WOW! What good job you did on those.
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76 CCDRW...Cummins noises
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Tell me again why your took your wheels somewhere else to get polished? Nice job!
I rather like the leather seats in my Tahoe. Super comfy!
Shiny.
Did they do the insides on two also.
Very nice lookin' wheels, the reflection, not so much.... 
Very nice Dave!
Very nice lookin' wheels, the reflection, not so much....
They look great! How are ya gonna keep them like that?
He's still working on the two for the rear...he did the inside of them by mistake, now he's doing the outside (showing side) of them. He's spent over 200$ on abrasive's so far, and is in the hole trying to get these looking nice. He's charging me $250 for all 4 of them. They were pitted to a point of having to use abrasive to remove the pitting, then he goes for the polishing.
Very nice lookin' wheels, the reflection, not so much....
Well for one, they won't see salt, also probably only a couple thousand mi. a year, and I will have to polish them from time to time with some polishing cones/balls and some metal polish...it really don't take long with these attachments in a drill...
They look great! How are ya gonna keep them like that?
Talk to a ziebart dealer about DIAMOND GLOSS. 2-3 year protection from EVERYTHING. wont even water spot with hard water. just a hose will make em beautiful. pretty cheap too. $400 for a whole car, probably much cheaper for just some wheels.
do you have personal experience with it Rick?
reason is, I had my 85 p/u ziebarted, and it rusted...their warranty was written to repair any rust through....well they sent it to a cheap ass hack shop and literally riveted a patch over the floor support where it rusted through, and filled the cab corner with mud to fill the hole...I bitched ,then they give me my money back and said warranty was no longer valid...I told them I would bad mouth them every chance I got.
reason is, I had my 85 p/u ziebarted, and it rusted...their warranty was written to repair any rust through....well they sent it to a cheap ass hack shop and literally riveted a patch over the floor support where it rusted through, and filled the cab corner with mud to fill the hole...I bitched ,then they give me my money back and said warranty was no longer valid...I told them I would bad mouth them every chance I got.
Nope
No PE, just looked into it online. I have read good things about it though. I guess its a hard coat, kinda like a clearcoat equivelent of teflon type thing. Never dealt with ziebart yet myself. I'm about to on the new car just because I cant find anywhere else that does underbody sound deadening/undercoating.
No PE, just looked into it online. I have read good things about it though. I guess its a hard coat, kinda like a clearcoat equivelent of teflon type thing. Never dealt with ziebart yet myself. I'm about to on the new car just because I cant find anywhere else that does underbody sound deadening/undercoating.
There even still Ziebart in Michigan?
Mom and dad were big believers and used the one on the south side of GR with good results. I know when I bought their '92 Blazer K1500 from them in '98 it was in great shape.
Only downside was when all the Ziebart crap hit the fan that place lost business with the bad places and eventually closed.
Mom and dad were big believers and used the one on the south side of GR with good results. I know when I bought their '92 Blazer K1500 from them in '98 it was in great shape.
Only downside was when all the Ziebart crap hit the fan that place lost business with the bad places and eventually closed.
I used to work at a Pontiac/Cadillac stealership in 80/81 they used to offer a claimed paint protectant, that was nothing more than a wipe on/buff off finish enhancer....sold for like 150 or something...bout the same as NuFinish or similar "claims" of an "additional coat of paint"
I guess I'm just leary of such claims...anything applied by hand don't seem like it would hold up.
AJ, there are still a few around...BC still has one, but Kzoo is gone I think.
I guess I'm just leary of such claims...anything applied by hand don't seem like it would hold up.
AJ, there are still a few around...BC still has one, but Kzoo is gone I think.
Pretty happy with the wheel polishing...final cost of $250...so total wheel cost so far is at $870 w/ lugnuts and caps.
probably could have gotten a new set for not much more
So here's where I'm at with these ones...
The tires I want to mount are 265/75's and when mounted side by side on the truck I have .600 between the rims...I hear recommended gap should be about an inch...that means I need about a 1.5 inch spacer between them...and new wheel studs to be deep enough to go through them..
Right now the wheel studs are just right, so I would need 1.5 inch longer than the dually studs which measure about 3.25-3.5". Does anyone make a 9/16 x 5" stud to fit?
The front look great I think:
The rear inner mounted, and the outer WELD wheel mounted to check stud length...just right without a tire on the rim
Stock stud length:
So right now, I want to run the 265's because I have them, and are a little more than 1/2 tread left on them...they are Goodyear Duratrac, and they provide pretty good traction, but I need to make the above mentioned investments of 1.5 inch spacers and longer wheel studs if they are even out there.
Or Mount up some tires that will provide the clearance needed between the tires, and bolt them on with the hardware/wheels/studs I have now.
What to do??
probably could have gotten a new set for not much more
So here's where I'm at with these ones...
The tires I want to mount are 265/75's and when mounted side by side on the truck I have .600 between the rims...I hear recommended gap should be about an inch...that means I need about a 1.5 inch spacer between them...and new wheel studs to be deep enough to go through them..
Right now the wheel studs are just right, so I would need 1.5 inch longer than the dually studs which measure about 3.25-3.5". Does anyone make a 9/16 x 5" stud to fit?
The front look great I think:
The rear inner mounted, and the outer WELD wheel mounted to check stud length...just right without a tire on the rim
Stock stud length:
So right now, I want to run the 265's because I have them, and are a little more than 1/2 tread left on them...they are Goodyear Duratrac, and they provide pretty good traction, but I need to make the above mentioned investments of 1.5 inch spacers and longer wheel studs if they are even out there.
Or Mount up some tires that will provide the clearance needed between the tires, and bolt them on with the hardware/wheels/studs I have now.
What to do??
First:
New dually wheels start at $850 for a set of four, but I was looking at the quality available at that price and they do not compare to WELDs, the good ones like alcoa which compares to WELD are in the $300-350 a piece.
As for the studs, if you are going to put a spacer, you will need Dually spacers and they do not require longer studs because they bolt to these studs and they have their own studs for the second wheel.
You can't use regular stud on a dually.
They look good.
New dually wheels start at $850 for a set of four, but I was looking at the quality available at that price and they do not compare to WELDs, the good ones like alcoa which compares to WELD are in the $300-350 a piece.
As for the studs, if you are going to put a spacer, you will need Dually spacers and they do not require longer studs because they bolt to these studs and they have their own studs for the second wheel.
You can't use regular stud on a dually.
They look good.
Pretty happy with the wheel polishing...final cost of $250...so total wheel cost so far is at $870 w/ lugnuts and caps.
probably could have gotten a new set for not much more
So here's where I'm at with these ones...
The tires I want to mount are 265/75's and when mounted side by side on the truck I have .600 between the rims...I hear recommended gap should be about an inch...that means I need about a 1.5 inch spacer between them...and new wheel studs to be deep enough to go through them..
Right now the wheel studs are just right, so I would need 1.5 inch longer than the dually studs which measure about 3.25-3.5". Does anyone make a 9/16 x 5" stud to fit?
The front look great I think:
The rear inner mounted, and the outer WELD wheel mounted to check stud length...just right without a tire on the rim
Stock stud length:
So right now, I want to run the 265's because I have them, and are a little more than 1/2 tread left on them...they are Goodyear Duratrac, and they provide pretty good traction, but I need to make the above mentioned investments of 1.5 inch spacers and longer wheel studs if they are even out there.
Or Mount up some tires that will provide the clearance needed between the tires, and bolt them on with the hardware/wheels/studs I have now.
What to do??
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Damn Dave. Those look awesome.
This truck is freakin sweet.
This truck is freakin sweet.
