Aussie wheel tech/discussions

[anthony--t]

Yeah I'd been thinking about it. Probably would want to buy new nuts for wheel reassembling for peace of mind. You could probably throw hex caps in also which would be handy.

[skytup]

Could be a stupid question but I'm looking to have Whitehorse make me up barrels and lips to suit bbs 16" 34 hole centers. I've emailed them and they want me to fill out the chart so they can spin them up but I don't really trust myself to get the measurements accurate enough for this kind of thing. Don't really have the appropriate tools to get precise enough. (I don't think a measuring tape will cut it)

Wondering what the chances are of anyone having a link to measurement info (specifically the face) or the ability / advice on measuring one up?

let me know how u go with whitehorse (pricing and final product) also been looking into 16 to 18 stepped lips of late too and have seen pics of theirs lips and im really liking them, just have to finalise some centres to put them on

on to more pressing matters, STILL waiting for my ROH lips 14 moreish days to go, now thinking i might have trouble actuly fitting them under my guards, seems this is 19x12 with F off bolt on flares

[SebastienPeek]

All about the offsets man

[Oxer]

let me know how u go with whitehorse (pricing and final product) also been looking into 16 to 18 stepped lips of late too and have seen pics of theirs lips and im really liking them, just have to finalise some centres to put them on

on to more pressing matters, STILL waiting for my ROH lips 14 moreish days to go, now thinking i might have trouble actuly fitting them under my guards, seems this is 19x12 with F off bolt on flares

Pricing is reasonable, final product is awesome. My lips and barrels will be ready in the next few weeks. getting a little excited.

Toli has had lips and barrels made, aswell as ante with the red s2k.

[anth]

My only gripe, aesthetically, is that I think it would look nicer with less bolts. But I guess it's more of an engineering/sealing thing.

[Oxer]

we cant all have welded vintage ssr's...

[dylan8]

we cant all have welded vintage ssr's...

more bolts, more polished, more shit to go wrong = better yeah?

[skytup]

Pricing is reasonable, final product is awesome. My lips and barrels will be ready in the next few weeks. getting a little excited.

little excited is an understatement, been super keen for last 2 months waiting for mine, just need to get this set done and on the car so i can move onto the next set

[anthony--t]

Dropped some lips and caps at the polishers today. Hopefully start reassembly for my set that I'm building in a little over a week. Once they're done I'll look into getting my bits done through Whitehorse when the account is healthy again.

[ating]

little excited is an understatement, been super keen for last 2 months waiting for mine, just need to get this set done and on the car so i can move onto the next set

what wheels are you building? specs?

car looks good on seb's bbs rs. did you make it up to 100mm earlier this year? can't remember seeing your car...

[skytup]

what wheels are you building? specs?

car looks good on seb's bbs rs. did you make it up to 100mm earlier this year? can't remember seeing your car...

currently building ROH modena 18's for some nice dailys, Kyusha wheel co. is doin all my build
loved the way my car looked on sebs RS's, should of done the swap along time ago, was going to pinch his centres and rebuild but keen for seb to build another subie so im trying to source my own centres
made it into 100mm but pulled out, work/ money/ and wasnt 100% happy the way the cars was looking, but this year is another story

[SebastienPeek]

Today I got to it with the 16" RS build for Anja.

I built up four different sizes, two for the front and two for the rear so I could get an idea of what I could run.

Front two sizes were 16x7j +30 and 16x8j +17.3.

IMG_0859 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr

The two rear sizes were 16x7.5j +23.65 and 16x8.5j +10.95.


IMG_0857 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr

I am using the 0.5" lips that originally came with the set of wheels for the front and the 1" lips that I got when I bought the set for the Subaru from Stu. They were white but I grabbed some paint stripper and stripped them real good.

First coat of paint stripper.

IMG_0875 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr

IMG_0876 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr

Second coat of paint stripper.

IMG_0879 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr


IMG_0880 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr

Majority of the paint came off, the rest will come off when I sand them back before polishing.

IMG_0882 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr


IMG_0883 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr

And them all together being happy.

IMG_0881 by sebastienpeek, on Flickr

[Beware]

Good work....sticking with black centres or doing something else? I'm keen to get on to my next build....some 17in Autostrada Modena's that should arrive today hopefully.

[anth]

Looking good seb, always admire your ability to just get out there and get shit done

[SebastienPeek]

Good work....sticking with black centres or doing something else? I'm keen to get on to my next build....some 17in Autostrada Modena's that should arrive today hopefully.

I reckon I'm going to stick with black. I don't really have the time/money to get them sandblasted and then powder coated.

Looking good seb, always admire your ability to just get out there and get shit done

Thanks Anth, means a lot coming from you