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06-03-2010, 07:45 AM
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  Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Dover, Ohio
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New wheels...
So I go look at a 1991 Acura Integra LS (4-dr) for my 16 year-old stepbrother. Car is in awesome shape, only $500, so we buy it. 5-speed, lowered, exhaust, CAI, runs great... Amazing deal!
They tell me they have rims for it sitting behind the barn. We walk out back and I look at them... Could it be... Kosei K1's sitting outside in the middle of hick-ville, Ohio? Or are these just replicas?  I look at the backs.. Made in Japan. The real deal!  I offer them my ~$90 Nikon Coolpix digital camera... Sold!  Needless to say, they need some TLC, cleaning up, and some paint. But they're all straight, no curbage, no bends. Besides... $90 for a set of 16x7.5, +43, Kosei K1 lightweight wheels from Japan... I think I can handle a little work!  (Anyone want some MOMO rims and tires? LOL.  ) 
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06-03-2010, 10:15 AM
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Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008
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Sweet deal!
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06-03-2010, 11:32 AM
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Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Feb 2006
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Well played, sir! Kosei K1s are some of my favorite all-time wheels.
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06-03-2010, 11:43 AM
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Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Dover, Ohio
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Thanks guys!
Mine too Thirty-Nine, I've had my eye them ever since I got the Yaris. Just couldn't bring myself to buy brand new. 
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06-03-2010, 12:35 PM
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that is one heck of a deal! great find.
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06-03-2010, 05:53 PM
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Drives: Seriously Modded 07 Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006
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how's that go again? fall in a bucket of shit and come out smellin like roses? this may apply! very nice find!
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06-03-2010, 08:27 PM
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Drives: '05 Audi A4 1.8t quattro Join Date: Sep 2006
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media blast em, polish then anodize..... that would be epic
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06-03-2010, 09:28 PM
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Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008
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Tiny bit of progress today.. Damn 19,000 layers of spraypaint.
  
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06-03-2010, 09:45 PM
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Drives: 2014 White VITZ Join Date: May 2007
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Very nice wheels, great deal, excellent fitment. Should give you a lot of satisfaction when you get done refinishing them. Have fun!
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06-03-2010, 09:54 PM
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1NZ-6spd
Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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HAHA, didn't you trade away you camera for these wheels? What are you taking those fuzzy pictures with?
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06-03-2010, 09:55 PM
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Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Dover, Ohio
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My Android phone. Too lazy to break out the nice camera. lol.
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06-03-2010, 10:00 PM
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1NZ-6spd
Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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did you get all the paint off yet?
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06-03-2010, 10:01 PM
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Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Dover, Ohio
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Nope, I cleaned the stripper off one wheel with steel wool (#2 grade) and it didn't come off very good. I left the rest of the stripper on to sit overnight and stuck them back in the shed.
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06-03-2010, 10:02 PM
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1NZ-6spd
Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008
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Do you have a power washer?
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06-03-2010, 10:03 PM
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Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Dover, Ohio
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I do but it's broke. I was hoping to sandblast them but can't find anyone with one.
Will have to borrow a power washer from someone. |
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06-03-2010, 10:04 PM
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1NZ-6spd
Drives: '05 6-Spd Vitz RS Join Date: Oct 2008
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or you bring them to the car wash and spray them.
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06-03-2010, 10:05 PM
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Drives: '08 Yaris Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Dover, Ohio
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^ That's a good idea right there. I need some more paint stripper though now, lol.
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06-03-2010, 10:13 PM
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Drives: Decepticon - Ravage Join Date: Nov 2008
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aircraft coating remover works wonder.Amazing deal tho, you must at least feel alitttle guilty tho LOL
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