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Old 09-12-2009 | 12:46 PM
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Picture of the wheel on the car. Looks pretty good.

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Old 09-12-2009 | 02:51 PM
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I want to see some steelies polished like this. Just for ***** and giggles.
Old 09-12-2009 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Cr8zyDrifter
I want to see some steelies polished like this. Just for ***** and giggles.
they would be rusted b4 you got the rim off the table to the car. Steelies are called so because they are made out of steel never remove their protective paint or they will rust out.

steel wheels are decent wheels though they are strong and light but they have draw backs like they dont transfer heat as well as an alloy wheel (wheels are an important part of brake cooling) and unlike alloy wheels steel wheels cannot flex and return to its original shape.

anyway i like your work smoke id polish my i/c pipes if i werent having new ones made lol
Old 09-12-2009 | 10:08 PM
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wait till spring man, my bay is going to be insane. I have some big plans for my motor.
Old 09-12-2009 | 11:04 PM
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cant wait to see that shyt smoke. Ima tryna do the same thing to mine(brake lines, valve cover, radiator top......i could go on and on.) its like u said tho-its addicting. I polished my lawn mower muffler for the fuhk of it hahaha. I cant stop-i need help. Already went through 2 small jars of the mothers juice hahaha but for real-keep me posted on your progress. Im lookin forward to that shyt bro. Deuces
Old 09-12-2009 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 1991se240sx
cant wait to see that shyt smoke. Ima tryna do the same thing to mine(brake lines, valve cover, radiator top......i could go on and on.) its like u said tho-its addicting. I polished my lawn mower muffler for the fuhk of it hahaha. I cant stop-i need help. Already went through 2 small jars of the mothers juice hahaha but for real-keep me posted on your progress. Im lookin forward to that shyt bro. Deuces
noooooooooooooooooo

when will people learn you dont polish steel esp brake lines do you want do die in an accident due to rusted out brake lines?
Old 09-13-2009 | 09:32 AM
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haha, my lines are going to either be switched to braided or just get painted black.

I was talking about my motor in general. Pretty sure I am going to polish the head.... I am not sure about the whole heat dissipation though. Gotta read up on that before I do something stupid. HAHA. Also possibly the master cylinders.

How did you go through 2 things of mothers polish? lol. I havent even gone through one yet and I have polished a **** ton of stuff. Maybe your using too much.
Old 09-13-2009 | 12:33 PM
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hahaha well i been pokishing anything and evrything for ppl. bike frames and other lil **** on other ppls cars. i used just the polish on my wheels and them bytches look brand new. hahaha and what the fuhk is this dude talkin bout?? i really like how i wanna die over doin somthin. hahahahahaha- coulda jus offerd the hand of advice and say somthin about that not bein a good idea. or suggesting doin somethin diff in regards to that. in all honesty it was a fuhkin typo. i was really talking about about the master cylinder. if you look in my photos-my brake lines are painted the same color as my car on a primer engine bay-hellz yea!! Charcoal metallic, clearcoated 6x over.....whass really good?? anywho.....it tis what it tis. No offense tho Batto.....but im new to this nissan game and im learning as i go. Jus lend me some helpful advice time to time bro bro-id apprciaite it. Later yall, Deuces
Old 09-13-2009 | 01:11 PM
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lol np just saw somthing about polishing something steel when i just said somthing about that a post ago and was like wtf lol

yea and you could die if you bust a brake like and you on the highway and run into traffic just sayin >.>
Old 09-18-2009 | 12:43 AM
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White rouge works wanders also
Old 09-18-2009 | 04:26 AM
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yeah I know. I am actually going to pick up some new materials for polishing. Tons of people are asking me to polish stuff for them. Gonna pick up some new tools.
Old 09-23-2009 | 05:14 AM
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I will probably do a lot of this this winter when my car is parked in the garage torn apart. Anything to add a little luster to the engine bay is always worth it!
Old 09-23-2009 | 11:40 AM
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Definately worth it. My engine is gonna be crazy come spring.
Old 09-23-2009 | 12:25 PM
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does it make you drift better??

lol clean is good..
Old 09-23-2009 | 12:27 PM
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yeah, definately makes me drift better.



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