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| steuspeed |
 May 27 2012, 11:48 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,011 Joined: 12-July 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 13,308 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
I decided to throw my lug nuts in my Eastwood media tumbler and polish them while I got my new tires mounted. Used the green media with speed cleaner for a few hours. rinsed that off and added the speed polish liquid. Finished them off with the dry polish media. I don't have a real good before pic, but I'm pretty happy with the results. Thinking about adding new 914Rubber dust caps. Chrome lug pictured for comparison.
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| euro911 |
May 28 2012, 01:11 AM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,937 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California 
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You might try hitting them with some clear. They'll start rusting pretty quick.
I sand blasted mine and painted them with Rustoleum flat black 'Rust Reformer' (my wheels are black)  |
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| jimkelly |
May 28 2012, 05:01 AM
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Delaware USA Group: Members Posts: 4,969 Joined: 5-August 04 From: Delaware, USA Member No.: 2,460 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
i think your nuts have just the right amount of shine to match the paddles.
if mahles and pedrinis can be brought to a high gloss shine - i'd have to assume these lugs could too? |
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| jim_hoyland |
May 28 2012, 06:45 AM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 10,041 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California
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Nice What does the tumbler look like, how $ are they ?
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| steuspeed |
May 28 2012, 12:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,011 Joined: 12-July 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 13,308 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Eastwood is selling their 5lb tumbler kit for 99 bucks. I picked up their polish liquid kit and some corse brown media for nasty rusty parts. I have not used it yet though.
http://www.eastwood.com/5-lb-vibratory-tum...-and-media.html The only thing I don't like about it is the bowl sits on a long threaded screw and each time you want to pull the bowl off you have to unscrew the clamping knob about 4" and then put it back on. Also, if you don't get the bowl/lid on tight, the whole thing starts going squirly and making a ton of noise. One night I left it on and the next morning it had about 25 feet of power cord wrapped around it. |
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| euro911 |
May 28 2012, 01:02 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,937 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California
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Looks like they're currently on sale - $220. Eastwood site
 Of course, there's always these (less expensive ones) from Harbor Freight. Their BIG one is $170., but use a 20% coupon and it's only $136. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)  Read the reviews though ... |
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| Jeffs9146 |
May 28 2012, 01:38 PM
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Ski Bum Group: Members Posts: 4,062 Joined: 10-January 03 From: Discovery Bay, Ca Member No.: 128 |
I got one of those and it works but it takes a long time and is very, very noisy! It is not very good at getting into the threads and working out oil though! It also tends to unscrew the top and sand or media ends up all over the place!
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