What have you done to your 3rd Gen today?
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#1472
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photos from canada today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clauret...7602049768275/
too lazy/tired to link to full sized images right now.. so just click that first link to see the 70+ photos I uploaded (haven't looked at most of them, they're probably out of focus and crap)
too lazy/tired to link to full sized images right now.. so just click that first link to see the 70+ photos I uploaded (haven't looked at most of them, they're probably out of focus and crap)
#1477
I drove my car 50 miles after washing it yesterday and my rims are already grossly speckled with brake dust. I took a pic, but forgot my USB cable to put in on my computer (maybe later). Chris, your rims are pretty 'open' like mine, do you have this problem? Or are my pads dusting way too much?
#1479
Definately..adding a clearcoat to the back of the rims is a great way to keep them nearly maintenence free. A lot of people also suggest sanding the ridges down, on the back side of the rim, to make the surface more smooth, and give the dust less places to hide.
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I drove my car 50 miles after washing it yesterday and my rims are already grossly speckled with brake dust. I took a pic, but forgot my USB cable to put in on my computer (maybe later). Chris, your rims are pretty 'open' like mine, do you have this problem? Or are my pads dusting way too much?
Even with some driving in the rain and one autocross, these are my wheels after not washing the car for a week and a half..
(pic is out of focus, overexposed (at least my car is) and huge:
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1393807227&size=o
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1 is bent (just a slight lip bend.. enough to upset the wheel balance but totally repairable) , another has a scuff (not curb rash.. just like a scratch on the paint on the edge, probably from mounting tires), and another one has a slight scrape on a spoke (there's 5 wheels.. so the other two are absolutely mint.
but I like them too much to sell
but I like them too much to sell
#1485
Meh, hard to tell on gunmetal rims from 15m away. I doubt mine would look as shiny as yours after that treatment. But I haven't been happy with these pads since I put them on--they SUCK.