Torq-Thrust II wheels
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Torq-Thrust II wheels I know these are on the over used list...but how hard are they to keep clean and shiny <img border="0" alt="[pimp]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_pimp.gif" /> do they have a clear coat on them or is it raw aluminum that looses its shine fast and are hard to keep good looking <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />
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Re: Torq-Thrust II wheels Brian,
They come in polished aluminum without a clear coat or chrome. I prefer the polished look. The polished wheel does require some regular maintenance. I used mothers and they look great. It took about 1.5 hours to polish them. Not bad considering how great they looked afterwords.
I have a set of 17x9.5 polished with 285/40-17 Firehawk SZ50 tires mounted and balanced with all the lug nuts ready to put on the board for sale. They have less than 50 miles on them and are in perfect shape. My last trip to the track this year on the draglites damaged the rear end and I am going to give these new wheels for a 12 bolt. I have right at $2000 in the set. I will take $1500 and you pay the shipping. Hope this helps.
Clay
They come in polished aluminum without a clear coat or chrome. I prefer the polished look. The polished wheel does require some regular maintenance. I used mothers and they look great. It took about 1.5 hours to polish them. Not bad considering how great they looked afterwords.
I have a set of 17x9.5 polished with 285/40-17 Firehawk SZ50 tires mounted and balanced with all the lug nuts ready to put on the board for sale. They have less than 50 miles on them and are in perfect shape. My last trip to the track this year on the draglites damaged the rear end and I am going to give these new wheels for a 12 bolt. I have right at $2000 in the set. I will take $1500 and you pay the shipping. Hope this helps.
Clay
Re: Torq-Thrust II wheels They are a huge pain in the ***. DO NOT DRIVE THEM IN ANY KIND OF SALTY ENVIRONMENT.
I've had them for a year and a half and they look like absolute crap. A winter's worth of driving totally destroyed them, all pitted and oxidized. I had to spend a good 10 hours repolishing them, starting with sandpaper, etc. You have to clean them well every week and repolish them monthly if you want them looking good.
This winter ,when I put my stock wheels back on, I'm probably gonna send out the TTII's to have them reconditioned, and either clearcoated or powdercoated or chromed or something like that. Bare polished aluminum only works on show cars or weekend warrior type cars. Daily driver == NO!
Dope
I've had them for a year and a half and they look like absolute crap. A winter's worth of driving totally destroyed them, all pitted and oxidized. I had to spend a good 10 hours repolishing them, starting with sandpaper, etc. You have to clean them well every week and repolish them monthly if you want them looking good.
This winter ,when I put my stock wheels back on, I'm probably gonna send out the TTII's to have them reconditioned, and either clearcoated or powdercoated or chromed or something like that. Bare polished aluminum only works on show cars or weekend warrior type cars. Daily driver == NO!
Dope
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Re: Torq-Thrust II wheels thanks
looks like 1 for 1 <img border="0" alt="[fight]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_punch.gif" /> keep it comming
sorry Birdman but i would like to run 17/11s with 315s but keep them posted and i bet some1 will ****** tham up
looks like 1 for 1 <img border="0" alt="[fight]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_punch.gif" /> keep it comming
sorry Birdman but i would like to run 17/11s with 315s but keep them posted and i bet some1 will ****** tham up
Re: Torq-Thrust II wheels yup they are not clear coated i learned the hard way by spraying wheel cleaner on them and now i have a new winter project <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> i have to polish each wheel when i realized what i did i almost <img border="0" alt="[barf]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_barf.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[whiner]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cry.gif" />
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Re: Torq-Thrust II wheels I polish mine twice a month and wax them to keep them looking right. FWIW it's also my daily driver, maybe if I could make myself park it I wouldn't need to polish them so often. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
thechef: I had the same thing happen to me. Go to the hardware store and find about a 5" polishing or buffing wheel (2 or3 of them really) and an arbor to fit it. The wheels are sown together in circles to make a round buffing pad about 5/8th" thick. If you need to you can cut the first or second "circle" of sewing to make it spread into corners. I used this method and polished the outside of mine in about 5 or 6 hours using Mothers Mag and Wheel polish.
Edit: I forgot to mention use it in a good drill motor,,,,,,, <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<small>[ November 05, 2002, 08:03 PM: Message edited by: phil46y ]</small>
thechef: I had the same thing happen to me. Go to the hardware store and find about a 5" polishing or buffing wheel (2 or3 of them really) and an arbor to fit it. The wheels are sown together in circles to make a round buffing pad about 5/8th" thick. If you need to you can cut the first or second "circle" of sewing to make it spread into corners. I used this method and polished the outside of mine in about 5 or 6 hours using Mothers Mag and Wheel polish.
Edit: I forgot to mention use it in a good drill motor,,,,,,, <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
<small>[ November 05, 2002, 08:03 PM: Message edited by: phil46y ]</small>
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Re: Torq-Thrust II wheels Thanks guys...I drive this thing like 900 miles every 5 months (i know less than 200 miles <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> a month...never in rain/or chance of) and realy dont have a lot of wipe time to keep her as clean as i should. But she all ways shines. <img border="0" alt="[pimp]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_pimp.gif" />
Do any of you know what i need to do to clear cote them? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
Do any of you know what i need to do to clear cote them? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />
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Re: Torq-Thrust II wheels I plan to get the TT IIs polish them and then clear coat them. I have spoken to several body shops who don't clear coat wheels because the rocks etc. jus chip the clear coat. This new product from por15 however is supposed to be rock hard and super clear. Based on the quality of their other products, I'm betting this will work great.
http://www.por15.com/clearcoat.html
http://www.por15.com/clearcoat.html
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Re: Torq-Thrust II wheels I have Torque Thrust II's for sale with BFG tires. asking $2000. I loved them every minute i had them on. No brake dust, they just need to be cleaned with soap and water and then dried off. Very pretty if you polish them and wax them too. E-mail me if you're interested in purchasing the rims and tires.
