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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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Kinda boring, but I decided to strip my wheels -- I had painted them black a few weeks ago, but I ended up not liking it.

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I really like the OEM finish on the Si wheels. I'm going to try and bring back some of the shine tommorow
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 11:48 PM
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clean car, howd you get back to the orignaly finish. did you polish it?
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Old Nov 14, 2004 | 11:51 PM
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is there something wrong with the rear rim?...looks like a piece of it is gone
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:19 AM
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I liked them better before. Still nice though
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:12 AM
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either way your car is a peice of ****!

I like them bettem w/o the paint looks a lot cleaner. They still need some work to get them back to tha OEM quality. Good luck getting all that paint off!
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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I kinda like the black wheel look. But then again, it is kinda played out.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:15 AM
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get a lip and mayb its time for some new rims mayb some gt3's?
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:30 AM
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hey is that a 99-00 rear bumper? I realized my 97 rear bumper is startin to look like crap
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:32 AM
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hey man what did u use to strip of that paint?
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:34 AM
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so fresh and so clean clean
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:35 AM
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looks good bro
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 10:38 AM
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You need a lip on that thing.

Looks a lot better with the wheels like that.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 11:07 AM
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Get some Mugens! Si wheels themselves are getting old. In my eye's. But It's whatever you like best.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NA_B16a2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">either way your car is a peice of ****! </TD></TR></TABLE>
but its still not as ghey as the driver, nice pics tre, I like the oem a lot better too
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aZnjCC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey is that a 99-00 rear bumper? I realized my 97 rear bumper is startin to look like crap</TD></TR></TABLE>

no, its the stock 98 bumper..

i used aircraft paint remover.

thanks for all the comments... should be getting a CTR lip soon.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:13 PM
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lookin' better
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:25 PM
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def. better
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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Nice looking to me
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:35 PM
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clean
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:51 PM
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look 10x better now
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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Mucho better Trevor
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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your one pic is really two...

i don't get it
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 01:03 PM
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looks better..
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 01:37 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RuthlessEF-9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks better..</TD></TR></TABLE>
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 07:32 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DagYo! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your one pic is really two...

i don't get it </TD></TR></TABLE>

i decided to add a before picture after i posted the topic. but really, who gives a ****?
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