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Old 03-22-2010, 11:03 AM
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LUGs ... Quick clean up!

I hate seeing the Porsches with rusty/tarnished wheel lugs.



I wanted to stay with the original steel lugs.


I lightly cleaned lugs with steel wool and then applied a couple of coats from a silver metallic Sharpie.







I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.






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Old 03-22-2010, 11:14 AM
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Nice! I am sporting the same wheels with the same issue.

Doesn't tightening the lugs take the sharpie coloring off?
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Old 03-22-2010, 11:19 AM
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Yes, but can be quickly touched up. This is only a temp fix.

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I just pulled em all off and painted them with Wurth wheel paint.
It was quick and easy.

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Old 03-22-2010, 11:30 AM
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I just pulled em all off and painted them with Wurth wheel paint.
It was quick and easy.
Looks great. When I paint my center console silver I’ll most likely do the same.



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Old 03-22-2010, 12:27 PM
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Just did this a few weeks ago...re-zinced mine. That sharpie does wonders...looks great for quick touchups.
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Old 03-22-2010, 12:33 PM
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Clean them and paint them....and then take it easy with a softtite socket when you take them on and off. I painted mine GT Silver.
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i just bought new ones
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Chris - looks good, thanks for sharing. Nice cab.
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Originally Posted by Chris996
Looks great. When I paint my center console silver I’ll most likely do the same.



I got the Plastic Chrome Covers and they were great!

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lol, we use the sharpee trick on out black computer terminals
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