Wheel Wednesday!

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Mazda just does it right

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[chilly]

This week's addition curtesy of a Mazda CX-5 Akera. I love the finish on these 19-inch wheels, just the right shade of silver and really suit the car.

On this occasion, tires were scrubbed with the Carpro ReTyre, wheels with the brilliant NV Purge, protection via Gyeon Wet Coat.







Finished off with Carpro Darkside on the tires.

Those really are some very stylish wheels

Mazda has some really good design ideas

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Finally...I have a Wheel Wednesday ...and a question?

So I cleaned the tires and wheels with Griot's Garage wheel cleaner, yeah it's not really for tires but no real harm

Once I was done I noticed the front tires were a little "uneven" looking compared to the rears, they looked great actually

These pics are after I applied a single coat of Turtle Wax Mr. Cartoon to "even them up". Now if you look at the fronts compared to the rears you'll notice a difference in sheen

Now I'm not taking offramp too fast and drive aggressively, well around here, so what do you guys think about this

Btw the pics were left NORMAL and not touched up with the AUTO setting like normal

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[Big Dave]

Finally...I have a Wheel Wednesday ...and a question?

So I cleaned the tires and wheels with Griot's Garage wheel cleaner, yeah it's not really for tires but no real harm

Once I was done I noticed the front tires were a little "uneven" looking compared to the rears, they looked great actually

These pics are after I applied a single coat of Turtle Wax Mr. Cartoon to "even them up". Now if you look at the fronts compared to the rears you'll notice a difference in sheen

Now I'm not taking offramp too fast and drive aggressively, well around here, so what do you guys think about this

Btw the pics were left NORMAL and not touched up with the AUTO setting like normal

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My rear tyres are always dirtier than the front, but that's because of the mud I drive through. Do you get more brake dust on the front wheels compared to the rear, it could be brake dust sticking to the rubber.

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Those really are some very stylish wheels

Mazda has some really good design ideas

Although not relevant to the model pictured, I'm pumped Mazda has returned to 6-cylinder engines, especially considering it's an inline 6!



Amazing how that engine layout was on the nose for 20+ years, mainly because it doesn't "package" very well compared to a more compact V6, and it was seen as a more technically advanced configuration. But nothing beats an inline 6 for smoothness, refinement and sound. Mercedes, Jaguar-Landrover, Jeep/RAM/Dodge and Mazda have all returned to the layout. I think GM have too with a diesel.

All I need now is for Ford to bring back the Barra inline 6 and put it into Mustang's and F-Series. For the modern era, I would change the block to aluminum instead of cast iron, reduce the stroke to bring the capacity down to 3.2-litres, bump up the rev limit from 6250 to 7250, add direct injection. Both naturally aspirated and turbo versions please, and carefully tuned induction and exhaust notes, none of that fake crap. I don't ask for much...................

[Big Dave]

Although not relevant to the model pictured, I'm pumped Mazda has returned to 6-cylinder engines, especially considering it's an inline 6!



Amazing how that engine layout was on the nose for 20+ years, mainly because it doesn't "package" very well compared to a more compact V6, and it was seen as a more technically advanced configuration. But nothing beats an inline 6 for smoothness, refinement and sound. Mercedes, Jaguar-Landrover, Jeep/RAM/Dodge and Mazda have all returned to the layout. I think GM have too with a diesel.

All I need now is for Ford to bring back the Barra inline 6 and put it into Mustang's and F-Series. For the modern era, I would change the block to aluminum instead of cast iron, reduce the stroke to bring the capacity down to 3.2-litres, bump up the rev limit from 6250 to 7250, add direct injection. Both naturally aspirated and turbo versions please, and carefully tuned induction and exhaust notes, none of that fake crap. I don't ask for much...................

I loved the RB30 in my VL Commodore, but I didn't tune the exhaust, In my defence I was in my mid twenties and I wanted something loud, and it was loud enough to set off car alarms, remember when aftermarket car alarms had pressure sensors in them. I was a menace. But I loved how smooth it revved.

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I loved the RB30 in my VL Commodore, but I didn't tune the exhaust, In my defence I was in my mid twenties and I wanted something loud, and it was loud enough to set off car alarms, remember when aftermarket car alarms had pressure sensors in them. I was a menace. But I loved how smooth it revved.

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Needless to say, Holden stook a step back when they dropped the Nissan engine.

A mate of mines first car was a 1990 Nissan Skyline Silhouette, which had the same 3.0-inline 6, his was a 5-speed manual. That engine was so smooth and made some nice noises. It put my 2001 Fairmont to shame, those old SOHC 4.0-liters were smooth up to about 3500 rpm, above that they were very wheezy and strained. Although, the old 4.0 could pull a nice single pegger with all that low end torque.

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1990 Nissan Skyline R31 Silhouette GTS2 (SVD) | classicregister

Did it look like this one️

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1990 Nissan Skyline R31 Silhouette GTS2 (SVD) | classicregister

Did it look like this one️

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That's the one, they were made in Australia too. I loved the stove burner taillights that model.