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New shoes for the RX

Post by AndrewT » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:19 am

Finally got sick of the original RX 13" mags so this is what I did...

Got a really old set of 14" rims out of the shed. I bought these off Christian probably about 7ish years ago (Christian if you recall I came to your place to get a rear bumper skin and spied these stacked up in your shed, they were painted black).
They've been painted white a few times since then and used offroad on my wagon for a long time - and man, the paintwork was in very bad condition!

I got them sandblasted and powdercoated at a place near my work.
Then I got a new set of 215 x 60 x 14 tyres stuck on them.
Also sprung for a new set of chrome lug nuts (haha, wank!).

I had to roll the guards in a little to stop them scrubbing when I hit dips in the road etc, this will also be improved when I replace the very tired suspension springs in the car.
They stick out of the guards a bit so I may have to get some small flares.

Makes the car look better overall I think, but definitely highlights the fact that it's time for a respray!

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Post by Fatz » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:49 am

looks alot better mate
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Post by FROG » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:57 am

looks good n tuff now mate nice choice
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Post by BrennyV » Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:58 am

sandblasting work out well? id like to see i got heaps of rims i could fix up.
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Post by AndrewT » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:37 pm

Yeah the sandblasting worked well, the rims look like new now.

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Post by Alex » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:05 pm

hell phat!

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Post by BRUMBI » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:41 pm

omg looks just like mine

i really like what you have done to it...

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