Does anyone care that I have a saab?

How about this, I had to replace my front badge after it peeled off.

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How about this, I had to replace my front badge after it peeled off.
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Wow i love the fact that it's black!
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where did you get that?! i'll take mine off even though its in good condition. that is so cool:wh:

What a great idea!
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Oh and you guys would never believe this.. I can not get my lug bolts off even after I went to a tractor trailer place and they used a 3/4" gun which is used on the large mack trucks. I got home and they still wouldn't budge. Not one!!! So frustrating:rant:. I just wanted to paint my calipers red and my lug bolts(not nuts) black. It is so angering i just want to throw the tire iron through the windshield. Please help.
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time to break out the Red Wrench (propane torch) and heat them suckas up til they let go. need to make a heat shield around the lugs so's you don't cook the paint/clearcoat on the wheelz tho

when u replace lug bolts, USE NEVR-SIEZE or else.......

 
Make sure you do a lot of prep for the calibers or they wont come out they way you want them to. But for the lug bolts, another impact gun? I have one, Ill call my dad if you want to borrow it.

 
Make sure you do a lot of prep for the calibers or they wont come out they way you want them to. But for the lug bolts, another impact gun? I have one, Ill call my dad if you want to borrow it.

I've had a 18 wheeler repair shop use a 3/4" gun and finally got them off. Yet I just got home and NONE of them will budge. It's ridiculous. I'd use heat but I have chrome wheels. I'll look into the Never-Seize, but what will I do even if THAT doesn't work?
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Thanks for the help guys.

 
I've had a 18 wheeler repair shop use a 3/4" gun and finally got them off. Yet I just got home and NONE of them will budge. It's ridiculous. I'd use heat but I have chrome wheels. I'll look into the Never-Seize, but what will I do even if THAT doesn't work?
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Thanks for the help guys.
take it from a 120 pound tech, you might just need more leverage i tend to use what i call a cheater bar for these problems. i have an old 3 1/2 foot old jack handle that i slide over the wrench i am using and give it all heck. if you do get them out it might be a good idea to run a tap threw the threads and check your lug bolts for swelling and don't forget to never seize every thing including the lug holes in the rims.

good luck

 
take it from a 120 pound tech, you might just need more leverage i tend to use what i call a cheater bar for these problems. i have an old 3 1/2 foot old jack handle that i slide over the wrench i am using and give it all heck. if you do get them out it might be a good idea to run a tap threw the threads and check your lug bolts for swelling and don't forget to never seize every thing including the lug holes in the rims.
good luck
Thanks. I'll take that advice when I go back to the 18 wheeler place. Last time i used a big leverage bar i broke 3 craftsmen socket wrenhes and cracked one socket itself. I should probably put new lugs in but i was thinking that i could just never seize them like you said and hand tighten them so that they stay loose enough for me to take off anytime. Thanks for all the ideas and please keep them coming:banana:

 
Thanks. I'll take that advice ... i could just never seize them like you said and hand tighten them so that they stay loose enough for me to take off anytime. Thanks for all the ideas and please keep them coming:banana:
check the Sob um I mean Saab manual for lug bolt torque spec. many tire places over-torque lugs to a ridiculous degree. you may well be suffering this plobrem

Saabs don't need Kenworth torque to keep de wheeLz on!

 
check the Sob um I mean Saab manual for lug bolt torque spec. many tire places over-torque lugs to a ridiculous degree. you may well be suffering this plobrem
Saabs don't need Kenworth torque to keep de wheeLz on!

ha thanks. I hand tightened them myself so they come off easier now. Tomorrow i'm going to paint my calipers red. Any paint suggestions??? I know i should probably use a heat reisitant paint but i don't know too much else.

 
most parts stores sell caliper paint just for that purpose. if not engine block or header will hold up ok.

are you planing on taking you calipers and caliper brackets off? or you gonna try to do it while assembled?

i would suggest that you tear them down but don't remove them from the break lines just hang the calipers it will save you from havin to bleed the lines and paint but def do the brackets off the car it ill give you a better chance to make them look great

sorry if i over explain i get carried away.

 
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most parts stores sell caliper paint just for that purpose. if not engine block or header will hold up ok.
are you planing on taking you calipers and caliper brackets off? or you gonna try to do it while assembled?

i would suggest that you tear them down but don't remove them from the break lines just hang the calipers it will save you from havin to bleed the lines and paint but def do the brackets off the car it ill give you a better chance to make them look great

sorry if i over explain i get carried away.
Great advice!
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Thank you. I will run to vip soon or advanced auto parts. I might take them off like you said but I don't want to mess anything up. Spray paint or not?? My first guess would be no spray paint.And then I noticed my hubs are rusty as well so maybe I should paint those black or silver/aluminum colored. I got some pics of my new painted lug bolts. They look nice:D

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This is a wrx i spotted in vermont today. This is exactly what I would like for calipers. They are that perfect hue of red and I hope they would look just as nice on my saab. So niiceee:D

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Hey guys, this is a quick photoshop job but how do you think this would look compared to the other picture? I could always do just black if you guys dont like the red.
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the saab logo the word "saab" i painted red, i know its hard to see im sorry.

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