D.I.Y disco rim off-setting..

**long stroke** · 17th June 2009, 07:53 PM

Ok dad got one welded up and a tyre put on it today

The guy at the tyre shop had flipped a set of rims for his car once so he was fine with doing it, it only needed 40g of lead to Balance it, he said it was very close to spot on

Pics..

The inside

As you can see we welded up the old valve stem hole and drilled a new one.

P.S Rangier rover, what is that thing in the pic

and thanks for the advice everyone

CHEERS TIM.

**Newbs-IIA** · 18th June 2009, 01:10 AM

That looks tops mate, so you don't have to weld all the way around? just in sections?

Wack some paint on and bolt it on the 4by to show some before and after shots - these would be really useful

**isuzurover** · 18th June 2009, 01:27 AM

Originally Posted by Newbs-IIA

so you don't have to weld all the way around? just in sections?

That is how they are welded from the factory. It is preferable to full welding, because in the unlikely event a crack starts in the weld, it cannot propagate all the way around.

**long stroke** · 18th June 2009, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by Newbs-IIA

That looks tops mate, so you don't have to weld all the way around? just in sections?

Wack some paint on and bolt it on the 4by to show some before and after shots - these would be really useful

Thanks Newbs

As isuzurover said they come from factory with about five 3-4" welds, i can get a pic of before and after, this is only the test rim we have to do 4 more yet

CHEERS TIM.

**Newbs-IIA** · 19th June 2009, 12:19 PM

I was just quoted $120 per wheel to "flip" or change the offset on my 5.5" IIA rims

This was from Race Engineering in Brisbane. They also said that it was unlikely that they could find a newer, wider rim that the centres could be welded into i.e. take the centre from my IIA rim and put them into a 16x8" outer band

Does this sound right??? Can someone reccomend another place that I can compare prices with - sounds awefully expensive.

Should I just get some disco rims and do as Tim has?

**V8Ian** · 19th June 2009, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Newbs-IIA

I was just quoted $120 per wheel to "flip" or change the offset on my 5.5" IIA rims

This was from Race Engineering in Brisbane. They also said that it was unlikely that they could find a newer, wider rim that the centres could be welded into i.e. take the centre from my IIA rim and put them into a 16x8" outer band

Does this sound right??? Can someone reccomend another place that I can compare prices with - sounds awefully expensive.

Should I just get some disco rims and do as Tim has?

Did you try Wilsons?

**Newbs-IIA** · 19th June 2009, 12:47 PM

Just gave Wilson Wheel Works a call but got 'your call could not be connected'... Are they still operating? Anyone have a more recent phone number? - the one I have was listed the same on 3+ websites

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