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Posted 29 May 2006 - 06:52 PM

I just finished sanding and polishing one of my wheels. I'm still debating, if I should coat it with a clear coat or leave them as they are. Anyways, what do you guys think?

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Posted 29 May 2006 - 07:36 PM

what car will this be for?
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Posted 29 May 2006 - 07:56 PM

QUOTE(ghost @ May 29 2006, 08:36 PM) View Post

what car will this be for?


Nissan 240sx S13
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 09:01 AM

Use Mother's Ultimate Metal Polish. It works like a dream. It'll shine that bad boy up to a mirror finish. Easy to use and fairly cheap too.
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 05:09 PM

what color is the s13?

i'd paint it a color that looks good on a car,

for instance, i'm saving up for some bronze Fno1rc's for my white fastback.
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 05:43 PM

QUOTE(ghost @ May 30 2006, 06:09 PM) View Post

what color is the s13?

i'd paint it a color that looks good on a car,

for instance, i'm saving up for some bronze Fno1rc's for my white fastback.


My car is a brownish gold metallic, but I think polished wheels look good on any color car.
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 08:33 PM

QUOTE(Second_Ingredient @ May 30 2006, 06:43 PM) View Post

My car is a brownish gold metallic, but I think polished wheels look good on any color car.


do you mean the champaigne (sp?) color?

ya polished rims on that color dont look bad at all
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Posted 30 May 2006 - 08:56 PM

QUOTE(ghost @ May 30 2006, 09:33 PM) View Post

do you mean the champaigne (sp?) color?

ya polished rims on that color dont look bad at all


It's not a stock color.

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Posted 30 May 2006 - 09:03 PM

QUOTE(Second_Ingredient @ May 30 2006, 09:56 PM) View Post

It's not a stock color.

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ooh nice, from the pic i see a lip, skirts, the advans, exhaust, drop (coilovers?), and kouki's i believe?

anything else done to it?

here's mine in case you were wondering. it's all stock minus the tint and driftunit decal (not shown)

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Posted 30 May 2006 - 09:21 PM

QUOTE(ghost @ May 30 2006, 10:03 PM) View Post

ooh nice, from the pic i see a lip, skirts, the advans, exhaust, drop (coilovers?), and kouki's i believe?

anything else done to it?

here's mine in case you were wondering. it's all stock minus the tint and driftunit decal (not shown)

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Well as of now, I have the kouki front bumper, Sideskirts, Kouki tails, Advan Sa3r's, H4 headlight conversion, S15 front and rear seats, Sparco steering wheel, B&M short shifter, tein coilovers, tein tension rods, suspension technique sway bars, front and rear tension bars, intake, and I sold my apexi n1 duels.

Your s13 looks pretty clean. Did you pick it up recently?
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Posted 31 May 2006 - 12:31 AM

Your car is wack!!! I think you need to hit a kid, then maybe it'll be cool and they can let you sport that drift unit sticker.

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Yo lemme drive it sometime haha, I'll let you go let it rip on the RS. Looks good, must have been a pain to get those bolts out. I just blackhoused my headlights, and got my super JDM lip, purchased at home depot.

Anyways, if you want some pics of your car, my friend with the rebel was eyeing it and drooling, so lemme know.
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Posted 31 May 2006 - 11:30 AM

QUOTE(Second_Ingredient @ May 30 2006, 10:21 PM) View Post

Well as of now, I have the kouki front bumper, Sideskirts, Kouki tails, Advan Sa3r's, H4 headlight conversion, S15 front and rear seats, Sparco steering wheel, B&M short shifter, tein coilovers, tein tension rods, suspension technique sway bars, front and rear tension bars, intake, and I sold my apexi n1 duels.

Your s13 looks pretty clean. Did you pick it up recently?


its been almost a month since i've picked it up.

for those who were wondering what the driftunit looked like

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Posted 31 May 2006 - 03:39 PM

QUOTE(ghost @ May 31 2006, 12:30 PM) View Post

its been almost a month since i've picked it up.

for those who were wondering what the driftunit looked like

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Yeaah... My friend Mark started Driftunit.
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Posted 31 May 2006 - 07:07 PM

yup...those driftunit stickers are everywhere now...


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Posted 01 June 2006 - 12:30 AM

QUOTE(derekthecynic @ May 31 2006, 01:31 AM) View Post

Your car is wack!!! I think you need to hit a kid, then maybe it'll be cool and they can let you sport that drift unit sticker.

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Yo lemme drive it sometime haha, I'll let you go let it rip on the RS. Looks good, must have been a pain to get those bolts out. I just blackhoused my headlights, and got my super JDM lip, purchased at home depot.

Anyways, if you want some pics of your car, my friend with the rebel was eyeing it and drooling, so lemme know.


I'm down for a shoot, after I get my front position lights and my wheels finished smile.gif Your friend has skills with the camera. I wanna ditch the Canon powershot pro for the Rebel.
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Posted 02 June 2006 - 09:37 PM

finished the second wheel... two more to go. Pictures added.
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Posted 02 June 2006 - 09:51 PM

QUOTE(Second_Ingredient @ Jun 2 2006, 10:37 PM) View Post

finished the second wheel... two more to go. Pictures added.



looking good. how long is each wheel taking you?
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Posted 03 June 2006 - 12:15 AM

QUOTE(ghost @ Jun 2 2006, 10:51 PM) View Post

looking good. how long is each wheel taking you?


The first wheel took a crazy long time to finish because I did it all by hand. The second wheel I used a die grinder and some polishing tools so it didn't take as long.
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Posted 05 June 2006 - 09:40 AM

clearcoat it.

it took you a long time to polish those wheels... and most likely in a few street runs, those wheels will be scuffed again. with clearcoat, you can save your elbows for another polishing session.
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neener neener... can't catch me~!
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Posted 05 June 2006 - 07:09 PM

are you using block compound? that stuff works way better than any cream
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