The Quest to Stance a Volvo

[norcal505]

I am in LOVE. I really wanted to buy a red T5M back in high school but I ended up with an E30 for some reason... Wanna trade for an E30?

[JVC]

I am in LOVE. I really wanted to buy a red T5M back in high school but I ended up with an E30 for some reason... Wanna trade for an E30?

If you weren't on the West Coast I would be pretty tempted to trade, also E30's are getting played out and I like the slight exclusivity of the S70 within the stance world. Mine's also an Auto...

[JVC]

Just wanted to pop in and say...

[JVC]

With a buyer for the MAE's lined up, I looked at the last wheel and determined it had been welded...



after a bit of cleaning up


not sure how I didn't notice that before, but I had started refinishing all the other wheels, and this one was tucked away on the side of my garage so I hadn't looked at it in weeks.

I asked a friend who does wheel repair what he thinks, and he said as long as it seals and doesnt leak, and balances out it will be fine. Might get a second opinion since clearly someone who welded it had some of a clue of what to do, but not sure how qualified they look. (welds look good from my non expert opinion)

had this written on the inside of the wheel as well that I saw once I had the tires taken off today.





Then because I had the tires off, I decided to do a quick test fit using my 5x108 studded adapters on these 5x112 wheels (barely fit, but for testing purposes sitting still it was fine)













Only issue I have now, is selling them with the weld or just keeping them for myself and just dealing with the fact that one has been welded.

Specs are
18x8.5
ET32
5x112

sooo... I need adapters for the car, the rear fitment is with 15mm spacers/adapters and it sits perfect, the issue I have is that those pictures of the front are with no spacers and that if I add a 15mm adapter that it will poke too much and the front track will appear wider than the rear (since these cars look better with a 10-15mm stagger in offset from front to back since the rear track is narrower)

Options would be
-Sell the wheels and not have to deal with it and run the BBS RK I have.
-find a place to re-drill and have to pay for shipping cost there and back as well as re-drill cost
-re-drill just the fronts and order adapter spacers for the back from 5x108-5x112 (cheaper but kinda ghetto)
-order adapters and then run a smaller tire in the front with more camber (i have camber plates) and pull the fronts more to make them fit

Not sure what to do, my initial thought was to use the BBS RK and send just the faces out to get re-drilled (5x110 to 5x108) instead of using wobble bolts since they aren't made in 12x1.75 thread pitch, but after test fitting these I am thinking otherwise...

[Chigga]

I **** to say it, but if the wheel has been repair like that, the crack will always come back, it's just matter of when and how big the crack is going to be.

[JVC]

I **** to say it, but if the wheel has been repair like that, the crack will always come back, it's just matter of when and how big the crack is going to be.

That's my worry, I'm going to have a few places look at it and get their opinion as well and if it needs any more work to prevent that happening in the future.

[VanDamage]

This car is so sick man. My daily is an S70 and I've always thought it would be a cool car to do something to. Yours is very sexy, especially in the red. Doesn't seem to be a very common colour with these cars

[325 Classic]

Cool look, but too much work to be perfect, need to change your project.

[manbeard]

if that crack was repaired properly, which it looks like it was, then it'll be good to go. i've fixed a few (10-15) wheels that were cracked like that, and they're still on the road.

[JVC]

MAE's were shipped to their new owner today, back onto finding some wheels for the long haul. Going to have the RK's refinished sometime this winter and will be used for day to day wheels, while whatever I pick up will be a bit classier!

Gone forever!

[NeedingAnAudi]

Good, they didn't fit the look of your car.

[JVC]

Good, they didn't fit the look of your car.

Thanks?

[Patryk]

Thanks?

He's just jealous

[JVC]

He's just jealous

Haha, he wanted to test fit them once I got tires on them but that ain't gonna happen.

I wish people would respond to Pm's faster! I pmed a guy about some new wheels and I'm getting impatient not having a response!

[Patryk]

Haha, he wanted to test fit them once I got tires on them but that ain't gonna happen.

I wish people would respond to Pm's faster! I pmed a guy about some new wheels and I'm getting impatient not having a response!

I know how you feel, but patience usually pays off...usually...haha