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Old 05-31-2010, 03:45 PM
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every year I decided to rotate my tires from side to side(I have continental 3 tires, non-directional tires so that can be changed from side to side) and clean the inner rims with polish to prevent grimes and other craps that can ruin my rims. The center caps can also be polished



after using the wheel cleaner I applied the polish and buffed it out with the powerball




those who owned the spoon sports diffuser must removed it to jack the car from the differential



this is the result after the polished applied and removed, I have the rims for over 2 years and with once a year maintenance it looks like new.
Thanks Mike from evasivemotorsports.com for friendly service with the buy
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Good work! Looks great. Nice wheels and GPW.
Old 05-31-2010, 04:46 PM
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thanks man
doing this chore is not an exhilarating thing to do on Memorial day but we all have to protect our investment at some points
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eek, no wheel chucks or jack stands?!?! don't you know an active s2ki member recently died because he wasn't using wheel chucks?!
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Looks unsafe
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yeah be careful when using no jack stands. I been sure to always do that from now on when im under the car since the recent lost..
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looks nice and clean but terrible timing to post up that giant wad of fail. seriously, don't do that shit without stands and chocks.
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Originally Posted by AngryScotsman,May 31 2010, 08:10 PM
eek, no wheel chucks or jack stands?!?! don't you know an active s2ki member recently died because he wasn't using wheel chucks?!
It's chocks not chucks.

There's no need for jack stands to pull off a wheel if you're not going under the car.
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Jack stands aren't just for your safety. Anytime you're center jacking especially when whatever you're doing involves removing the wheels, you really need to be using jack stands. Unless of course you're ok with bouncing your diff off the pavement.


Rims look great though
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ya are all right about the jack stands. I had 2 jack stands placed under the tomioka racing ramps before I removed the rims. But for some unknown reasons when I was taking the pics I removed the 2 jack stands and placed back in the tomioka racing ramps. I must have thought that the wheels were already mounted to the car and it was ready to be dropped down. I just made a bad example ,regardless, when the car is off the ground the jacked stands must be placed in for personal safety and prevent rear subframe from damage if the jack failed and the car dropped down. Even though I/you is/are nowhere near the car.
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