lol

my eyes!! I want my click back!!

yeah, def some rough lessons...
 

I just had my rims refinished today... talk about yikes on price! I'll post some pix later when I can finally clean the car (gotta wait 3 days before I can wash the car for some reason). They look sweet, but for the price they better!

for sure. definitely not cheap. which wheels got refinished?

I had the ronals refinished...
 

The SLs are my 'beater' wheels. They get abused at the track, and maybe I might have them redone down the road... but that's really really really low on the priority list if ya know what I mean.

the lacquer on the lips on the ronals was starting to flake off and chip from a few tire changes (the guy that did them was a friggen monkey and damaged pretty much every lip) and also from being used for the past 5-6 years... so it was time. Also the faces themselves were starting to show some wear from impact wrenches, etc over the years.

The guy that did them was a Saab enthusiast so he was all about making them perfect. I am very happy with the job he did honestly, and they look sweet. I decided against putting lacquer on the lip again so it will no longer chip. It makes the rims on the wheels really shine... but not chrome. Just highly polished metal. I just need to hit them with a lil 3M Mag and AL polish from time to time to keep 'em bright. I have no problems with that. Cost 'bout $150 a wheel which is less than I expected (got quoted $250 a wheel for the TT wheels when they got screwed up by the tire joint in VA Beach)

OMGHI2GARY
 

Cool. I'm looking into buying a set of Oett RE's and refinishing them in an anthracite color. I was hoping to do it for around $100 a wheel. Shame your SL's are beater wheels... ;)

lol...
 

yeah what a waste huh? Well at least I look good when I'm flying around the track or the autox course ;) I haven't really washed them after my season of autox'ing either. Poor matt would cringe if he heard that :( I didn't have a hose, and it was a PITA to lug the wheels to my friends apt complex where I washed my car. They'll get cleaned religiously though now that I have a house, yard, and a hose :) My real beater wheels are my stock 16" They have the snow tires on 'em. But now that I'm down south and we don't get too much snow they won't get used often, if at all.

Yes, Gary hooked us up with those wheels. My dad picked them out and got them... so they came with the car ;) Not too bad a deal if I do say so myself. I figured after refinishing them they're now worth at least 1/4 of the car's value ;) lol.

hehe...
 

I know exactly what you mean about washing. I take the opportunity as frequently as possible when I'm back at my parent's.

it was so nice out yesterday that I broke down and bought a hose and reel...
 

the car will be washed tomorrow afternoon while I'm waiting for the kitchen people to show up and fix the hole they drilled in the side of my new cabinet. Measure twice and cut once was not in this guys dictionary apparently. Good thing I watched him do it... monkey.

if I could find a faucet at my apartment complex, I'd probably do the same. ;)