Charlie's Elite Registry

[JMan689]

Charlie, FYI the Cragar soft 8s are like 36 bucks a peice from scummit for 15x8s.

 

[Charlie]

Charlie, FYI the Cragar soft 8s are like 36 bucks a peice from scummit for 15x8s.

That's the reason I'm planning on getting them. Plus, free shipping

I just don't see any reason to buy aluminum/more expensive wheels, this isn't a performance vehicle.

 

[Glen4X4]

The interior changes look nice Charlie. Let me ask ya something though, why not just pull the whole ashtray out and mount the CB in there and custom make yourself a bezel to go around it to cover up empty space? Or do you need the ash tray? Hows that CB working for ya?

 

[Charlie]

The CB bracket is mounted on the bottom of the ashtray, so it can still be used. I was originally going to pull out the ashtray and use that space, but I realized I could just as easily mount it to the bottom, and still use it. I just use the ashtray as a garbage, since I don't let people smoke in my car (I don't want to get that smell in the car that is impossible to get rid of) CB's working great, I use it a lot more now, since I don't have to put it in every time I am planning on using it. Personally, for freeway driving, I would take a CB over a radar detector any day. Radar detectors don't tell you where the cops are for the next 40 miles up the road.:

 

[Glen4X4]

Yeah, I agree about the CB's I grew up around them thats why I put one in mine. I tell people that if they want to smoke bad enough all the windows have to be open (in the winter) then in the summer if they want to I won't let them.

 

[lycan91]

thats a hell of a deal on those wheels

 

[Charlie]

http://store.summitracing.com/partd...art=CRR-3975812&N=700+306459+115&autoview=sku

Sure is. They are steel, though.

 

[cybergasm]

Oh, but my tires sure don't stick out. I would like to make them, though, sometime (cough spacers cough)

Today I was stuck doing a little "powdering"

Get those Soft 8's from Summit in 3.75 in Backspace and you won't have to worry about spacers

 

[Explorer#2]

This is a 235/75/15 with a 3.75 in backspacing.

It looks like they stick out more in the front than they do in the back im just away from "my" computer so this is the only one I had I will post up more when I get back home. I like the black and white thing, just what im going for

 

[Charlie]

Yeah, the cragars have the backspacing that looks good

 

[Explorer#2]

Mine are not Cragars they are something else but they are 15x8 with a 3.75 backspacing none the less. Also remember my tires are 235/75/15. I was thinking about getting some cragars but a local shop was having a buy three get one free sale so I couldnt pass it up plus I think they look just as good. If you want more pics just click on my elite thing there are a few there

 

[Charlie]

Shaded the tail lights over the weekend

I still need to buff/polish them more, I will get around to that later. I just used a combination of clear/black paint to create the desired shade, because all of the products out there that I have seen used came out darker than I wanted.

 

[Paraphoe]

Nice work Charlie. Did you clear over them at the end? When I finished clearing mine they needed no buffing. They were shiny as all hell.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q172/Paraphoe/IMG_0260.jpg

 

[Charlie]

I did clear them once, but I am still going to run them over with a few more coats of clear, and then buff/polish.

 

[Charlie]

Well, pulled of the fender flares. I have some rust to deal with, as you can see, but it's not that big of a deal. For now, I just hit it with some white paint, so it doesn't stand out quite so much, and so it isn't that ugly rust brown. I will also be chopping off that bottom part that hangs down 1" (highlighted in yellow in the last picture) or so on the bottom, where the ends of the flares connect. I believe that will give it a cleaner look, also. Then, I will be filling the holes.

 

[FROADER]

congrads on being elite, charlie sux bout ur holes in the body

 

[JMan689]

congrads on being elite, charlie sux bout ur holes in the body

Yeah my 94 has the same holes when i take off the side skirt. Rust repair this summer.. oh joy.

 

[mounty71]

congrads on being elite, charlie sux bout ur holes in the body

ROFLMAO! Thanks for brightening my day Colin.

 

[Glen4X4]

ROFLMAO! Thanks for brightening my day Colin.

lol Ok, guess I'm not the only one that saw this, though my comp. was combining post sounds like something same would say.

Any way nice work on the taillights and goodluck with the rust repair I've got to do some of that too.

 

[Charlie]

goodluck with the rust repair I've got to do some of that too.

sux bout your rust

The only "plus" side of having the rust, is that half of the holes are gone, so I won't need to fill them in: