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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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Thinking of painting my polished rims as im sick polishing them!

A/ what do you guys think of anthracite colour and

B/has anyone taken apart split rims before, how is it done apart from the obvious?
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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def look good anthracite but be careful taking them apart, think they might be pressed together as well as bolted. My mate took out all the bolts on his RX7 wheels but couldn't get them apart.
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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maybe his were not proper split rims
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 11:38 AM
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Uber Bling!!! Keep polishing em!! They look sooooooo
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 11:40 AM
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love them in this colour make your brakes stand out
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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prefer the bling
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 11:42 AM
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a lot of them arent actually split rims just fake bolts. also if they are split they will be out of balance when you take them apart an put back together
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rs cos
maybe his were not proper split rims
They were def split rims, a company took them apart for him and polished the rim for him and i painted the centre's black. They looked the bollocks when they were back on the car
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 12:45 PM
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sell em to me and get some new wheels !
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 12:58 PM
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keep em shiney you crazy man
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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thats bling 3 , anthracite 2
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 01:24 PM
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bling
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 01:25 PM
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anthracite

painting split rims does sound painful tho
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bling all the way...
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:28 PM
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thats bling 5 , ant 3 fuck don't tell me ive toget the polish out
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:30 PM
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will look like duncos which is no bad thing except he did his first
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anthracite looks cool!
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:37 PM
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i had wheels first
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:38 PM
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5 b. 4 a
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Originally Posted by rs cos
i had wheels first
but he had anthracite finish first
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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Anthracite agree with the fact it makes them brakes stand out, looks sweet as either way dude
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:45 PM
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check out this site... they can do all the work for you and the prices are pretty cheap... give them a call...

http://www.fatwheels.net/

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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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but he had anthracite finish first

I don't think we are going to bump into each other that often, there is the small matter of the irish sea in the way !
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:53 PM
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go and buy some proper rims you knobjockey
have some pics of your car from Mondello by the way
gay parts dont work on track
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:59 PM
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@ justin.e these wheels are more expensive than all the wheels on your cars, and i wasnt the one who keptbraking down at mondello! nothing wrong with my car i drove it home and i did all the work on engine [/quote]
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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keep them bling they look amazing mate
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 03:04 PM
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Bling they are awesome.
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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its not my fault power steering pipes are shonky see ya on track in Jan then???on a serious note Ted buy some proper wheels and keep the bling for shows
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 03:51 PM
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how about the centre the same colour as ur car? might sound a bit crap,BUT.. ive seen it on a e30 widearch m3 that looked AWESOME!same colour as urs too!
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 03:52 PM
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 03:55 PM
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Who needs harvey juston e. When you can do it yourself
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 04:02 PM
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right first thing, they are split rims but you carnt take them apart because they are welded all around the two bits, so you will have to get them painted as they are.
Yours do look but i do like mine better and yes you did have your first but mine took about a year to get

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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 04:27 PM
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those are seriously sweeeeet rims whatever colour they are!
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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 04:58 PM
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are you sure they are split rims .. as they seem to have a few bolts missing on the spokes etc ...
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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Mine look quite bad at mo duncan went into gravel trap last time out and stones chipped the stainless rim on the two wheels passenger side ,
Yours do look quite nice in that colour and are probably easy to keep. I might have to , as justin says buy a set of leggras for track days!
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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what about this? thanx cos rush
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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Loving the anthracite Racing Harts for sure!!!
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Old Dec 8, 2005 | 10:57 AM
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maybe marcus can make me some carbon fibre spokes
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Adam,
They need to be gold, trust me, will look cool as fuck with that blue - anyone good with photo-shop to do the honours?

And WTF were you doing in the gravel? .
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