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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 10:28 PM
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brake drums

has anyone polished there aluminum rear drums on a camaro

postpics if you have

i was cleaningmy wheels today an dthose dull aluminum drums look like sh*t
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 10:30 PM
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You have aluminum drums??? Do I? either way, polishing them looks like a pain in the butt.
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 10:32 PM
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I think mine are steel, I could be wrong though.
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 10:33 PM
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ya there aluminum

and it wouldnt be that hard with a dremel
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 10:35 PM
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If its not that do it so we can see some pics. Or swap them out for disc brakes like I did.
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 10:38 PM
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disk brakes take money
and i aint got any of that
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 11:14 PM
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I just painted mine red.......may be a little "rice"......but IMO they look better then they did before.....

The pics are on my webpage...
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 11:16 PM
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Originally posted by FLYNLOW92rs
I just painted mine red.......may be a little "rice"......but IMO they look better then they did before.....

The pics are on my webpage...
Sorry that is rice. Not to flame you. But at least paint it to match teh color of the car. You don't know how many Honduhs, have blue paint and red drums.
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 11:56 PM
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You don't know how many Honduhs, have blue paint and red drums
Or the Mitsubishis w/ green paint and orange drums...
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 11:57 PM
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painting them is very rice
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 12:17 AM
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Painting them a bright color is stupid. Drum brakes aren't something I would want to show off to the world. If anything, paint them black.
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 12:45 AM
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When I used to have drums on my 90 RS they looked like hell. I had planned to paint them to match the color of the car, but Revlimit solved my problems and swapped a B/W disk rear in there for me. My truck has drum rears and they are painted to match the truck. I think it looks really nice too see another color/shade behind the spinning wheel (be it a color or polished metal). I'm also a fan of painting brake calipers to accent the car. Its all the little things (like that) that add up to make a project unique. It just goes to show that the owner takes pride in their ride and is willing to spend time on it. Nothing '*****' about it at all to me. Not that I care what other people think anyway ....
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 01:29 AM
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i think that painting them the same color as the car wouldnt look bad

but a contrasting color is ricy, imo
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 01:31 AM
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btw do you have any pics of teh s-10 that you could e-mail me
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 01:34 AM
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I dont have any pics to show the wheels with the brakes behind them. But whenever my friend lets me barrow his digital camera I'll snap some pics of the truck as well as the B4C.
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 01:37 AM
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cool

i wasnt requesting them for the brakes but that would be a bonus
i have a thing for slammed hotrodded trucks
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 03:14 AM
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lol his truck is for show not go ... at least if i remember correctly from the website it is
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 04:19 AM
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yeah its all for show .... i think i can run faster than my truck. but still ... I like it alot and it was alot of fun. only regret was the engine choice. Here's a pic from when it was on the 17's:

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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 08:00 AM
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uh can that thing get any lower???????
anyway that is a nice truck.
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 08:19 AM
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Originally posted by CrazyHawaiian
whenever my friend lets me barrow his digital camera I'll snap some pics of the truck as well as the B4C.
Yes, I wanna see pics of the B4C
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Old Aug 20, 2002 | 03:28 PM
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crazy hawaiian nice truck i love slammed trucks (almost as much as camaros )
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