren't going anywhere except storage until june I have about 500+ dollar rubber on them and they are getting down low in treadwear which also happends to be when they grip the best so I want to save them until summer when it doesn't rain for three months.
Speaking on the yoko's which happen to be the only tire on my list I have driven on, I have road shotty in a couple cars (96 jeda with full suspension and 93 prelude w/stock suspension) with the es100's and they gripped really well in the dry and I haven't seen them pushed in the wet but I'm guessing on a light rwd in the rain they prolly suck with that tread pattern.
I have always been a bfgoodrich tire man so I will prolly scoop that set but I still wanna hear anyones experience on the bridgestones as those are the same price and I like the tread pattern on them.
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Originally Posted by Normality_Glitch
I wish my LE wheels looked that good.
then i polish them with mothers every few months.