Romans Daily/Drifter/Track Car

[implayaz9]

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

[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

[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

[Oxer]

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

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..

[Mark Ostrowski]

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




other than that great work so far

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

i can't see pictures in this post and the one before it

[180roman]

yeah i know i'll ask Laurence from WheelTech how much to just coat the lips

thats coz u got the Track model CCWs which are raw

oh also a little birdie/tracking number told me that my skid wheels are almost here
they arrived in Sydney on Thursday, which means they will be here on Monday

i've got something special in store for those

[180roman]

i can't see pictures in this post and the one before it

i'll fix that in a minute

will re-host pics to photobucket

[Oxer]

yeah i know i'll ask Laurence from WheelTech how much to just coat the lips

thats coz u got the Track model CCWs which are raw

oh also a little birdie/tracking number told me that my skid wheels are almost here
they arrived in Sydney on Thursday, which means they will be here on Monday

i've got something special in store for those

Which is Why I am not rushing to clear them haha.. To me they are just wheels.

Cant wait to see what you do with then next set haha.. You gonna run the lm's on the 26th? or rs?

[180roman]

***all pictures are now fixed and should be working***

[180roman]

i'm hopping to be running LMs on the 26th

The RS's will probably end up going for a rebuild

i need to get one of the front barrels welded as it has a hairline crack and the outer lips have copped a bit of a hard time on the front
i had a tire pop off the bead while drifting and i ended up sliding sideways on lip
i once tapped a gutter with the front wheel sideways and i also got another dint recently from a pothole

[Oxer]

hmm... new lips are in order me thinks.

[180roman]

maybe not new

i'm thinking of running rear inner and outer barrels bolted to the front centers for some 17x9 +12 fitment
and for the rears it would be inner front barrels with rear centers and some new 1" wider(3" or 2.5") lips for some 17x9 -4 fitment

[Oxer]

That would be pretty intense haha...