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frank2 » CMF Member birmingham United Kingdom Member since:  Posts: |
reversing stock steelies |
Thu 19 Jan 2012 09:13:27 AM |
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a couple of pics showing how mine were done :)
the 4 x 3" welds ground away, and the middle starting to shift (lump hammer and steel drift needed !) |
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frank2 » CMF Member birmingham United Kingdom Member since: Posts: |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Thu 19 Jan 2012 09:16:20 AM |
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then the surfaces cleaned up ready to be flipped and refitted then rewelded .
the middle is still a very tight fit, and the assy can be fitted to the rear hub, spun and and checked for true |
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frank2 » CMF Member birmingham United Kingdom Member since: Posts: |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Thu 19 Jan 2012 09:22:01 AM |
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these vw golf ones were easy to do also :)
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PLZ818 » CMF Member Brisbane Australia Member since: Posts:  |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Thu 19 Jan 2012 08:54:08 PM |
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DANG! the VW wheels look mint! what are they off of? i was going to get some 15" civic ones for my daily but i like! good work :D
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frank2 » CMF Member birmingham United Kingdom Member since: Posts: |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Fri 20 Jan 2012 07:03:15 AM |
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PLZ818 WROTE: "DANG! the VW wheels look mint! what are they off of? i was going to get some 15" civic ones for my daily but i like! good work :D" ta :) they were mk2 iirc, 5.5 x 13 like this |
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woohoomobile » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Fri 20 Jan 2012 07:08:12 PM |
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what would you say the offsets would be once flipped?
might be a good plan for 14inch Pulsar / Primera / sunny (whatever you call them there) Rims. again your back yard engineering at its best frank. |
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frank2 » CMF Member birmingham United Kingdom Member since: Posts: |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Fri 20 Jan 2012 08:31:49 PM |
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woohoomobile WROTE: "what would you say the offsets would be once flipped? " ta :) the dub wheels are -5 rear and +5 front woohoomobile |
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frank2 » CMF Member birmingham United Kingdom Member since: Posts: |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Fri 27 Jan 2012 09:18:27 AM |
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for the benefit of low on here :)
some of my wheels have been widened using 2 donor wheels (cut where the sparks are marked) and you end up with a deeper dish and a width of 6.5" (an extra 1.5") |
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RTK » CMF Member Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Fri 27 Jan 2012 10:14:53 AM |
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Thanks Frank :)
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woohoomobile » CMF Member Melbourne Australia Member since: Posts: |
Re: reversing stock steelies |
Fri 27 Jan 2012 02:59:29 PM |
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great work frank.
i am very tempted to have a go at flipping N15 pulsar steel wheels. what machine set up do you have? a wheel balancer i imagine? tack weld then check for true? you might need to knock up a guide frank |
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