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my poor rim. i feel so sad. before & after

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Old 02-05-2007, 08:33 AM
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Default my poor rim. i feel so sad. before & after

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Old 02-05-2007, 08:53 AM
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Learn to post pictures! But ouch, those rims look like they took a beating..
Old 02-05-2007, 09:07 AM
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i should buy winter rims. and i posted them as pics now too!
Old 02-05-2007, 09:24 AM
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Murderer (j/k).....what happened ?
Old 02-05-2007, 09:39 AM
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any bigger pics?
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Considering the condition of the HREs.....might I suggest Enkei's?
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what happened to the finish? did you acid wash them?
Old 02-05-2007, 10:26 AM
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Default riding on a flat did that?

looks pretty bad alright. but with nice forged wheels, you can get them refinished....and look pretty nice. maybe HRE has a refinishing service...otherwise, use a place like wheel collision, they did my LMs and came out pretty nice.
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brake dust and i drove them during the winter &lt;idiot&gt;
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Default yuup had a quote from HRE. not too bad they want about $300 a rim to fix.

Im thinking about putting the 2" lip on the rears too. what do you guys think? 1 in the front 2 in the rear


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