Look what i have created...wide steelies!

[Count Vaux Alot]

I loved the idea of banded/widened steel wheels so thought i would have a go at creating some my self in my 'spare' time at work....what do we think??

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/130320081212.jpg

And there were two

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/130320081215.jpg

This is how they were made....

Started off with this old thing only 5 inch wide!

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/100320081157.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/100320081156.jpg

Then i cut the front lip off it on the lathe

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/100320081160.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/100320081161.jpg

Found a donor 5 and a half inch rim and cut the front lip of that

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/100320081163.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/100320081165.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081168.jpg

[Count Vaux Alot]

Then cut the centre out of the donor wheel

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081169.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081171.jpg

This left me with the rear lip of both wheels one with the centre left the nova one and the donor with out the centre

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081174.jpg

Then i simply combined the two rear sections of wheel as so:

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081176.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081177.jpg

The result a 7.5 inch wide wheel! YES!

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081180.jpg

And a nice deep dish

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081185.jpg

I had it sand blasted then cleaned it all up

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081187.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081190.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/110320081196.jpg

[Count Vaux Alot]

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/120320081197.jpg

Then attempted to weld it up which didn't go according to plan....

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/120320081204.jpg

I believe this to be some thing to do with the sand blasting process as they said the sand blasting could have inpregnated the metal with resin this made it spatter like mad and was a complete **** to weld hence i haven't had the second one sand blasted yet and will get it done now its welded up!

See no.2 and a much neater weld!

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/130320081211.jpg

[NovaLad]

Looking good how long they take?

[Count Vaux Alot]

Inspiration taken from John and his banded steels!

[aarocap]

there phat!! (no pun hehe), massive dish on those. are you going to use them??

[Count Vaux Alot]

The end result so far

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/120320081207.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/120320081208.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/130320081215.jpg

[Lynsey]

Awesome, I PM'd you before I spotted this lol

[Count Vaux Alot]

Looking good how long they take?

The first took a while with measurments etc but the second to its current state took about an hour! There is still the sand blasting, powder coating (in silver) then painting the centres of the wheel in dark grey as the origional

[Count Vaux Alot]

there phat!! (no pun hehe), massive dish on those. are you going to use them??
Oh yes probably for shows but they will get used and i'm on the look out for a mk1 hatch so they may find them selfs onto that as i like my saloon wheels alot already!

[twistysnovagte]

are you taking orderslolhow much for a set of 4?

[Count Vaux Alot]

are you taking orderslolhow much for a set of 4?

I have considered taking orders but i need to complete my set of 4 and get them all rubbered up to work out how much a set would actually cost with and with out tires.

[areofall]

Hi,
I not 100% sure but I think this is illegal now? Maybe best check it out before selling any. They look well though.

[Count Vaux Alot]

correct they are for road use but they are for 'show use' so meh.

[peester]

holy ****..

ur gettin far too handy lol

[Count Vaux Alot]

/\ i love it i can't help having a go at something if it takes my interest!

[Nobby]

i read on another forum that this is highly illegal!?! look mint though!!

[peester]

dude, with skills like that - quit work - do it for a living, lol..

im messin..

deffo gonna be popular with that calibre of work.. not the ladies tho :(

[Nevo]

ive got them wheels on my nova in good condition , how much u gunna charge me ?? al get em painted ....

[Jack]

Too euro for my liking, but good skills :cool:

[Lynsey]

not the ladies tho :(


Why the hell not? :eek:

[walshc]

Theyre mint :cool:

[NOVA_LEE]

if price was resonable id buy a set of them off you cos im goin euro style when i get me loon :D

[John]

good skills count! Personally I'd tig rather than mig though.

(ps Euro is the future!)

[Stuart]

good skills but the new lip looks wrong.... You need to mate a front to a back as the lip profiles are different for tyre fitting purposes.

[J4MES]

They look hot!!

[Dod]

Whats the crack with getting tyres for them? I'd have thought you'd need a MINIMUM of 225's or wider? Have you got a supplier?

[Jay]

195/45-14's would do...

[Dod]

195/45-14's would do...

:roll: Thats what I have on my 5.5" Steels. They'd be way too narrow, would look stupid and ware unevenly like a *******.

[Jay]

Well they'd proberly rub with anything wider... ?

[Dod]

Well since the wheels have be widened they'll sit out too far anyway. I reckon this mod is best kept to Saloons or 5 doors with the Rounded arches.

That said, I'm running 215s on my 6x15" Comps with no rubbage so it may be a case of trial and error although the offset/inset is going to be all messed up.

