Fixxin dem hurtin saw blades

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10-30-2006, 04:57 PM

JSutter

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Fixxin dem hurtin saw blades

Time takes it toll on aluminum rims. Winter and salt FTL.

Yuck city, clear coats peeling, tons of corrosion....

Curb rash!

Step 1 grind the worst stuff.

Step 2 DA sand that bish

Step 3 wash it, mask of the tire

10-30-2006, 04:57 PM

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Step 4 Paint that ****!

Step 5 peel back the tape and smile

Duplicolor Silver metallic is some good ish.

Oh and what the ride looks like with my wheels:

10-30-2006, 05:01 PM

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Good option for those in that boat. Mine are still near-perfect after 12 years of winter and salt in the northeast, though, and I prefer the polished face to a plain silver face, so I'll keep mine

10-30-2006, 05:15 PM

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4x4 gap ftmfl!!! although those SE wheels on the ruby maxima look pretty trickey...

10-30-2006, 05:22 PM

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hahaha, i love the enthusiasm in your write-ups.....looks nice man. didn't you miss step 6: clear coat that bish, yo

10-30-2006, 05:32 PM

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great work Jsutter... now let us see how it looks like with them on...

10-30-2006, 05:58 PM

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great work Jsutter... now let us see how it looks like with them on...

yea man whats the deaL! you show up your sawblade clean up and show us your red max with your gold SE's

show us the kh3 with the sawblades

10-30-2006, 06:13 PM

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^^werd.
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10-30-2006, 06:22 PM

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Good stuff, looks good as new!

10-30-2006, 06:35 PM

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approx. how much time did it take you to do this?

10-30-2006, 06:53 PM

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1) They used to look mint up until I stopped driving the car. I used to douche them like 2x a week. My dad doesnt do jack.

Yea the polisched looks good, but the paint looks much better than B4. Anything is an improvement.
2) 4x4 gap on 5 spd springs and HP's. My dad likes the wheels and would prolly trade with me.
3) Clear coat.... oh yea well I havent used clear on any of my wheels, doesnt really matter much I guess.
4) I cant install them till 1 tire gets fixxed. Nail in the tread FTL, then zero PSI+driving on it=bad side wall.
5) Chances are these may become my winter wheels, wHeel see! Either way pix will come with them installed.
6) ^^werd. 10char
7) Close enough
8) Lots of time over the corse of a few days. Id say at least 6 hours total. Id do one, wash it, let it dry, start another, wash it, paint the 1st one, start a 3rd one, ect. I used amost 2 full cans of paint, which is about 4-5 coats on each wheel. My bronze wheels took a few hours and 1 can.

10-30-2006, 07:02 PM

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they do loook very much improved from the original state. nice job. but would there be any way to retain the machine finished look? i would like to polish them to be something like the stock look but not so much that they would be a mirror finish.

10-30-2006, 07:08 PM

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those look really nice, i just painted mine 2 weeks ago, they turned out great, heres a pic, i painted mine a graphite color, did mine the same exact way jsutter did his

sorry only good pic i have of them was at our meet this weekend

10-30-2006, 07:42 PM

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makes me want to buy stock wheels mayn. i want bronze or gunmetal on MY ruby pearl...those colors are collaborating like whoa.

10-30-2006, 08:05 PM

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mmmmmeeeeh....sandblast and powdercoat>that......but I guess if the tires have to stay on it works................(i have done the sand and paint a few times)

10-31-2006, 07:17 AM

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They look good!

10-31-2006, 07:20 AM

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I don't care, you can't beat a 4th gen w/ some clean sawblades. Especially those of the KH3 kind

I wish i could sport my sawblades kinda

10-31-2006, 07:46 AM

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I don't care, you can't beat a 4th gen w/ some clean sawblades. Especially those of the KH3 kind

I wish i could sport my sawblades kinda

i miss my blades too.....but BBK eliminates that....I think i sold my blades of my 96 a long time ago

10-31-2006, 08:18 AM

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I'm keeping mine. They'll be the "winter" wheels.

10-31-2006, 08:25 AM

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ya i honestly hated my sawblades before i painted them, now i dont think they will ever come off, i love them sooo much

10-31-2006, 08:35 AM

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Good job man. They look good!

10-31-2006, 08:50 AM

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Top Gear Top Tip....>Spray Alloy wheels with tire shine in the winter and salt will not harm them

10-31-2006, 09:23 AM

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i miss my blades too.....but BBK eliminates that....I think i sold my blades of my 96 a long time ago

Same here. I still have my sawblades though. Maybe i'll clean'em up one day.

10-31-2006, 09:23 AM

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Top Gear Top Tip....>Spray Alloy wheels with tire shine in the winter and salt will not harm them

You sh!tt!n me?

10-31-2006, 09:52 AM

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Top Gear Top Tip....>Spray Alloy wheels with tire shine in the winter and salt will not harm them

Hope you dont get some tire shine on those rotors..

10-31-2006, 09:56 AM

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anyone have pics of sawblades on a beige/ sunlit sand maxima?

10-31-2006, 10:14 AM

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Hope you dont get some tire shine on those rotors..

Been there dont that...doesnt do anything only the 1st stop isnt normal....then its fine..........its just like going thru a carwash....jsut becareful the 1st time u hit the brakes.....people worry too much....it actually works too....when i was working at a car dealership we sprayed one wheel of our plow truck with tire shine every couple of weeks...after about 3 years the otehr 3 were pitted and clearcoat peeling and the one we sprayed looked great

10-31-2006, 11:23 AM

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10-31-2006, 04:21 PM

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Did you grind with an orbital sander or a grinding wheel or a dremel type thing or what?

10-31-2006, 05:35 PM

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I hit the worst spots with a 4.5" angle grinder with a sanding wheel. The grit was a bit low, 100 grit maybe, but it did the trick. I then used an orbital sander (basically a dual action) to smooth it all out. For the holes I used a drill and wire brush, then hand sanding the contours.