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shodog wrote:

Shodog, what you need to complete that beauty is some gold-anodized wheel nuts. I used those on my Gold Celebration Optima with polished Sees wheels, seeing the gold nuts reflecting in the polished aluminum is the bee's knees.

I have to agree, gold nuts would look awesome and add some authenticity too!

Or polished NUTS! DON

Blue nuts just send the wrong message.

Just don't put your nuts in the lathe

The problem is that I need special nuts.


I haven't been able to find gold nuts in 8/32". The ones I'm using are Tecnacraft 8/32 nuts in the front and factory team 8/32 in the rear.

I think the urban dictionary indicated that it's "washing a dog in the shower" when you put your Tecnacraft 8/32 nuts in her front?

The Tecnacraft front axles use a 8/32 nut. The nut came from a Tecnacraft pan car aluminum screw kit

gomachv wrote:I have to agree, gold nuts would look awesome and add some authenticity too!

You could always paint YOUR nuts Gomachv !!!!! But i would think airbrushing them would kinda tickle!!!!!
DON

vintage AE wrote:I think the urban dictionary indicated that it's "washing a dog in the shower" when you put your Tecnacraft 8/32 nuts in her front?

Shodog -
How do You store all these shiney builds and parts You´ve got.
Dusting of must take a couple of days.

DennisM wrote:Shodog -
How do You store all these shiney builds and parts You´ve got.
Dusting of must take a couple of days.

I have my cars on shelves and you're right they have been getting dusty. Lately I have been recleaning vehicles up. Once they are all clean and polished up, I bag them up in clear plastic and put in a bag of dessicant to absorb moisture.

Are we showing off Tecnacraft wheels??


This is the wrong forum for this one though.

This thread almost makes me want to go unearth my aluminum wheel collection. Before moving I wrapped each one up individually in newspaper and tape, and put them in a box which I also sealed. That was over a year ago and they're still like that.

These wheels look fantastic - even on the Ultima