I was @ Ah Jian's place last week. To trade in McGuver's P1 Racing which i couldn't use due in adequate Offset. And I SAW those lying on the shelf! Watanabe F8 RIMS~! though it's only the 6.5jj version but they were extremely rare. The market is flooded with imitations and some other manufacturers same (almost) design rims. I told myself i had to have them (>_<)... *not again.
And a few minutes and a very very empty wallet later. They were behind the ford ranger and headed back home.
Which later i felt that i wasn't like the two with black color so i went to paint shop and look around for special paints for rims. And i fall in love with the Volk Racing color which they recently added to the list. And while i'm doing my paint shopping, my bro was preparing the rim for painting. He cleanse the rims with solvent and taped the surrounding area which we decided to leave it as it was, aluminum color.
And a few layers of the premier, a few layers of the Volk color and a coating of hard coating later~ walla~ it's shinning like (not exactly) new.
Hohoho~ i'm a happy dude. I'll be putting on my old AD07 on them later to prepare for the coming autocross training which after mango's major surgery after CNY.
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Im doing refurbishment on my Merc W124 TE, 1987 and intent to install 18" rims with 205-40-18 tyres. Will it fits nicely without brushing the body when going over pothholes or hump?If i change the absorbers,bushes and coil spring can the car rides smoothly? Thanks & Happy Chinese New Year
So far i was only come in contact mostly with Japanese made cars. On the european made car's I wasn't so sure about the wheel arch clearance. But you can try the the Aussie's way to test if the wheels fits. Which they lift up the car, all 4 wheels, then remove the springs (and installed back the shocks absorbers) fit in the tyre then lower the car. Which the car will sit on minimal clearance from ground. Then they will see if the new rim+tyre clear the fender.
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