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Old 08-05-2007, 09:48 PM
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Just thought i'd share

So the other day i had my friend help me take off my tire so that i could paint the rims. well we got 2 done easy. and were on to the third. done easy. but when we go to put it back on he goes and snaps off a lugnut and the bolt it screws on! God i was pissed. but i just thought i'd share.
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front or rear wheel studs?
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Gotta love wheel studs, shouldn't be too hard to replace.
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rears arent too hard to replace, the fronts are 10x harder.
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yeah i figured it wouldnt' be that big of a deal to fix. that's why i didnt' kill him. but i should have. he was jumping on the tire iron to tighten it. that's what i get for not paying attention i guess.
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Hey man i see that you have a blacked out cl.. do you have any more pics?
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yeah ill take some later once it's put back together. The picture is decieving though, it makes it look like it has a nice paint job..nope, and it still has that ugly pin stripe. i need to get it re painted but i dont exactily have the money to do it.
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yeah ill take some later once it's put back together. The picture is decieving though, it makes it look like it has a nice paint job..nope, and it still has that ugly pin stripe. i need to get it re painted but i dont exactily have the money to do it.
o and the front window isn't tinted like that. sorry to dissapoint. i'll try and get my hands on a good camera so you can see how crappy it actually looks right now.lol.
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eww that sucks. like what 97blackack said that it should be a easy fix. did you tint your headlamps? you should asked AznX TL, since he got flamed for his.
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From the angle of the pic (not sure if you photoshopped the windshield, the pic and your name remind me of this )

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Originally Posted by clrider665
yeah i figured it wouldnt' be that big of a deal to fix. that's why i didnt' kill him. but i should have. he was jumping on the tire iron to tighten it. that's what i get for not paying attention i guess.

Seriously? Jumping on it? Please tell me you are kidding.
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
From the angle of the pic (not sure if you photoshopped the windshield, the pic and your name remind me of this )

lol wow i never noticed that.


And yeah...he was jumping on it...
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that looks mad photoshopped.
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Originally Posted by clrider665
So the other day i had my friend help me take off my tire so that i could paint the rims. well we got 2 done easy. and were on to the third. done easy. but when we go to put it back on he goes and snaps off a lugnut and the bolt it screws on! God i was pissed. but i just thought i'd share.
curious. I have chips on my rims. Do you have factory rims? how did u paint them?
paint? color? I heard of a way to paint the euro silver rims from Mercedes and BMW but not there.
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