Thread: 130HCPU camper/trailer build.

hopefully my blank hubs will turn up next week and i can post pickies of them. got the studs.
spose ide better sort our some rims and tyres....

cheers phil

Originally Posted by discowhite

spose ide better sort our some rims and tyres....

cheers phil

I know where there are a few, want to lend some?

LRH

might just take you up on that offer! we'll talk over a egr kit and some welding

progress!
finished the trailer hubs today.
i had bought blank 10'' electric drums because i wasnt waiting 8weeks ''maybe'' for the LR ones to arrive!
and they would have the wrong size stud anyway.

I wanted to be able to run any LR S1 disco/RRC and defender rim, so to do this meant ide need a locating spigot in the drum face to centralize the alloy wheels.
2 bits of hollow bar later and abit of maching and the spigots were done.
while they were in the lathe i got the PCD marked to the face so i could drill the holes myself.

bearings are installed, just need to finish flipping the trailer rims and get some tyres fitted and she be rollable

cheers phil

now its starting to look like a trailer



cheers phil

some more pic's of the disco rims i flipped. now with a 86mm backspace.
i got 8 rims all up, 5 for the 90 and 3 for the trailer. so far each rim to completion cost me $100.




and no ist not round the wrong way its just the photo! honest

cheers phil

I like the black rims, was thinking of doing similar to mine. I've got a couple of questions I hope you can answer.

-What sought of mob did you get to flip your rim centres (tyre shop, fabricator....) or did you do it yourself?
-If not done by yourself, what did it cost?
-Are they painted or powder coated?

I've got 10 D1 steel rims that I want to tidy up. 4 that I got off ebay are offset (not flipped though) and I was thinking of matching the rest up to them. Am considering powdercaoting or painting black at this stage. Either way I plan on sandblasting them first so that I get a good finish. The idea is to have all the rims interchangable between my disco and the exarm trailer that I will hopefully start turning into a hard floor camper soon.

I'll be watching this thread with great interest.

Matt.

yep i flipped them myself, i paid morton and may to cut the welds out, $30 each, it was just to painfull to do them with a grinder (like i did the first 3)
after they were apart i spun them on an old hub and cleaned them up with a flap disc on a 5'' grinder.

ive undercoated them, light sand then use kill rust black enamal, this stuff is had as hell.
if i get bored i may UV clear coat them? but as they are going to be getting scratched and covered in mud it probably best to not clear them.


cheers phil