[General Baxter]

fancy making me some 7" ones ? lol

[mayhem]

7,5" is 7,5j right?

a 185-50-14 goes easely on that.

[Nevo]

Well since the wheels have be widened they'll sit out too far anyway. I reckon this mod is best kept to Saloons or 5 doors with the Rounded arches..

That includes meee :thumb:

[Stoo]

lol 225s on a 7.5

im running 195s on 8J

[Ste L]

:roll: Thats what I have on my 5.5" Steels. They'd be way too narrow, would look stupid and ware unevenly like a *******.


no, the whole idea of them is to run stretched tyre's euro style :wtf:


they wont wear any different, than if wider tyres was fitted


like so..

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/4995/baildon_018.jpg

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/4995/baildon_014.jpg

[Stoo]

that corsa is sick ste!

[Ste L]

that corsa is sick ste!

project thread for it, if you wanna see it :thumb:

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=321181




sorry to go offtopic ;)

[sr jack]

i saw that corsa at silverstone i think, its ucking mentall lol

[Count Vaux Alot]

good skills count! Personally I'd tig rather than mig though.

(ps Euro is the future!)

Cheers mate if i had tig then i would but i don't!

[Count Vaux Alot]

good skills but the new lip looks wrong.... You need to mate a front to a back as the lip profiles are different for tyre fitting purposes.

If i mate a front to a back then it defeats the point as you might as well band instead, and the reason for joining is to achieve the width :tard: as for the lip profile i already know this i asked my tire fitter prior to welding the first and he said no probs :thumb:

[Count Vaux Alot]

the offset/inset is going to be all messed up.[/quote]

I can alter this if its wrong buy cutting the centre out and moving it to suit but they are for show and i have a saloon so its no real problem.

[Count Vaux Alot]

no, the whole idea of them is to run stretched tyre's euro style :wtf:


they wont wear any different, than if wider tyres was fitted


like so..

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/4995/baildon_018.jpg



correct i'm going for stretched tires prob 165 55 or 175 50 14!

[rednova]

very trick - nice skills there bud - dont think this is illegal im sure its only when theyre banded where the issues are raised?

very trick - any chance of some 15" from a mk4 astra?

[rednova]

very trick - nice skills there bud - dont think this is illegal im sure its only when theyre banded where the issues are raised?

any chance of some 15" from a mk4 astra?:thumb:

[Count Vaux Alot]

Mk4 or Mk3? I have some that i'm going to try!

[Stuart]

fair enough, aslong as you dont have problems when it comes time to fit the tyres and them not going over the lip.I'm quite willing to have my theory proved wrong :D

[Count Vaux Alot]

fair enough, aslong as you dont have problems when it comes time to fit the tyres and them not going over the lip.I'm quite willing to have my theory proved wrong :D

Thats the challenge set then lol

[shy witness]

fair play mate.

thats a nice job imo.

them whells doo look really well with a widened/extended lip.

i have a xset lying up in work.......




but i'm afraid i'd be more of an angle grinder man.........than a lathe lol

[Count Vaux Alot]

fair play mate.

thats a nice job imo.

them whells doo look really well with a widened/extended lip.

i have a xset lying up in work.......




but i'm afraid i'd be more of an angle grinder man.........than a lathe lol

Can i buy them from you then?

[mowgli]

i believe that you need to be a coded welder, because it is a pressurised vessel, but considering how alloys get 'reconned' with filler I think you will be ok, how are they for balance?

[trackdaynova]

they rock - well done mate... as for stretch tyres, I fitted these 225/35/19s to my friends 11 J wide rims, not for the euro look obviously,but just becase they look ace

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/neocapture/Paul200sx1.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q161/neocapture/Paul200sx10.jpg

[Count Vaux Alot]

They do look very nice indeed!

[Count Vaux Alot]

i believe that you need to be a coded welder, because it is a pressurised vessel, but considering how alloys get 'reconned' with filler I think you will be ok, how are they for balance?

I got them as true as possible so ill see when they are on a balancer....What will i be ok for exactly?

[lee coley]

i believe that you need to be a coded welder, because it is a pressurised vessel, but considering how alloys get 'reconned' with filler I think you will be ok, how are they for balance?

i do wheels at work,the filler is only cosmetic really.

[Benn]

Nice work dude, fancy making me a set?

[Count Vaux Alot]

Thats an old thread, do you have enough sets of wheels?

[Ste L]

did you ever finish the set of them you was making?

[Count Vaux Alot]

erm yes, they don't fit the loon as the V6 are to big but watch this space

[scottishstu]

keep up posted mate good to see some 1 trying something diffrent i think they looked well smart
take it easy