Miscellaneous discussions about automobiles

@SUBJECT:Re: What’s the point of alloy wheels?                        

>My IROC wheels are having the same thing happen…I talked to a body shop
friend
>of mine and he said that just to remove the clearcoat and keep them
polished up
>or I can send them to a Co. that heat bonds the clearcoat on….
>He said that if I try just to spray clearcoat on that it will peal off
>quick!!
>So…has anybody just removed the clearcoat and left it off..and how a
>wheels
>doing now? did they oxidize? are they hard to keep clean or clean?

S >So how are you going to remove the clearcoat? (apart from waiting for i
S >to fall off). How are you going to polish them?

S >Alloys will still oxidise when there’s no protection on them (that’s wh
S >clearcoat comes off) and this can damage your wheels.  The recommended
S >refinishing alloys is to get all the clearcoat blasted off, get the shi
S >surface re-cut (and maybe polished) and then get a new coat of clearcoa
S >Alternatively (and easier) to to remove all the clearcoat as before and
S >the wheels. Paint will stay on longer, if done properly, than a clearco

I removed the clearcoat from the wheels of my ’82 Mustang with mild paint
stripper. I then polished the bare wheels with Mothers polish. They looked
like chrome! They do get a little dull after a few weeks, but a quick once
over with Mothers brings back more shine than they had new (I bought new
center caps and they are nowhere near as shiny.) No permanent oxidization.
I thought about clearcoating, but it’s been over a year and that idea is
dead.

Gregg North
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 * WR  # 145 * Kempo means never having to say your sorry!

G’Day,

Ontario Canada has just implemented it cash grab scheme of photo radar.

I would like some info from people in other places in which photo radar
has been implemented.  What type of cameras are used??  How are they
used??  What are the strengths and weeknesses??

Basically how can you beat photo radar.

If you are going to suggest that people just slow down, then I agree.
That is one option.  I am interested in other options as well.

Please email me (I don’t get a chance to read this group as often as I
would like) and I will post a summary.

Thx.

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Karl Sewlochan        …uunet.ca!isgtec!karl             k…@isgtec.com
ISG Technologies Inc.  6509 Airport Rd. Mississauga.   Ont.  Can.  L4V 1S7

Did you buy the sport (firmer) suspension or the base (softer)
suspension?

While I wouldn’t like to give up any handling, I don’t want to get
thrown about on bad streets.  What did you buy?  Do you like it?  Would
you buy it that way again?

Post or e-mail.

Thanks.

Alan Davis
al…@scd.hp.com

Does anyone know anything about the Honda Minivan that is supposed to be coming
in the 95 Model year? I would appreciate any info since I will be looking to
buy a new minivan soon and am not impressed with anything out there now.

Thanks,

Aamir Farooq

I enjoy these anomolous designations much better than reading OVERDRIVE,
ABS, FUEL INJECTED, and all of the other obnoxious, braggart labels GM is
so fond of plastering on the back of their products……

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Anyone interested in starting up a Dodge Stealth group?  It seems there
are a few people
on rec.autos who own one.

Can anyone tell me why there is no correlation between the DOT treadwear
index (i.e. the three digit number on every tire indicating its treadwear
life) and the treadlife warantee offered by the manufacture?

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Craig G. Crandall Ph.D.
Internet: Crand…@uthscsa.edu

I have a used Ferrari 308GTSI, 1982, Eurocar in good shape, runs well, a
hoot to drive.  Would like to sell it at realistic price.  If interested
leave name and phone #.

Dennis Lee (Fre…@myplace.edu.) wrote:
> The 318 has 138hp while the 325 has 189hp (for the new models).  The
> 320 has the same 0-100 km/h as the 318.  The 318 is a 4 cylinder
> affordable BMW (not quick enough off the line).  The 320 is a 6
> cylinder that costs more than a 318 but doesn’t accelerate any faster.
> It is just smoother.  The 325 is the 6 cylinder that accelerates
> fastest of the bunch but it costs more than the rest.  The interiors
> are the same, and the bodies look the same (slight differences only)
> and they all have top speeds that are electronically limited by the
> power chip at 210km/h, otherwise they could go even faster.

Is this true of all BMWs?  That you can only drive them as fast as the
computer "chip" will allow?
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sandy santra                                        tre…@netcom.com
el cerrito, california                              tre…@well.sf.ca.us

I’m curious what the towing capacities for the various mini vans
out there might be.  What options are required to do the job?  I’m
looking for something that can tow a 3000lbs race car on a trailer
probably weighing in less than 5000lbs total.  And it mustn’t be
straining to do so

I’d prefer to get a full size van, but my wife must drive it.  I’m
not sure she’d like driving something as large as a big van.  Plus
we have 6 month old twins and we need to be able to get in and out.

btw, I have a ’90 Isuzu Trooper LS 4WD with a 2.8L V6 that I will
be trading/selling to get a van.

Thanks for any info.

Dale.

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Dale Maurice            UNIX(tm) Systems Manager, Competitive Media Reporting
Virginia Beach, VA      d…@cmr.com, d…@infi.net

"Time is just one damn thing after another.."
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