rim job (wheel restoration)

[88JRFAN]

OUT OF CURIOUSITY, DID YOU TURN THE AIR ON TO THE BLASTER. I DID THAT TRYING TO BLAST SOME HEADS.. JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, NICE JOB THOUGH. IF ANYTHING THE PAINT WILL FADE A LITTLE AND LOOK BETTER. DAREN

[Longhorn Man]

the air was on. I found out today the tip on the gun is worn, and plus the glass bead media was too fine to do the job quickly anyways.
Good thought though.

[68C15]

you can remove the plastic inserts on the back of the caps. run a 1/4x20 tap in the holes and they line rigth up with the factory holes in the wheels.

I am waiting to see what you come up with for a lug nut idea.

[Longhorn Man]

That was what i was thinking... I never saw any caps back there, but I was thinking of drilling holes and then doing as you say.
As for lug nuts, I'd end up putting chrome ones (with a lock) on there.
That's the plan anyways.

[corn]

The ones Ive seen looked like they had closed ends but they popped out & exposed the holes ready for screws...

[Premium72]

hell yeah dude!!..looks nice!

[68C15]

Originally Posted by corn

The ones Ive seen looked like they had closed ends but they popped out & exposed the holes ready for screws...

exactly. BTW corn, they will look sweet once I get some lugs. thanks again

[Longhorn Man]

headed out here shortly to have the rubber put on.

[68C15]

got any pics of the rubbers on your rim job?
that sounds soooo wrong.
seriously though, any pics?

[slammed1]

nasty nasty nasty LOL

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by 68C15

you can remove the plastic inserts on the back of the caps. run a 1/4x20 tap in the holes and they line rigth up with the factory holes in the wheels.

I am waiting to see what you come up with for a lug nut idea.

And this is exactly what i did... although, i am too lazy to tap 20 holes, so i just threaded the bolts up into the caps!
Here we go...
As already indicated, these are the caps i have... off a 90's 1500 2 wheel drive... actually, i think he said they were removed from an Astro... but what ever.

*cooool!!! You can see my phone/cam in the chrome!!!!
Grab some dykes to rip out the plugs that block the holes in the back

A blurry photo of what came out

Grab 20 1/4-20 X 3/4 inch bolts;

And mount the from the backside of the wheel like so, up into the cap.
A cordless drill with a slip clutch can be used... start on a low setting and work up. I practiced on the one kerfagled cap i have.

[Longhorn Man]

Grab a mothers power ball and get some of this kick ass cleaner and polish from mudder.... these things will make the junk yard trim rings look stunning!

Mudder... you were right, this stuff is the SHIZNIT!
instant BLING!!!

245/60 on the left, 275/60 on the right.

Now remember... everything that is not rubber... came from the junk yard. The rims and rings were off an 84 1/2 ton p/u.
I did get a shot of all 4, but the photo was so blurry, even I refused to use it.
Now... for the $$
Rims I think i paid $40 for the cheesey rallys with the chrome chipping off, and traded even up for the truck rallys.
tires, just a tick under 400 bills
mount/ballance/valve stem/labor $50 with shop discount
paints 30 bucks
my labor... right at about 14 hrs all in all.
A *good* rate from a shop would be 50-ish an hr around here... so that would be 700 bucks.
I feel kinda ripped off here... 1220 bucks for rally wheels. Hmmmm.... I kinda ripped myself off though, the check i wrote myself for $700 was a bad check, so I guess I only have $520 into them.
That still doesn't sound low buck to me... esp for a rim job!

[Longhorn Man]

oh yeah... this is a first for me... white letters turned in. I'm not quite sure about that move... but I think imade the right choice.

[slammed1]

looks great!
anxiously waiting to see lugnuts you use.

[CG]

Looking good. And nice job on putting the letters in. I prefer my stuff that way. But I do like some of the stock style lettering on the old muscle cars.

[BurnoutNova]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

oh yeah... this is a first for me... white letters turned in. I'm not quite sure about that move... but I think imade the right choice.

definately, it looks alot cleaner to have the letters in. with the letters out its distracts you from looking at the car as a whole

[Palf70Step]

Nice job Andy. It does look clean., so they on the burb yet?

[Alvin]

Wow Andy. That almost makes me want rallys on my truck! They look great.

Don't put them on yet! There will be salt on the roads again before spring gets here.

[BOSS]

Looking good Andy,you cant beat a nice set of ralleys!!

[Big J]

Andy those look great! I've been debating on that color or black on mine. I think I'll be going with the argent silver aluminum...... Nice work.

[chrislehr]

Badass. Go find that guy and tell him I want the same, but in 6 lug

[Longhorn Man]

They aren't on the burb yet... the burb still has big 'ole honkin 8 lug wheels on it.
As for the salt... yesterday was the first time the burb has hit the streets since december IIRC... when ever it was my converter broke on the longhorn, so salt isn't too much of an issue since it is just sitting... but, that is WHY she is sitting there guarding the curb. However, Alvin... when i pick you up to take you to port columbus... we'll be burbin our way there... I'll have my son for the weekend, and the longhorn has buckets. The burb gives a nicer ride anyways, not to mention you can actually hear each other speak in it.
But... they are in the BACK of the burb for the moment.
As for the letters... I've always been more of an old school 60's/70's hot rodder type, but that's not the route this one is going. It was hard, I even messed up at first as i was unloading it all at NTB for the mount and ballance. Automaticly said letters out, then realized the mistake a moment later.
chrislehr... in these parts, 5 lug 8 inch rallys are a b!tch to locate, and the 6 lug ones are even worse. I about crapped myself when i saw he found a complete set.

[BACKYARD88]

Looks good Andy!

[Longhorn Man]

thanks mike!

[dieselarmy13]

I feel kinda ripped off here... 1220 bucks for rally wheels. Hmmmm.... I kinda ripped myself off though, the check i wrote myself for $700 was a bad check, so I guess I only have $520 into them.
That still doesn't sound low buck to me... esp for a rim job!

I don't know man, I lived in Germany for three years, and this price sounds pretty fair. Thats not a bad price for a good set of wheels either...