Ok, I had to get new centers put in for the Volvo Portals. I searched high and low to find a guy. Finally I found Taylor Made Wheels in LA. (I can get you the number if you want).
After seeing all the pictures of wheels that have been done like mine, I asked him to just weld in a flat piec of 1/4" steal with the new lug patter. I wanted 5" of back spacing...So I told him to leave the original lug pattern in (I told him I would cut it out to save money!)
Long story short, they man knows what he is doing. He build most of the wheels used on Hollywood sets, and builds the wheels for the land speed records...bla, bla, bla...
He told me he would machine the old pattern out, press in a new one, build a hub for my new lug pattern and get them done in a week. (It took him almost two, but the wait was worth it!)
This guy machined everything....let's start with a picture...
Notice he did NOT use a flat piece of steel...they warp!!! He pressed this lip in it, then cut circles out of the back to alow me to remove and replace the bolts holding on the run flat. Also notice, he raised the lip on the bolt holes to alow me to use a nut with a 30 degree pitch (Standard pitch)...Who else has done that?
After seeing all the pictures of wheels that have been done like mine, I asked him to just weld in a flat piec of 1/4" steal with the new lug patter. I wanted 5" of back spacing...So I told him to leave the original lug pattern in (I told him I would cut it out to save money!)
Long story short, they man knows what he is doing. He build most of the wheels used on Hollywood sets, and builds the wheels for the land speed records...bla, bla, bla...
He told me he would machine the old pattern out, press in a new one, build a hub for my new lug pattern and get them done in a week. (It took him almost two, but the wait was worth it!)
This guy machined everything....let's start with a picture...
Notice he did NOT use a flat piece of steel...they warp!!! He pressed this lip in it, then cut circles out of the back to alow me to remove and replace the bolts holding on the run flat. Also notice, he raised the lip on the bolt holes to alow me to use a nut with a 30 degree pitch (Standard pitch)...Who else has done that?
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