New pic of my FD with New Rims
05-20-06, 04:32 AM
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New pic of my FD with New Rims
Well here's a new picture of my FD with the new rims on it. Here's a previous picture of when I bought the rims off ebay. These are the 1994 Rays Engineering rims that were made for MazdaSpeed. They turned out way above my expectations.
Here's the rims after I took them to Wheel Worx
Finally here's a picture of them on the car!
C.J.
Here's the rims after I took them to Wheel Worx
Finally here's a picture of them on the car!
C.J.
05-20-06, 05:35 AM
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funny story! I actually talked with the guy who made those wheels yesterday , Mr rays engineering himself!He told me those wheels where the most expensive wheels at that moment from their company! They are 100% forged! He made these by himself for Mazdaspeed! My fatherinlaw is the main contact in Norway for Ray's engineering "volk,gram lights and so on". " Twice a year he comes and visit us for new updates and stuff like that.
05-20-06, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by VikingPower
funny story! I actually talked with the guy who made those wheels yesterday , Mr rays engineering himself!He told me those wheels where the most expensive wheels at that moment from their company! They are 100% forged! He made these by himself for Mazdaspeed! My fatherinlaw is the main contact in Norway for Ray's engineering "volk,gram lights and so on". " Twice a year he comes and visit us for new updates and stuff like that.
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Nice wheels, but that wing has GOT to go! Who makes that thing??
haha i know that wing sux big time
I got it with the car. But first fix the engine and then body That wing is an old Re wing :] its a pigeon table i dont want any screwholes so i need to cover the holes and all that bla bla
05-20-06, 11:22 AM
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That looks hell sweet bro. Were your rims chrome to start with or did they chrome plate them? Here is a pic of my rims which aren't chrome but I wonder if they could come up that shiny if i took them somewhere professional. what do you think?
05-20-06, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by VikingPower
haha i know that wing sux big time I got it with the car. But first fix the engine and then body That wing is an old Re wing :] its a pigeon table i dont want any screwholes so i need to cover the holes and all that bla bla
I got it with the car. But first fix the engine and then body That wing is an old Re wing :] its a pigeon table i dont want any screwholes so i need to cover the holes and all that bla bla yeah dude, no offense man, but the first thing I thought of when I saw that wing was one of those ethiopian chicks that have their bottom lips stretched with those disks..................
05-21-06, 03:51 AM
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The restoration was about $2,000.00. Engraving the hubs alone with the MazdaSpeed logo was $900.00, and then to actually straighten the rims, refinish, and paint was about another $1,100.00. Over all with price of the rims I paid $3,500.00 and some change, and I feel they are absolutely worth every penny. But want to thank everyone for the compliments.
As for the person that asked if the lips where chromed, no the lips are polished bare aluminum and with any professional shop they should be able to really make a set of aluminum rims shin up nice.
C.J.
As for the person that asked if the lips where chromed, no the lips are polished bare aluminum and with any professional shop they should be able to really make a set of aluminum rims shin up nice.
C.J.
05-21-06, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by eightman1977
The restoration was about $2,000.00. Engraving the hubs alone with the MazdaSpeed logo was $900.00, and then to actually straighten the rims, refinish, and paint was about another $1,100.00. Over all with price of the rims I paid $3,500.00 and some change, and I feel they are absolutely worth every penny. But want to thank everyone for the compliments.
As for the person that asked if the lips where chromed, no the lips are polished bare aluminum and with any professional shop they should be able to really make a set of aluminum rims shin up nice.
C.J.
As for the person that asked if the lips where chromed, no the lips are polished bare aluminum and with any professional shop they should be able to really make a set of aluminum rims shin up nice.
C.J.
It's definitely a different look, and you'll never have to worry about coming across those rims finished like that at an FD meet
05-21-06, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Ouch! Not trying to rain on your parade, but for that price you could have gotten a brand new set of Fikses......
It's definitely a different look, and you'll never have to worry about coming across those rims finished like that at an FD meet
It's definitely a different look, and you'll never have to worry about coming across those rims finished like that at an FD meet
C.J.
05-22-06, 09:07 PM
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NEED SOME HELP IN A HURRY. Okay I lost one of my center caps. If anyone has one lying around can you PLEASE let me know ASAP. I will pay you by check. PLEASE again I need this in a hurry. The FD has her first car show June 9th-11th at the O.C. car show in Maryland. HELP A BROTHER OUT!!!!!!
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05-23-06, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
Ouch! Not trying to rain on your parade, but for that price you could have gotten a brand new set of Fikses......
It's definitely a different look, and you'll never have to worry about coming across those rims finished like that at an FD meet
It's definitely a different look, and you'll never have to worry about coming across those rims finished like that at an FD meet
Looks great, big thumbs up from me on the idea. I read the first thread about them too.
BTW Rich I had a run-down on my intial thoughts of the 62-1 (all very positive) all typed up on word but it got closed out since it's the family computer. I remember you mentioning something about it in some thread. I'll try to get it re-written sometime this week.
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