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Old 03-20-10, 04:39 PM
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planning on sending it to BNR maybe? they had a S4 turbo net like 400 WHP with about the same wastegate porting that your hotside has. Although i have to say that since you did it yourself its just a lil bit better.
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Old 03-20-10, 05:18 PM
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Yeah. BNR stage 3, and a custom fmic is in my near future.
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update 3-21-2010:

pre fit one of the new lips to the rear to see how well the wheel would fill out the 1/4 panels. time to take everything to the polisher...






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Old 03-21-10, 02:12 PM
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fill em up and stretch em!

edit , ok the rims not complete yet lol i see the rivets missing
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gotta get things polished first, plus...there is alot more to it than just seating the beads, and calling it a day.
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Old 03-22-10, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Grip
Yeah. BNR stage 3, and a custom fmic is in my near future.
Right on, this will be one well built respected FC's on this board IMO.
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Old 03-22-10, 01:16 PM
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Wow that extra inch made quite a difference.
(thats what she said)

Also, unless your doing a lot of reversed burnouts, your tires are on backwards. lol
Assuming you already knew that of course.
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what are you going to use to seal the wheels when you put them back together? I just took mine apart and am curious about putting them back together. great work.
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Originally Posted by GordiniRX7
Also, unless your doing a lot of reversed burnouts, your tires are on backwards. lol
Assuming you already knew that of course.
i know, i grabbed one wheel for a test fit, tire direction does not matter for this.

Originally Posted by 87 t-66
what are you going to use to seal the wheels when you put them back together? I just took mine apart and am curious about putting them back together. great work.
black RTV
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Old 03-24-10, 07:49 AM
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FYI- I believe clear GE silicone is preferred

I have done a few sets of wheels and I got that tip from a video of one of the companies that makes the wheels. In the video the guy says to use GE clear silicone so thats what I always went by, maybe RTV works also. I cant for the life of me remember what company it was though.
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There are forums for rebuilding these wheels. RTV works perfectly fine.
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Old 03-24-10, 06:40 PM
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as I said im sure RTV will work fine as well, GE silicone is fairly cheap at home depot, and they consider it 25 year warranty and all that nonsense
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Old 03-29-10, 09:05 PM
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Those wheels are awesome.

You know what else is awesome?

Being able to change your own tires without a tire shop/tire tool.

I had to peep your thread and see what you were gloating about. Yeah, that's dope!
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Originally Posted by NoPistons!
Those wheels are awesome.

You know what else is awesome?

Being able to change your own tires without a tire shop/tire tool.

I had to peep your thread and see what you were gloating about. Yeah, that's dope!
haha, its all good dude.

did you check out the whole thread?
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haha, its all good dude.

did you check out the whole thread?
I did. Pretty impressive. You pwn me at body work!

How much time do you have in the jam/quarter PRIOR to filler?

I was gonna say that looks pro but um....you did it for a living so yeah, pro!
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the whole repair from start to finish took 38 hours
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been busy for the last month building 3 other cars.

the Fc has new brakes, pad's, and a front lip.

still need to get the wheel lips polished, and wetsand and buff the car. should be done next weekend.

BNR 2 or 3, and a FMIC coming soon.

ill put up pics this week.
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Old 05-09-10, 11:20 PM
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In for the win. I need to see updates. You have the wheels I want. Where do you get replacement lips though? I would like to know.
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In for the win. I need to see updates. You have the wheels I want. Where do you get replacement lips though? I would like to know.

Yeah, I'd also like to know where you bought the lips from... and how much were the step lip from 16 to 17?
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Some updated pics should be up tonight, or tomorrow.

You can purchase BBS wheel parts from BBS.
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Old 05-13-10, 12:29 PM
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anxiously waiting on said update.
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I have always loved your car, it is everything my TII wished it could be

Great work on the repairs, fantastic car!
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ill post the pics this weekend, after i finish a few more things.
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