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Old 10-01-2009, 03:36 PM   #87
kustombrad
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"

Wheels! I showed at the beginning that I used some cheap Halibrand/ET3 knockoff wheels I got on Ebay. I always loved the way ET3's looked, but didn't want to spend the money (way more) so I figured I'd fake it. I took the wheels over to a machinist friend of mine (after taking the tires back off) and told him I needed the wheels re-drilled for long shank 11/16" lug nuts instead of the tapered ones they come with. Notice the lug holes... Next I had another machinist friend make some 1/8" aluminum plates for the front and back. The front ones have a 1/2" smaller center hole to fig snugly around the brake rotor so they look a little cleaner notice the wheel on the right has the plate Now I just need to add some chrome wheel bearing caps and the fronts are done! The back ones speak for themselves!!! $100 to drill the wheels, $100 for the aluminum plates and $20 to polish all 4. They look cool and I'm still way cheaper than the big dollar wheels!
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