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I'm such a perfectionist that I like things to look just right and have therefore turned my attentions to the many nuts and bolts, which hold the 993 Targa wheels together.
Owing to years of exposure to the elements these bolt heads have become a mixture of corrosion and flaky black paint. Therefore I'd love to remove a few at a time and repaint them black (think there's a song somewhere here!)
Obviously I'll be selective about which ones I remove and how many, since I don't want the wheels to fall apart and I know that's its going to take me ages, but well its winter so the car doesn't come out much.
My question is; Does anyone have any opinions on if this is a good thing to do or not....from a safety perspective of course. I'll obviously torque them up and thread lock them, but is this type of thing a big no no? I know some people will say that playing with the wheels in this way is not advisable, but then I'm sure we've all taken the wheels off our cars in the past without any issues and there's only 5 of those bolts.
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Owing to years of exposure to the elements these bolt heads have become a mixture of corrosion and flaky black paint. Therefore I'd love to remove a few at a time and repaint them black (think there's a song somewhere here!)
Obviously I'll be selective about which ones I remove and how many, since I don't want the wheels to fall apart and I know that's its going to take me ages, but well its winter so the car doesn't come out much.
My question is; Does anyone have any opinions on if this is a good thing to do or not....from a safety perspective of course. I'll obviously torque them up and thread lock them, but is this type of thing a big no no? I know some people will say that playing with the wheels in this way is not advisable, but then I'm sure we've all taken the wheels off our cars in the past without any issues and there's only 5 of those bolts.
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Migration info. Legacy thread was 12666