chadcouch's RT4WD wheels from 14x6.5 to 15x8
EE4civowag
New Wagonist
RT wheels and aftermarket chevy wheels
cut centers out of chevy wheels
cut front and rear of barrel leaving an inch strip on center of RT wheel
chevy barrels and RT centers
clean then put the two together
after sand blast and paint
I was not that happy with the paint looks good in the pics but not to good when up close to them.
cut centers out of chevy wheels
cut front and rear of barrel leaving an inch strip on center of RT wheel
chevy barrels and RT centers
clean then put the two together
after sand blast and paint
I was not that happy with the paint looks good in the pics but not to good when up close to them.
Comments
How did you cut the centers out of the chevy wheels?
This is exactly the way we used to make wheels for our dune buggies, using the centers from 5 lug 14" VW bus wheels. I welded up the valve stem holes and redrilled them to put the bigger lip outside.
I thought about doing this on goldie, but way back then I had access to a lathe to true the wheels on, I'm afraid I wouldn't get them true/symmetrical/ balanced. On the rail buggies it didn't matter much.
Were you able to balance them pretty easily?
do you have any pics of the jig you set up for this? this is so cool! Just noticed your an hour and a half north of me. I live down in Albany Oregon. Anyhow, great job!
Please PM me if you are willing to, I need something that pokes out a good inch or two so i can run wider tires.
Super clean and well done, very impressive!
16 is doable but might look funny (on RT4WD wheels) with the extra band on the centers might be worth a try. I could easly do a stock honda 15 center on an after market 16 barrel. I think chad has pics of them on his car in his build thread.