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Hyperspace
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 Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:24 am Post subject: Rostyle (Ro Style) Rims |
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I was busy uploading pics so I thought I'd share some pics of the Rostyles I'm cleaning up for my bug. They have quite a few rust spots and were covered in a mountain of enamel infront. Rust is right around so it is a tire off deal...
First one was so rusted the PO put an innertube in (wrong sized to boot). I'm glad to
Glad to say its tubeless now.
I stripped the paint, derusted, then coated with zink, before adding primer and paint. Takes me a week per wheel, sigh.
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ROCKOROD71
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| Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:00 am Post subject: |
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looks great tho! Do those fit the stock 5-lug pattern or do you need spacers for them? Never seen those here....good work!
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68IHscout
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| Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| Nice job , you did do the inside of the rim right ....just checking |
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Hyperspace
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| Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Yes, they fit the standard 5 lug, as is.
And yes, I did every surface on the rims. Inside is just gloss black for easy cleaning. I did the guy at the local tyre place a favour, so they take the tyres off, and put them back and balance them as I finish them.
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68IHscout
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| Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Good deal ..... |
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Hyperspace
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Ok, done with wheel number two, and took some pics again.
Started with this
The real thing.
Lots of corrosion, hard to clean up, I also didn;t get the putty perfect when touching it up, but I'm happy with it overall.
Inside also needs to be cleaned.
One coat zink, one coat primer, then painted and cleared
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69vduber
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| Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| Those look great .. I did the same with my original Sprint Stars. |
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Hyperspace
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bshertzer
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| Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:27 am Post subject: |
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very cool!
they look a lot like the wheels i am running on mine now... but mine are an oldsmobile rally wheel / magnum 500 style. |
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