rare Panasport Centerlock wheels - refinish or not?

[konstbug]

I don't really understand everyones comments in here. You just need to make centerlock adapters. They would be like the ones Hard Motorsports made for their centerlock wheel setup: http://www.hardmotorsport.com/hard-m...ub-conversion/

IIRC, most centerlock wheels have magnesium faces. That combined with being designed to handle the stressed of being tracked, drilling into them would greatly reduce the structural integrity and make the wheels unsafe.

These aren't even all that aggressive for most cars so I don't really see them being too big of an issue to sell if you can get adapters machined for the buyer.

GLWS=)

Thanks, in case of different opinions, I think the best way - sell as is and provide customer with possible options, let himself decide what to do with PCD. Now the question is - refinish them or not in that case

[Earl]

I don't really understand everyones comments in here. You just need to make centerlock adapters. They would be like the ones Hard Motorsports made for their centerlock wheel setup: http://www.hardmotorsport.com/hard-m...ub-conversion/

IIRC, most centerlock wheels have magnesium faces. That combined with being designed to handle the stressed of being tracked, drilling into them would greatly reduce the structural integrity and make the wheels unsafe.

These aren't even all that aggressive for most cars so I don't really see them being too big of an issue to sell if you can get adapters machined for the buyer.

GLWS=)

[konstbug]

No, do not do that. Get a machinist to preperly machine a 4x114.3 PCD.
AE86, Celica Supra, S13 people would be all over that wheel

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[konstbug]

Why not re-lip the 10.5 to 8.5"?

8.5/9.5 stagger will be easy to sell.., or less complicated...

I dont really understand it, what for?.it is racing wheels, they should be wide....no?!

[zoo]

weld the hardware holes on barrels, and to drill new holes for new faces

i can make them with faces from bbs rs R15 .... is it worth it?

No, do not do that. Get a machinist to preperly machine a 4x114.3 PCD.
AE86, Celica Supra, S13 people would be all over that wheel

[OrangeBlue]

Why not re-lip the 10.5 to 8.5"?

8.5/9.5 stagger will be easy to sell.., or less complicated...

[konstbug]

weld the hardware holes on barrels, and to drill new holes for new faces

i can make them with faces from bbs rs R15 .... is it worth it?

[zoo]

How?

[konstbug]

Ok, what if I replace the faces? for example to bbs

[konstbug]

but the strange PCD makes it worse

do you mean 114.5mm? I measured it non professionally, there can be inaccuracy.

measured again, now its 114.2mm...

[KyleAnderson]

which parameters make them difficult to sell? offset?

Centerlock wheels are already difficult to sell, but the strange PCD makes it worse. The wide widths and low offsets don't help.

[konstbug]

Those are going to be very difficult specs to sell

which parameters make them difficult to sell? offset?

[KyleAnderson]

thx a lot, here is specs:

front: 17' / 9.5j / +0et / pcd 114.5mm / hub 73.6mm / dpd 15.7mm
rear: 17' / 10.5j / +5et / pcd 114.5mm / hub 73.6mm / dpd 15.7mm

Those are going to be very difficult specs to sell. I don't think it's worth the time or money to refinish them. Hopefully you'll get more interest if you sell them cheaper as-is. Like Zoo said, I would consider drilling them for 4x114.3.

[konstbug]

not bad....but its not "great"))
okay, Im not really worry about looking, Im afraid of loosing the strength of them, cuz 2 holes on spokes and it will be 25-30mm of each hole

[zoo]

*two holes between spokes. Not bad looking, no?
510/early Z and the ae86 people would love those. S110/12/13 too.