So this is the current project i am working on...i am painting and polishing some old 1983 LE wheels that i bought a couple of weeks ago.....i have one rim left to do ....but here are some test pics with a wheel on the car (with no tires)...i think these 14's are looking pretty good so far......



Before pic http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/Onlyonthurs/before.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/Onlyonthurs/1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/Onlyonthurs/2.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/Onlyonthurs/3.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/Onlyonthurs/4.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/Onlyonthurs/5.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/Onlyonthurs/6.jpg

I know they are not 100% perfect but so far they are looking pretty good....

they look similar to mine! but mine are alloy colour.

http://home.exetel.com.au/pamuva/CARS/My%20RX-7/mine2.jpg

yeah these rims are the limite edition mesh wheels taht came out on the 1983 LE rx7 model.......i love mesh wheels on FB's!!! man you 7 looks great nice job!!!!

Damn, that's a nice looking car Onlyonthurs, I love white on RX-7s. I'd love to put black wheels on my 7 too.

Dude, if you don't put tires on it, it's gonna be low!!! I bet it would corner mAd tYtE, yO!!uno!!!eins!!!eleventy!!!

The white with the black rims looks hot, too. I like it!

thanks guys...yeah you're right, white on rx-7's is teh sex!!!

Perhaps I should put my artistic design to work with chopping an FB...

I want mesh rims... But I want 16 x 7s.

man i got these for cheap so i jumped on em.....ill get 16's later..ill be happy with these for now...man they weight like 11 pounds each as well ..VERY light

I've never seen someone so excited over a car.... I am glad for your happiness.

how did you polish it

tell me now! grr

I am not a fan of FB's or mesh wheels at all...

but, he put a lot of work and time into that wheel..and it shows.

They look very nice and fit the look of the car.And if the brakes get to hot you can warm some tortia's on them.

how did you polish it

tell me now! grr


i wet sanded them first with wd-40...then i hand polished them.....mother's polish....many many hours and lots of elbow grease

any suggestions on what size of tire i should buy for them......how wide...how tall???? the rims are 14 x 6

they look similar to mine! but mine are alloy colour.

http://home.exetel.com.au/pamuva/CARS/My%20RX-7/mine2.jpg


Find out what this guy is using they look nice with those wheels.

mine ar 15 in rims , tyres are 205/50 series..

pure sex man.

So this is the current project i am working on...i am painting and polishing some old 1983 LE wheels that i bought a couple of weeks ago.....i have one rim left to do ....but here are some test pics with a wheel on the car (with no tires)...i think these 14's are looking pretty good so far......

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/Onlyonthurs/1.jpg

I know they are not 100% perfect but so far they are looking pretty good....

Looks really good Marcello.

I have some new black and polished wheels. I'll post pics of them when I mount them on my wife's car (also white). I give it a few weeks before I can buy some tires.

Check your PMs in a few minutes.

Nice work!

Those are going to look very nice indeed.

nice, your fb is looking good so far! Get the paint on the front bumper fixed now :) lmao

who would've thought?

only on thurs can actually get serious about stuff too.

you see i am not all bullshitting all the time....i like to get down to BIZZNESS when it is time to!!

Especially when rubbing one out.

I am not a fan of FB's or mesh wheels at all...

but, he put a lot of work and time into that wheel..and it shows.

If you're calling an FB ugly, I sincerely hope you don't drive a certain car that looks like a japanese-translated third-gen base-model firebird.

lol nice speed monkey

make sure you tell the tire guys(or do it yourself) to clean the part of the wheel where the bead of the tire sits. if you don't it WILL leak air.

very clean car. i like the muffler. can put my cock in one of its holes?

i wet sanded them first with wd-40...then i hand polished them.....mother's polish....many many hours and lots of elbow grease

I just started on my stock GS wheels. Pulled the clearcoat with airplane stripper an started wetsanding with MPL and 400 wet dry.

Did you have flaws(Pits or "Worms" under the clear) in the aluminum before you started polishing? Mine are horrible, Mazda did a shit job on these wheels.

I just started on my stock GS wheels. Pulled the clearcoat with airplane stripper an started wetsanding with MPL and 400 wet dry.

Did you have flaws(Pits or "Worms" under the clear) in the aluminum before you started polishing? Mine are horrible, Mazda did a shit job on these wheels.



shit yeah there were alot of flaws....but wet sand them to no end (i used 800 grit) abd then polish, polish, polish!!!

At least on the rim you can use a buffing wheel. I hate trying to polish things with letters or fins where you want to keep the detail. I have some 16x7 Supra wheels that will carry my autocross tires for my FC. They are nearly flat faced so they are much easier to polish, but you have to polish nearly the whole damn thing.

shit yeah there were alot of flaws....but wet sand them to no end (i used 800 grit) abd then polish, polish, polish!!!
That's a lot of polishing.

i bet onlyonthurs is really buff after all that polishing

buff....polishing.....good one, poopy:)

:boink:

Now hurry up and get the tires on. :)

Yeah hurry up! I would send you 2 of my old tires, but they're 245 45 R17.

hey im putting tires on them in a week and a half...

have you figured out what size you're going with?

im thinking 205/60/14 http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/searchTiresBySize.do?rcz=78221&rc=TXSINT&cs=205&ar=60&rd=14


...........any other suggestions?

im thinking 205/60/14 http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/searchTiresBySize.do?rcz=78221&rc=TXSINT&cs=205&ar=60&rd=14


...........any other suggestions?

Yeah, Falken Azenis RT-615. Actually they only come in 195/60R14, but the grip is sure there! http://www.vulcantire.com/azenis_rt615_t.htm

I have a few buddies tht have falkens an they complain about the tire wear. I'm njot sure what model falkens they are, but they go in about 10,000 miles.

But with a rating of 420, i guess those will last a long time.

Actually the RT-615 has a treadwear rating of 200. They will go quickly. They are good for a play car, not so good for a daily driver unless you care to replace tires frequently. The 615 is actually meant for Street Touring autocross. I'll be needing to replace my Talon's shoes here pretty soon. Since it's a stock driver and I have snow tires for it I'll likely use Kumho Ecsta SPTs. I road raced on the original Kumho Victoracers and liked them and I'm prefectly willing to try their street tires.

for some reason my bfgoodrich comp ta's were rated 230 or so and they lasted well over 20,000 miles.

Treadwear ratings are not created equal and neither are cars or drivers. As they say YMMV.

Since polishing was brought up I thought I'd go finish up one of my Supra wheels so I could show it off. I paid $50 for all 4 wheels and they are similar enough to TII wheels that I don't mind that they aren't real Mazda wheels.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b226/2E151/My%201987%20RX7%20Sport/shinywheel.jpg

TII wheel for comparison.

http://www.wheelspecs.com/specs/images/WheelModels/s416x7tii.png