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Old 09-03-07 | 02:53 PM
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I tried my best with the center caps and I even tried to polish the clear rubber that is on the BBS. They came out pretty good.

Good as new! Slap some rubber bands on em, and mount those bad boys!

Pics!

Awsome job on the caps!

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Old 09-03-07 | 07:31 PM
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thats sweet man. i have some of those rims lying around my yard , iam gonna go see if some one stole them or not. if i still have them ill let you guys know. and heck ill give them away .
Old 09-09-07 | 08:48 AM
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Wow, it's rare that I'm impressed by much on this forum, but you really did a first class job on refurbishing those wheels. I started chuckling when I saw the first picture of your junkyard "find", and stopped when I got to the second post. Nice job.

Sort of like the thread on AVS Forum where the guy starts off talking about building his own home theater in his garage...



And ends up with this.

I bet his wife is livid.
Old 09-22-07 | 11:54 PM
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wow you are rediculously handy m8 you even made those damn caps look great from rubbish to beautiful
Old 09-26-07 | 03:18 AM
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i just saw the finished product pictured and damn... they look sick
Old 09-28-07 | 08:12 PM
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beautiful job
Old 09-28-07 | 09:25 PM
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WOW!!! you have motivated me to find some BBS wheels and refurbish them as well
Old 09-28-07 | 09:48 PM
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damn that's a nice finish!!
Old 10-01-07 | 01:28 AM
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Dam those look good. I have a set of vert wheels that I have been cleaning for 2 days. They look alright but I think I will try your method and see what happens
Old 10-06-07 | 02:58 AM
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hmm i was doing some search for info on some wheels i sold, apparently they are from the same family but its a 16x8 +25.. sold them though, i suppose the 16x8 was even more rare as the 16x7 has ford knockoffs. (according to what i found)
Old 10-06-07 | 10:51 PM
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Wow I'm impressed man you really cleaned those up.
Old 10-07-07 | 02:55 PM
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weight and pics of them on a car!!!
Old 10-08-07 | 05:20 PM
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lookin' good man. hope to see some updates soon!
Old 10-08-07 | 09:04 PM
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how did you clean them so well? any solution.
Old 10-10-07 | 02:03 PM
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Wow, this is some good inspiration to redo my volks. Thanks!

BTW- that home theater is just disgusting, wow.
Old 10-11-07 | 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 95nracer
Got three done and I think they came out pretty good. I got some of the curb marks off, but my hands would start to hurt real bad so I just kinda gave up on a couple of them. I had to use a file on one of them it was curbed so bad. I just gotta stop being lazy and get the fourth one done.














This was over a time span of about a month.
tell me what did you use to clean them like that, I got some wheels that are in similar condition and don't know what to do with it. You did a good job, please help
Old 11-04-07 | 09:05 PM
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What happened to this thread!?! I am also thinking about somehow getting my hands on some of these wheels. I want to see the wheels mounted man!!
Old 11-20-07 | 05:14 PM
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Got around to mounting them and I think they look pretty good!

More pics here: https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-non-technical-pictures-198/junkyard-bbs-wheels-mounted-new-tint-706329/



Old 11-20-07 | 05:44 PM
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How much did you pay for them?
Im gonna start looking through the local salvage yards. lol
Old 11-20-07 | 06:10 PM
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I don't want to say so I can sell them for a decent price later on down the road.
Old 11-20-07 | 09:49 PM
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damn they look good.
Old 11-22-07 | 12:14 AM
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sweet. now take a pic from behind.

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Old 11-22-07 | 04:56 PM
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Those things look hotness. If I'm not mistaken those came off of a late-90's Crown Victoria. They are great replacements. I can't imagine they cost much. Great job. Did they clear the caliper nipple?

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Old 11-22-07 | 08:15 PM
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Yep your right, but I got these from a 89 Lincoln Mark VII.


You will need a very small spacer to clear the front brakes and nothing in the rear. To make the rears more flush you can probably get some bolt on spacer's. I didn't care to do that because these are my new winter ***** and the track is still open so I still want to be able to bolt on my drag radials.



I know there are some 16x8's floating around, but I can't seem to find a set.
Old 11-25-07 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 95nracer
Yep your right, but I got these from a 89 Lincoln Mark VII.


You will need a very small spacer to clear the front brakes and nothing in the rear. To make the rears more flush you can probably get some bolt on spacer's. I didn't care to do that because these are my new winter ***** and the track is still open so I still want to be able to bolt on my drag radials.



I know there are some 16x8's floating around, but I can't seem to find a set.
what size spacer did you use ?? thanks



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