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    #31
    Excellent work. After the easy off did you sand, clean and primer? Or sand, clean and paint?
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      #32
      what size of tires do you have on there?
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        #33
        very nice! you should considers some 185s and lowering sprangz

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          #34
          Originally posted by reelizmpro View Post
          Excellent work. After the easy off did you sand, clean and primer? Or sand, clean and paint?
          After the easy off, I cleaned, then sanded, then primed, then sanded, then cleaned again, then painted and cleared.

          Originally posted by Zreberlcoe View Post
          what size of tires do you have on there?
          monster truck tires haha, Im really not sure I can go check


          Originally posted by freeride53 View Post
          very nice! you should considers some 185s and lowering sprangz
          nah, Im keeping this one original. Modding is a dangerous, addicting and expensive game. I went down that path with my old GTi and spend too much time and money.
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            #35
            Originally posted by dubsport87 View Post
            nah, Im keeping this one original. Modding is a dangerous, addicting and expensive game. I went down that path with my old GTi and spend too much time and money.
            damn, i salute you sir. that's some grade-a self control. wish i had it :(

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              #36
              Welp I broke down and decided Im going to mod this car, it's going to be just some bolt on parts and I will keep the stock parts just in case I want to switch it back.

              I'll start with these wheels I just got for it.





              They are BBS RF wheels 16x9.5 in the rear and 16x8.5 in the front. Once I pull the car out of the garage from its winter hibernation, Im going to throw some coils on it and slap these wheels on.
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                #37
                Originally posted by dubsport87 View Post
                Welp I broke down and decided Im going to mod this car, it's going to be just some bolt on parts and I will keep the stock parts just in case I want to switch it back.

                I'll start with these wheels I just got for it.



                They are BBS RF wheels 16x9.5 in the rear and 16x8.5 in the front. Once I pull the car out of the garage from its winter hibernation, Im going to throw some coils on it and slap these wheels on.
                Oh yes. Those are very, very nice.

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                  #38
                  Well that escalated quick...
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                    #39
                    Originally posted by robrez View Post
                    Well that escalated quick...


                    HAHA!!!! he went from, "i'm painting some commonplace basketweaves with autozone paint" to, "let's get some $3000 BBS wheels"
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                      #40
                      haha, yep well I figure if I'm going to mod it, I guess I should do it right.
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                        #41
                        Originally posted by robrez View Post
                        Well that escalated quick...
                        Originally posted by FrankM E30 View Post
                        HAHA!!!! he went from, "i'm painting some commonplace basketweaves with autozone paint" to, "let's get some $3000 BBS wheels"
                        As someone who also went through the laborious process of restoring a set of weaves then ended up buying new wheels, I salute you sir.

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by TrentW View Post
                          As someone who also went through the laborious process of restoring a set of weaves then ended up buying new wheels, I salute you sir.
                          Thanks, I just hate cleaning mesh wheels, this seems like a simple solution :pimp:
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                            #43
                            I can't wait till spring
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                              #44
                              this is going to look amazing..

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                                #45
                                That's high life right there.

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