Romans Daily/Drifter/Track Car

[Oxer]

Well worth it dude, Uncoated alloy goes milky ater a while, the ccw's already have.. Im gonna get them polished in a while and hit with clear..

[180roman]

i've got like a cramp in my hand from sanding that wheel

need to polish them all 1st then i'll get WheelTech to hit them with some clear if their price is reasonable

[Oxer]

Strip them and get wheel tech to hit them with another fine coat of clear!

[180roman]

a couple of hrs of hard work

i decide to use the wheel with the most clear coat damage and 2 little bits of gutter rash, just in case i damage the clear coat more while sanding them

i also quickly reassembled the wheel centers in the position i would like to run them on the car with 4 bolts to hold them in place and measured the offset with a ruler, confirming that my calculations were correct, making them 9" +5 offset

here is the result




i really don't like the visible line between the clear coat and the part i sanded and quickly polished with a rag, so i think my only choice is to fully strip the clear coat and re polish the lips

there is also a slight 0.5mm step in the lip between the clear coat and the part i sanded, which i will also need to sand down when i get some more abrasive sandpaper, 100grit should do

[180roman]

some work in progress shots

the LMs after disassembling

there was no clear coat under where the center mounted so all that black stuff is dirt and corrosion
this pic was after hitting it with a scotch pad

so i got out some 240grit and 600 grit paper and went to work on 1 area to see what it would come up like

here is the result after giving it a quick buff with a cloth

[implayaz9]

if u decide to sell any of ur sets let me know.

[Oxer]

Wheel bolts are a hard one... Might be easier to source some new bolts rather then trying to refinish those.. Otherwise, you could hit them with a wire brush and get them re chromed or painted...

[180roman]

I went down to Repco today and bought an 8mm and 10mm 12 point sockets as well as a 1/2"drive x 1' extension

so I got home and decide to see if i could separate one of the LMs to see what I'm up against

The bolts were pretty easy to unbolt once you crack the loctite

20 bolts


the center was sitting in there fucking tight
with all the bolts undone and removed, i could stand on it and it would not fall out of the wheel
i had to use a hair dryer and stomp on it with my foot for a few minutes until it fell out





the good news is, the wheel barrel thickness is 6mm and the center mounting section is 9mm

which means that by putting the centers from behind they are becoming 15mm less offset, 17x9 +5 offset

i was going to slide the centers in from the back to see what they would look like, but the lip needs quiet a bit of work with some polish before it looks any good. one of the wheel weights on the inside of the barrel also needs to be removed, so i can slide the center in as it doesn't let it sit straight

as it can bee seen from the picture of the wheel bolts they are not looking their best with rust showing
what can i use to remove the rust and restore them to looking clean again?

[180roman]

due to buying wheels and tires i started to run out of room in my garage

so i did a bit of a side project and built myself a tire rack

before



after



the complete tire rack build thread can be found HERE

[bryan3976]

tuff 180

[implayaz9]

I wish I could find a better to buy wheels from japan.

[180roman]

i'll stop buying wheels if you give me your CCWs.... deal..... lol

[Oxer]

Looking good man... But you need to stop buying wheels and get coilovers!

[Johnny5]

I like I like

[180roman]

more pics of the LMs