salad shooters
Jul 22, 2016 | 02:58 AM
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Heel & Toe
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salad shooters
Hi everyone. I have a question about the 1990 corvette salad shooter wheels. Are they a 2 piece wheel? because they look like it, when i was cleaning my wheels i noticed a small gap between the face of the wheel and the lip and got to thinking. if these are 2 piece wheels i can restore these wheels with a polished lip an be on my way.
Jul 22, 2016 | 05:20 AM
Team Owner
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Polish the lip and "drive on" - they are two piece. Remove and eyeball rear for a visual on the welds.
Jul 22, 2016 | 09:20 AM
Drifting
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Damn, that's a great name for a wheel, haha! I wonder who thinks up these monikers?
Jul 22, 2016 | 09:23 AM
Racer
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I always heard them called "sawblades."
Jul 22, 2016 | 09:37 AM
Drifting
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Never heard of a moniker applied to the one year only 1990 design. Salad shooters came after and saw blades before.
Jul 22, 2016 | 10:53 AM
Le Mans Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
WVZR-1
Polish the lip and "drive on" - they are two piece. Remove and eyeball rear for a visual on the welds.
As for the names. I thought:
'84-'87 were called turbines
'88-'90 were called Cuisinart or salad shooters
'91-'96 were called sawblades.
Jul 22, 2016 | 01:29 PM
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Heel & Toe
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My car came with 2 piece wheels? That's awesome! Yeah, im going to have them restored and have the lips polished. No need in getting rid of a nice looking wheel.
Jul 23, 2016 | 09:50 PM
Burning Brakes
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I really liked the wheels with the concealed lug nuts
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Jul 23, 2016 | 09:55 PM
Burning Brakes
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Here's my other 2 cars. Note the wheels..
Jul 23, 2016 | 09:56 PM
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Jul 23, 2016 | 09:58 PM
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Jul 23, 2016 | 11:10 PM
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I always thought "salad shooters" were vegetarians with the *****.
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