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351 82GT

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What do racers usually use to mark their slicks to determine if that rim is spinning inside the slick....paint....marker....?
 
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86bluecobra

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just mark it with the samemarker you write your times on your car window with.
 
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351 82GT

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shoe polish?
 
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Nevermind...I painted a silver strip on them that lines up with the valve stem.
 

25thmustang

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I use shoe polish, if I ever check them, and I never do!
 
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I use shoe polish as well. Spun mine half way around the wheel first time out with drag radials.
 

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paint pen
 

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I mark mine with dial-in (shoe polish) but I put weather-strip adhesive on the tire beads before mounting and so far no more slipping.
 
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