bryan01 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 i recently bought a group of these from members on the board (4 from one and 3 more from another), just wanted to post a few pics of them completed. i disassembled them and took them to a wheel repair shop. got them all turned on a laithe to remove nicks, 2 of the lips needed welding and one minor straightening. then the lips went to a friend for polishing, and the barrels and baskets went to the powder coater for a mirror black finish. i think they came out well. the fronts are 16x8 (seller said 7.5, but they're only 1/2" different than the rears, and the profile of the lip/barrels are all the same where the tire sits, it's an 8" wide rim) and the rears are 16x8.5; i just ordered a set of 245/45/zr16 hankook r-s2's for them, should be here this week, and on the car by the end of the week (assuming i can figure out what to do w/ the stripped stud i've got on one hub.). http://uncutwelshman.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=2303 and below is a pic of the for sale post and what the wheels looked like before resto http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=131154&highlight=HRE+sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudypoochris Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Awesome! Who did you send the wheels to and how much did it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan01 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Awesome! Who did you send the wheels to and how much did it cost? no, i bought them. above is the link from the for sale post ... 1100 for 7 rims; 4 w/ tires (but the fronts were flat spotted and one of the rears had a plug in it), 2 with a bigger backspacing than the others for slicks, and one new in box for spare parts. i'm going to use the 4 w/ the new tires that i just ordered, and put the one decent tire (not the greatest tread, but not flat spotted or plugged) on one of the other wheels as a full sized spare. the work cost 350 for the repair work (of 4 of the wheels that i'm going to use on the car); 360 for powder coating (it cost more than what the shop usually charges for coating wheels b/c of all the special masking i had them do of all the mating faces to make sure the pieces fit back together ... apparently they've never done 3 piece wheels before.) and the tires were 450 shipped to my door ... oh yeah and it cost 250 to ship all 7 wheels from orlando, FL to hartford, CT ... and i paid my friend 100$ for the polishing, and a few beers ... he's worked on wheels a lot before and has a ton of special equipment for it .... and it took a LONG time to disassemble and reassemble the wheels FYI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudypoochris Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I meant, who did you send the wheels to for repair work. I am looking to find someone to repair the clear on my 3-piece wheels. I will probably end up doing it myself with Gollum over summer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan01 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 I meant, who did you send the wheels to for repair work. I am looking to find someone to repair the clear on my 3-piece wheels. I will probably end up doing it myself with Gollum over summer though. local wheel repair shop here in CT, did great work but by looking at your address, probably a lil far away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 those are beautiful!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260zturbo Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 those look killer. love the dish on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryan01 Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 those look killer. love the dish on them thanks for the compliments, the lips on the 4 in the pics are about 4.5" from the face of the basket center to the edge, i'll post more pics when i get them on the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifton Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thye look like new. I wouldn't run those poly TC bushings on both sides. Alot of people break the rod using them. Use rubber on the back side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speeder Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Looks like my old wheels have made quite a journey! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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