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i wanted dual beadlock rims and i like doing things myself.

i wanted to keep the stock b/s of the h1 rims so i didnt want to use the standard centers to change the b/s. plus if i ever needed to get the studs out it would have been difficult. and the 12 bolt h1 rims have a much thicker outer half than the 8 bolt rims.

so heres what i did.

get your stock 12 bolt h1 rims.

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torch out the centers from some stock 20" split rims.

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chuck up the rim in the lathe. cut out the center.

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turn to id of 11.20

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and turn rockwell center to fit id. (my friend helped me w/ the machining at his shop.)

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i wanted a nice bevel on the 3/8" rockwell center so i made a jig for my plasma to cut a bevel.

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make a jig out of some 3/8"s to secure the pieces for welding and bolt the pieces down.

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weld up one side (be sure to jump around) and let it cool while clamped down. then turn over and weld up the other side.

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finished product.

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not the most beautiful maybe, but is was cheap (relatively) and i can say that i built it. (not sure what runout on rims are suposto be but these are less than .040 which is live able for me. i am running square shafts :flipoff2: )
 

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must have been an after thought to do the bevel? would have been easier to do while it was on the lathe :D
 
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Dude, you can't exactly call something "low budget" when you used a lathe and a plasma :shaking:
 
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in response to how much if you don't have a lathe... i did a set of H1 grafts for an old J20 i used to drive... i hade one set of H1's cut (take the centers out) and one set of original 16.5's cut (turn OD of outboard rim to fit inside H1 shell) and i think i had 150 bucks in all the machine time... and they charged me straight off the street price... a friendly machinist might do you a little better... peace, Dave
btw, they drove fine, i drove the crap out of that truck, never measured runout.. can't have been any worse than the military take off tires i was using..

and i welded them with a flux core 110V box!!!
(shhhhh, dont tell...)
 
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thanks.

If you dont own a lathe, how much do you think someone would charge to do the work you did?
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not sure but it took about 6 hours of machining to do 4 of them. (still need to do one more)

must have been an after thought to do the bevel?
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:flipoff2:

we were going to do it on the lathe but we had to fit in the machining in the after hours of the shop so i just did them at home.


Dude, you can't exactly call something "low budget" when you used a lathe and a plasma :shaking:
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bahh, the lathe was my buddies, and ya i used a plasma but it is still cheaper than buying custom rims. and i have the pride of building them myself.

how about lower budget style?
 
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Have you mounted the tires and mounted the wheel's on the axle yet?It does not look like there will be enough clearence with the offset being so neg.I am curious.Here is mine with a 6" offset and a 20" rim.
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Ramrock said:
Just a little imfo. You can use the drum centers as a rims center to.
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We have a set with drum centers on my friends jeep and they suck.If we had a lathe to turn the center hole out a little they would be fine or maybe if he would put a lot of grinding time in it would help.The part that suck's is that everytime you need to take the wheel off you haft to pull the drive flange off on the front housing so it will come off.Maybe he just got unlucky and had a set that was a little out of tolerance.
 
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TheRipper_2 said:
Have you mounted the tires and mounted the wheel's on the axle yet?It does not look like there will be enough clearence with the offset being so neg.I am curious.Here is mine with a 6" offset and a 20" rim.
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they fit fine if you are running the hubs out :smokin: . that pic the hubs are in.
 
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SBChero said:
they fit fine if you are running the hubs out :smokin: . that pic the hubs are in.
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Yeah I forget not everyone run's hub's in.Cool I am glad to hear they fit.I was thinking that would suck after that work and then they would not bolt on.I have done something before where it was perfect then did not fit.
 
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