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sciroccosteve · Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 215 Location: Rochester, NY

Ive got the 8 spoke, 4 lug wheels, that oh so many of these cars came with.

I was thinking about painting them to have an appearance of 4 lug Fuchs wheels....

Anyone done anything interesting with them? I would like to see, if so, and how they looked on the car
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joejax · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:38 am Post subject:

Have you looked through the 'Wheel Thread' ? Seen some nice looking ones painted up. Not sure about Fuch-like, though.

There was a cross reference on here somewhere for OEM rims that would fit the 4X108 pattern from different manufacturers.

I know the old Mustang and Escort patterns were the same.
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Khal · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:37 pm Post subject:

At the end of this part of the Wheeler Dealers episode (about 8:07 in...), they painted the standard wheels. Not terrible. Got a fair price for it.

I like the original polished aluminium look, myself. These things look pretty sharp with shiny wheels.
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Cedric · Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 2815 Location: Sweden

ON my n/a I have a set which is black spokes with polished rim. Looks much better than the silver ones, at least on a blue car

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sciroccosteve · Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 215 Location: Rochester, NY

!tom · Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:38 am Post subject:

I've got one like that if you're interested.
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staticsan · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 450 Location: Sydney, Australia

I've got the standard alloys depicted on the Haynes book. I just make sure the brake dust and other grime is wiped clean every few weeks*.

Wade.

* well, okay, Dad does that, but still...
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