Tonight was a wheel polishing night.

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Shodog, what you need to complete that beauty is some gold-anodized wheel nuts. I used those on my Gold Celebration Optima with polished Sees wheels, seeing the gold nuts reflecting in the polished aluminum is the bee's knees. 8)
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I have to agree, gold nuts would look awesome and add some authenticity too!
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Or polished NUTS! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: 8) DON

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Blue nuts just send the wrong message. :lol:
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Just don't put your nuts in the lathe :P

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Re: Tonight was a wheel polishing night.

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The problem is that I need special nuts. :lol:


I haven't been able to find gold nuts in 8/32". The ones I'm using are Tecnacraft 8/32 nuts in the front and factory team 8/32 in the rear.

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I think the urban dictionary indicated that it's "washing a dog in the shower" when you put your Tecnacraft 8/32 nuts in her front?

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The Tecnacraft front axles use a 8/32 nut. The nut came from a Tecnacraft pan car aluminum screw kit

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gomachv wrote:I have to agree, gold nuts would look awesome and add some authenticity too!
You could always paint YOUR nuts Gomachv !!!!! :lol: :lol: But i would think airbrushing them would kinda tickle!!!!! :lol:
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vintage AE wrote:I think the urban dictionary indicated that it's "washing a dog in the shower" when you put your Tecnacraft 8/32 nuts in her front?
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Shodog -
How do You store all these shiney builds and parts You´ve got.
Dusting of must take a couple of days.
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DennisM wrote:Shodog -
How do You store all these shiney builds and parts You´ve got.
Dusting of must take a couple of days.
I have my cars on shelves and you're right they have been getting dusty. Lately I have been recleaning vehicles up. Once they are all clean and polished up, I bag them up in clear plastic and put in a bag of dessicant to absorb moisture.

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Re: Tonight was a wheel polishing night.

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Are we showing off Tecnacraft wheels??
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This is the wrong forum for this one though.
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This thread almost makes me want to go unearth my aluminum wheel collection. Before moving I wrapped each one up individually in newspaper and tape, and put them in a box which I also sealed. That was over a year ago and they're still like that.

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These wheels look fantastic - even on the Ultima :D
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