Does anyone know a good source for 3-piece rim components?
I have half a mind to “make” rims for my challenge car if I can get the inner and outer drawn rim components reasonably cheap and then laser (and countersink) the centers myself. This way I can get my oddball bolt pattern, width, and rims that appear to match front and back (because the bolt pattern and offset is different front to back). The idea is that I WON’T have many hundreds of dollars tied up in rims doing this. Ideally I’d like to have 17” rims. Best fat tire selection in that size without getting redonkulous large diameter. Aluminum preferred, but steel would be OK.
I've seen it done using Kinesis or HRE barrels but I'm thinking it will still run you a grand to get it done.
A friend of mine has some 2-decades old Volks that are 3-piece. Maybe I can talk him out of them.
If so hit me up, I might want the centers lol
Gainesville FL craigslist has some wide 5 barrels cheap that could be used for this concept.
sporqster wrote:
The idea is that I WON’T have many hundreds of dollars tied up in rims doing this.
I'm afraid you'll likely need another idea then.
If you have to buy new, you might be able to buy just the 17" barrels/lips for the ENTIRE challenge budget.
cut up some steelies and weld in a flange? If you have access to a cnc plasma/laser cutter, probably wouldnt be that hard to do.
4cylndrfury wrote:
cut up some steelies and weld in a flange? If you have access to a cnc plasma/laser cutter, probably wouldnt be that hard to do.
Might not be a terrible idea... keeping the whole thing centered would be a concern, but maybe I can figure something out.
sporqster wrote:
4cylndrfury wrote:
cut up some steelies and weld in a flange? If you have access to a cnc plasma/laser cutter, probably wouldnt be that hard to do.
Might not be a terrible idea... keeping the whole thing centered would be a concern, but maybe I can figure something out.
you should be able to center the wheel in the CNC cutter, then the centering is already done (provided youre machine and code are spot on).
Or:
- lift the car
- mount the wheel to an undriven hub
- place the cutter at the appropriate location for the cut on a fixed mount
- turn on the cutter head
- spin the wheel
Voila!! instant/poor-mans lathe. I know Iv seen a similar approach in a DIY thread from some other forum linked here, but cannot for the life of me get the google-fu flowing well enough to find it
Seriously, search "wide five" on the Gainesville Craigslist. All the outer sections you could ever want at good prices. It was done by a challenger in the past, it can be done again.
I assume this is what you're talking about:
http://gainesville.craigslist.org/pts/3151735411.html
I'm a long way from Gainsville, as long as seller will ship, that looks about right.
16VCorey is looking into what he can hook me up with locally.
