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 Post subject: what are these wheels from
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:13 pm 
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what car are these wheels from and what are the ment to look like. i cleaned them up and polished the outside is the centre ment to be gold??

theres a before and after shot so far

 

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:21 pm 
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arent they called hotwires and from an x series? (either xd or before?)
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:24 am 
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4 stud so not of any falcon. Look like Cheviot rims for a small car.

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:55 am 
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they are currently on a nissan pintara, but i think they came of a sigma, just trying to find what car so i can see what they are ment to look like, otherwise ill just paint the centre some sort of gold
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:59 am 
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I think don't quote me when these hotwire wannabes came out the spokes was a silvery blue and the centre was a just polished or sometihng. I have seen these wheels before on a excort if I can recall

 

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 Post subject: Re: what are these wheels from
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:11 am 
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Cheviot Hotwires came out in silver, gold & I think black as well. I used to have a gold set on a VJ Valiant back in 1981. Don't know how long they were for sale after that, but your set may be fom the '80's.

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:33 pm 
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cheers. where would we be without the formods community
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 Post subject: Re: what are these wheels from
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:21 pm 
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The lost centres were either Cheviot or Aunger, same company based here in Adelaide, one factory was at Salisbury South, the other at Elizabeth West, can't remember who bought out who.

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:12 pm 
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i think there Aunger as cheviots had screw in centre caps but you could take 1 off as i think there marked in side/back side of the rim

 

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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:21 pm 
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Thlip actualy came up pretty good.. what did you use to polish them?? autosol?? an electric drill polishig bit kit??
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 7:16 pm 
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Thlip actualy came up pretty good.. what did you use to polish them?? autosol?? an electric drill polishig bit kit??



lol you dont want to know....

sounds pretty dodgy but cos its a front wheel drive i pulled the handbrake on, put a choc infornt of the left side wheel and put a jack stand under the right side, before jacking up the i tested and made sure the handbrake could hold, by giving it a few herbs as i released the clutch, after confirming the car was going nowhere i put the jack stand under the side, started the car slowly relesaed the clutch and walla, one spinning wheel, got the wet and dry sand paper out then finished with autosol. then rotate wheels.

the before and after shot is actually front wheel back wheel
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 Post subject: Re: what are these wheels from
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:07 pm 
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lol...not dodgy at all...... good thinking.... just dont get your fingers in the hot wie section!! lol
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