Baby's got new shoes
 

Here's the old ones

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And here's the new ones

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Opinions are welcome!


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RE: Baby's got new shoes
 

Very nice they look great

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I like the new shoes,;) what did ya do to or with the rims? :eek:

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I like them but I'm not impartial since I've got a set of natural American Racing Vectors. That is what you have, right? Look like 15X8.5" ones, black like the Buick Grand Nationals. Theirs were 7" tho.

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I started with a set of used American Racing Vector 15" x 8.5" rims. They were spotted and stained, but otherwise in good condition.

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I cleaned them real good a few times with some degreasers and solvents. I tried like hell to get the spots out of them but I had no luck, so I went to the auto parts store and got some Duplicolor etching primer, somesemi gloss black wheel paint and some high temperature clear coat paint. I also sanded the outer rims with some medium and progressively finer sandpapers to a nice polish, this helped to minimize some of the minor curb rash marks on the rims. Everything got a coat of clear when it was finished including the polished outer rims. Iinstallednew center caps from Massey's Accessories, I posted earlier about them providing good customer service. I alsoinstalled new lug nuts purchased at the local auto parts store.

The old rims are going into storage. If I ever get serious enough about going to the drag strip, I will purchase a pair of Drag Radials and mount them on the old rims, then I can bolt them on for a day at the races and take them off when I am done.


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Lookin' goooood! Love theDV8'tion of the rims.My '73 has a set of old Crager SS that I'm gonna do that to. Great lookin' ride DV8...It's been DV8'ted! Cheers

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You really improved the looks, well done. The original whells looked good, the new ones look great! PG.

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That thing looks fast standing still now!

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They look good. If you're interested, the L-82 crossed flags valve cover emblem fits nicely on the center caps. :)

Did you consider leaving the ribs bare polished alum.?

What size are the BFG T/As? Do you still have them?

FYI, Espree makes (or at least they used to)a bare alum. cleaner that contains phosphoric acid and that's what I use. Don't know if that would have helped yours tho.

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DeeVeeEight nice wheels , :) I'm planning to go tomorrow to checkforgood shoes :D