Aussie wheel tech/discussions

[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

[dylan8]

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

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

[Oxer]

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

[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]

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.

[SebastienPeek]

All about the offsets man

[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

[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.

[dylan8]

I'm keen to buy one also.

[SebastienPeek]

Yeah Seb would be good but I want to step 16 to 18" so need to be custom through Whitehorse or rotiform. Whitehorse will be cheaper and prefer to support what they're doing for aus.

Do it. Build the rs. If you've already got all the bits it just makes sense yeah?

Ah, I was unaware of the step, makes sense now! Whitehorse for sure then!

you answered your own question lol

That I did.

if you can tuck the 16" RS's on the square that would be swell.

Will definitely be tucking because have to be legal, and I don't know how much she's going to squat at the rear when she's packed full of my shit plus a set of steel wheels strapped to the roof racks.

Swell, haha I reckon it'd be bitchin'

Build the 16's for it.....if you've got the bits, why not!

My thoughts exactly. Will start test fitting the rears up once I have the drums installed on Saturday.

Anth, all this tumbler talk makes me want to get one for the countless rusted RS bolts I have. May have to consider purchasing one or borrowing someone elses and getting the media etc to use.

[anth]

just ran across this post on another forum about tumblers, interesting to see his 2-stage setup, cleaning first then polishing with different media...

This is what I then did. first off, get your curse word rusty ass nuts and bolts.



Then, add to the tumbler, media, about 1/5 full of water and some washing up liquid.



Crank the lid down, leave to run for 12-24 hours in the garage



Open it up





Use a dental pick to get the pyramid media out from where it doesn't belong



Marvel at how it worked when you did precisely nothing but twiddle your thumbs for a day.



Clean off the bits in some water and kerosene







Well sheeeiiit, it only worked!

Now take all those bits, dry them off as best you can, then take the walnut shell, no water this time.



Some generic metal polish



Throw in your dried off bits and pieces



Get it going



Wait another 12-24 hours





HELL YES. The polish is silicone based, ALL this hardware is now prepped and ready to go to the platers for some cadmium plating (the guys who did my struts) really amazed at how well this works, considering I have to exactly zip all. The thing with getting a good plate, is having the part prepared and the smoother it is, the better the plate will adhere and look when its done.

[Beware]

Swell, haha I reckon it'd be bitchin'

Build the 16's for it.....if you've got the bits, why not!

[anth]

if you can tuck the 16" RS's on the square that would be swell.

[andrewn]

you answered your own question lol

[anthony--t]

Yeah Seb would be good but I want to step 16 to 18" so need to be custom through Whitehorse or rotiform. Whitehorse will be cheaper and prefer to support what they're doing for aus.

Do it. Build the rs. If you've already got all the bits it just makes sense yeah?