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Old Apr 11, 2020 | 09:42 AM
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are the lips polished or just painted?
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Old Apr 11, 2020 | 10:45 AM
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Old Apr 11, 2020 | 12:23 PM
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05 c55 silver, 98 Imperial Red C43
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are the lips polished or just painted?
Whole wheel including complete barrel/lip was powdercoated silver and thats how I wanted it.

Im not a fan of the polished lip at all
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Old Apr 13, 2020 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by PJmak
Whole wheel including complete barrel/lip was powdercoated silver and thats how I wanted it.

Im not a fan of the polished lip at all
Yeah I can understand and each to his own I guess. Monos for me need to have the polished lip, but on split rims I may agree with you PJmak
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Old Apr 13, 2020 | 01:37 PM
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Looks good either way but to me polished lip makes the wheel look smaller somehow. Its an optical illusion
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Old Apr 13, 2020 | 01:39 PM
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Old Apr 15, 2020 | 10:56 PM
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Back to polishing. Im gonna make itt a goal to finish this by next week. Passanger fender is dented and will be replaced when the time comes for a respray. Looking for a factory rolled one.





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Old Apr 16, 2020 | 02:18 PM
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Keeping the pics coming.

Should have the wheels on by next weekend lowered so some good stuff coming soon.

In the mean time finishing up polishing





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Old Apr 20, 2020 | 02:07 PM
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Detailing this red paint for so long got me seeing double



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Old Apr 20, 2020 | 02:39 PM
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Wow it’s so shinning it has a mirror reflection ! wat kind of polish did you use
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Another long time 202 guy here, haven't been very active in a long time though. I remember your screen name from the club202 days. This is an awesome project! Thanks for saving this beauty from the wrecker!
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It’s so rare to find or even see a red c43 imagine seeing two of them side by side WOW now that’s amazing
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Another long time 202 guy here, haven't been very active in a long time though. I remember your screen name from the club202 days. This is an awesome project! Thanks for saving this beauty from the wrecker!
Thanka man i miss club202 that was long ago
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