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Old 05-16-2011, 08:16 PM
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would it be worth upgrading my 96 WS6 rims which are a greyish color to the 98-02 WS6 polished wheels on my 96 WS6, anyone have pics of them on a white 96 WS6/T/A

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Yeah those wheels would look really good on your car. Dont have a pic tho.
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Personally I think what u have looks pretty good, I would recommend u removing the orange sticker and !molding the side molding. That being said I have a set of wheels off my 02 ws6 id sell if u want to pm me
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Originally Posted by uscg02ws6
Personally I think what u have looks pretty good, I would recommend u removing the orange sticker and !molding the side molding. That being said I have a set of wheels off my 02 ws6 id sell if u want to pm me
You mean yellow sticker? lol ya its gone, has been raining since I took them off so no new pics yet, wife wants to color the t/a logos on doors also, we were gonna do red but the ram air hood sticker is silver so I may match the silver, won't stick out as much but will still look good never seen one done like that before there always red/black, gonna do them in vinyl so if I don't like it I can switch, I'll pm ya
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I have chrome ws6's that may be for sale on friday. The only issue is I can feel a vibration when I'm above 120 and I've been told that it may be the wheels instead of tires because the tires were new.
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Originally Posted by RealLiveMD
I have chrome ws6's that may be for sale on friday. The only issue is I can feel a vibration when I'm above 120 and I've been told that it may be the wheels instead of tires because the tires were new.
above 120?? lol no worries there let me know,
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why not get some aircraft stripper and strip the paint off the wheels you have? then get a mothers power ball and polish them. obviously you will have to keep polishing them, but it looks way better than cleared wheels
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aren't the wheels I'm thinking about polished? or are they cleared?
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Originally Posted by zacht
why not get some aircraft stripper and strip the paint off the wheels you have? then get a mothers power ball and polish them. obviously you will have to keep polishing them, but it looks way better than cleared wheels
But they will never look chrome unless you have them chromed. I get compliment on my wheels all the time, 02 WS6 fat spoke chromed. I just want a deep dish.
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Originally Posted by jamin
aren't the wheels I'm thinking about polished? or are they cleared?
Polished with a clear coat.
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I like the painted wheels plus it's kinda cool that '96 was the only year that had the silver with polished lip wheels.
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Only you can decide if they're worth buying or not.

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Originally Posted by wysemunky
I like the painted wheels plus it's kinda cool that '96 was the only year that had the silver with polished lip wheels.
good point




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