Pics of Cleaned Chassis & Restored '85 Rims Installed

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08-22-2010, 11:40 PM

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Looks really good - have you had the car flight judged?

Not yet, but that is what I am prepping for.

Also interested in McClellan award judging...need to get more details on that.

Just joined NCRS and have been reading up.

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08-22-2010, 11:42 PM

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Looks great but,

Fronts are OEM Gatorback VR50's (circa 1985), rears are Gatorback ZR50's (circa 1990).

These are my NCRS judging wheels and tires for local use only.

I kept my other set, on the original rims, with BF Goodrich G-Force KDWS's for long trips.

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08-22-2010, 11:46 PM

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St. Jude Donor '08-'09

Wish mine looked that good..

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08-23-2010, 12:12 AM

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congrats on the nice job

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08-23-2010, 09:23 AM

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Yeah that represents a ton of work but the results make ya proud. I have found that brake cleaner is the best for busting grease as well but you hafta wonder about all those chemicals. Great job!!

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08-23-2010, 11:08 AM

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Joe:

I used CRC Brakeleen Brake Cleaner from O'Reilly.

O'Reilly had it on sale for $2.50 a can...usually closer to $4 a can ($3.90 I think usually).

Went thru close to 8 cans. Still feeling a little light headed today...

Beer is cheaper!
jk...looks great, I may have to try that with mine, it's starting to look a little fugly!

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05-12-2012, 11:19 PM

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Looks really good - have you had the car flight judged?

Had the car judged today by my local KC NCRS Chapter.

96.4% Top Flight

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05-13-2012, 01:57 AM

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I give you props for rocking the salad shooter rims I know I could not drive with those rims but good gob on the detail job it's good to see some people take care of there rides.

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05-13-2012, 02:27 PM

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enjoyed the pics, great job, very nice

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05-14-2012, 10:47 PM

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2023 C4 of the Year Finalist- Modified

Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Modified

C4 of Year Finalist (performance mods) 2019

2018 C4 of Year Finalist

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96.4% Top Flight

Outstanding

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05-14-2012, 10:54 PM

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Nice Job

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05-15-2012, 10:28 AM

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That's REALLY beautiful! My 85 is white and I'm loving it.

Maybe I'm crazy but I actually love the stock rims. I was so happy mine had them. (Same rims as yours.) I guess I now know they are called "salad shooter" rims.

I think I may go for some of that degreasing on my suspension bits. Mine is pretty clean but it could always be a little cleaner.

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05-17-2012, 07:58 PM

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Maybe I'm crazy but I actually love the stock rims. I was so happy mine had them. (Same rims as yours.) I guess I now know they are called "salad shooter" rims. :rofl

Totally agree. My '85 had aftermarket c5 or c6 17" wheels when I bought it. I don't know which because they all look the same to me. These days it seems that every vehicle from full size trucks to SUVs to Corvettes come with spoked wheels. Easiest way to make sure your c4 looks just like everything else out there is to put spoked wheels on it.

So I negotiated to get the original wheels with it (the PO kept them). First thing I did was put them back on.

They are awesome looking wheels!

Last edited by Jim Rogers; 05-17-2012 at 08:08 PM.