Well, at least we won't have to suffer through another thread where the OP can't decide what shade of blue to paint his or her car or what shade of white or black to paint their wheels/sidepipes.
I wouldda sworn you'd go Rangoon Red.
Now-old, real Halibrands, 1991 Halibrands, Kress, Lacey and Richard 'Air Halibrands', Kidney Beans, Rudges, or Foose Dubs???
Cough it up Ron...
Cool-that should take a few years off their life expectancy. Honest, I just don't see that look with your chromed panels. Jamo's brush finish-yes. After all he's got a visible ass-crack.
Why not just highly polish your current Trigos and save the $$ for your Cammer??
Ron's still not divulging his wheel selection and he owns a 'real' GT 350 -so I'd guess they'd be some type of 'real'.
Ron's still not divulging his wheel selection and he owns a 'real' GT 350 -so I'd guess they'd be some type of 'real'.
Trigos for the street and FIA spokes for show (since they were the "correct" wheel for a Comp-ish car). No magnesium.
There's a great video clip that turned up, interviewing an original purchaser of a 427 Cobra who talked about how they got aluminum wheels because there was a problem with the magnesium Sunbursts exploding when they rubbed a curb and 'sparked.'
Trigos for the street and FIA spokes for show (since they were the "correct" wheel for a Comp-ish car). No magnesium.
... because there was a problem with the magnesium Sunbursts exploding when they rubbed a curb and 'sparked.'
Well thank you Ron!
And uh-I avoid rubbing my magnesium against curbs.
Trigos for the street and FIA spokes for show (since they were the "correct" wheel for a Comp-ish car). No magnesium.
There's a great video clip that turned up, interviewing an original purchaser of a 427 Cobra who talked about how they got aluminum wheels because there was a problem with the magnesium Sunbursts exploding when they rubbed a curb and 'sparked.'
Ed Leslie told me that they dropped the mag wheels because Ford was pushing Shelby to improve the profitability of the 427 Cobra. They brought in the aluminum wheels along with the 428 engines. I can attest to the sparking effect because I spun out in the Yosemite tunnel in 1966 rubbing the very high curb with my left rear, it looked like a 4th of July celebration, it bent the mag wheel but it did not break. I did not know that Sunbursts were ever made in magnesium.
I did not know that Sunbursts were ever made in magnesium.
Nor did I. Thanks for weighing-in here Bruce, your car was discussed earlier.
So I can ask-why did you paint your car silver? (Besides the fact that it looks beautiful) I though that a 'take-no-prisoners' guy like you would save 50 pounds with bare skin.
I know, I know-800HP, what's 50 pounds?...
Honest, I just don't see that look with your chromed panels. Jamo's brush finish-yes. After all he's got a visible ass-crack.
Why not just highly polish your current Trigos and save the $$ for your Cammer??
Okay, Chas, well here's a polished CSX4000 with what appears to be either powdercoated or painted black wheels. Besides the black wheels, BTW, I also like the black stripes.
The engine noise is NOT coming from the Cobra, but by a race car passing by.
Okay, Chas, well here's a polished CSX4000 with what appears to be either powdercoated or painted black wheels. Besides the black wheels, BTW, I also like the black stripes.
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My friend, avoid the urge to go trendy with black. Your car is timeless and perfect. You're trying to put hooker dangling ear rings on the Mona Lisa.
And those black stripes suck because they don't taper-among other reasons.
My friend, avoid the urge to go trendy with black.
Can I interest you in a nice shade of Pastel Blue?
I'm bored, bored, bored....though the excitement from last weekend was putting 5 gallons of gas in the tank, unfortunately, via a 5-gal gas can, since my car still hasn't seen the light of day in months.
As for the magnesium wheels, no curbs in my garage.
Hybrid Mode
