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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Thanks guys! Fast, good, and cheap work--Witt's Powdercoating has it all! Day and a half turn around and that was only 'cause I wanted white. Satin black would have been same day. Center caps are mostly polished, just need paint detail. Mounting up soon
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Wheels look awesome! Will look good on her!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Shop I used to work at let me use their tire machine
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Very nice! Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Here ya go Loco.
Very low and almost ready to go. It is about 10 miles from my house. http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/3553623333.html Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
WOW! its perfect now!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
wow, looks just like it would have rolled of the show room floor. very nice.
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Great looking with the new wheels!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
You guys like dogs?!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
The hubcaps needed a little TLC--this is tedious and time-consuming, but rewarding work. These are the stainless caps--not going for a full mirror polish--just knocking the dents out and getting them back to 'factory' look. I used my favorite satin-black-in-a-can, VHT epoxy, and Rustoleum Sail Blue. The black is a little too shiny and the blue a little too bright, but I think it'll do
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Wheels look great, and the caps add that finishing touch!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Perfect with the dog dish hubcaps!
Amazing what just a "wheel change" can do.
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Stuck the cap on for fun- I like it!
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Thanks!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Looking good. Great work on those hub caps.
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
oh yeah, thats the stuff. Great job on restoring the caps!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
What a difference! Looks great!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Looks great
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Man that looks so clean!
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Re: How To: Ruin a Perfectly Good K/5
Definitely run those dogs... they look perfect on the white pc'd wheels.
This thing looks amazing!!! What tools did you use to remove the dents in the caps? Care to elaborate on the process?
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I used a body hammer set, but instead of a dolly, I used a piece of 4x4 timber. Go slow, work the dent out from behind, leaving it a little proud. Then you can wet sand it smooth, graduating sandpaper grit to your desired level of polish. These are stainless, so I could use this process--can't sand chrome. They aren't perfect, but they look pretty good for the amount of time I have in them. Like anything, perfection takes time... Posted via Mobile Device
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