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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 05:05 PM
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I was looking to buy a wicked wheel and would i have to have everything rebalanced or could i just install it myself?
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 06:19 PM
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Personally I would just install it, but I am sure you will get many different opinions on it. Several people have run them for a long time with out rebalancing them.
 
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What he said X2 Do it yourself.
 
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yeah i should have used the search button i found a great write up on how to install it. while i have the turbo out i was going to paint the ic pipes and foil delete. What paint do you guys recommend? Also i oredered a gauge kit and wanted to tap the boost gauge into the AIH plug that riffraff sells and what fitting do i need to connect all that. Thanks for the help as always everyone.
 
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yeah i should have used the search button i found a great write up on how to install it. while i have the turbo out i was going to paint the ic pipes and foil delete. What paint do you guys recommend? Also i oredered a gauge kit and wanted to tap the boost gauge into the AIH plug that riffraff sells and what fitting do i need to connect all that. Thanks for the help as always everyone.
It depends what gauges you purchased as to the if and what type fitting is needed.
 
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its a kit from itp with the z series gauge
 
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