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Old 06-20-2006 | 12:46 AM
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Cool wheel retouch

am getting my wheel re touch tomorrow, so i got the tire off and weigth the rims. they weigth 22lb. i got 18" factory.
Old 06-20-2006 | 12:14 PM
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I want to know how they trun out. If they are good then I might have to get my 3 done that my wife curbed check!!!!
Old 06-20-2006 | 10:14 PM
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ONLY $55 PER WHEEL THEY LOOK GOOD. IF I WOOD HAVE GOT THE CAR TODAY, I WOOD HAVE NOT KNOW THAT THE WHEEL GOT SCRAP. TOOK THEM OFF YESTERDAY, GOT THE TIRE DISMOUNTED THIS MORNING AT 8:00AM AND TOOK THEM TO HUB CAP CITY BY 9:00AM (IN TACOMA ON PACIFIC AVE). GOT THEM BACK BY 1:00PM, GOT TIRES BACK ON BY 2:00PM, BACK ON THE CAR BY 3:00PM. i also took the rust out of my disc and painted them black. so that the wheel stand out more. will try to post pictures later, am on my first day of vacation, after 5 years. am running out of ideas on what to do for the next three day, and then back to work.
Old 06-21-2006 | 12:07 PM
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I would love to see the pic!!! who did you have dismount and put your tires back on? You know how mine look.
Old 06-21-2006 | 03:59 PM
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last month i but 4 new tires on my wife car at discount tire next to the movie (at lakewood15). one of hub went flying off the next day. i got a new one. yesterday wend i took all my tires i talk to the counter person about the hub flyng off and what i need it to be done with my tire. so they did for free. dismount, mount and balance all four. so i will come back to them to get tires. they did how ever try to sale me new tires and new wheel, which i expeted. so i ask which wheel take the tpms and they also toll me, any wheel will take then. that they have different hardware to mount them on diferrent wheel. but all the wheel i like where heavy 25 or 28lb the factory are 22lb.
Old 07-13-2006 | 02:42 AM
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"last month i but 4 new tires on my wife car at discount tire next to the movie (at lakewood15). one of hub went flying off the next day."

I hope you meant hubcap and not the hub

Did you paint your whole rotor black? I have the rust problem as well (only the rear discs) and am taking the car in to the dealer Friday morning to see what they will do about it. Thx! honda_nos

side note - A guy by the name of Cory in Ballard also do good work on wheels (from personal past experience)
Old 07-13-2006 | 03:38 AM
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Yes, Rotor And Caliper Are Black Now, Look Very Nice To Me.
Old 07-13-2006 | 04:10 AM
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I didn't even notice it on your car! I need to take a closer look and get the same thing done on my car. I"ll ask you about the details later Anibal when we meet up.
Old 07-14-2006 | 11:02 AM
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Another great wheel repair guy is Tim Foster in Renton.

http://www.dependablewheel.com/

He did a great job on my son's RX-7 wheels. Excellent quality work and a very reasonable guy to deal with.
Old 07-14-2006 | 02:26 PM
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it was the second time i have use them so they cut the prices for me, all four wheels for $150.00+tax=163.20 total, but the wheels were not that bad.
hub cap city in tacoma (on pacific ave.)
Old 07-16-2006 | 04:46 PM
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Wish they had wheel retouching here in Portland I need one of my own factory wheels done after rasping a curb a couple months ago.
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