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Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:43 pm

what would be good is to weld in stock bug smoothie centers inside a 5.5 wide chromie outer rim, blast the chrome and paint them white so your rears would be 5.5 and offset just enough to run a more meaty tire back there.

Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:35 pm

Skim wrote: what would be good is to weld in stock bug smoothie centers inside a 5.5 wide chromie outer rim, blast the chrome and paint them white so your rears would be 5.5 and offset just enough to run a more meaty tire back there.

Stockton wheel can do that no problem any width / offset you want.
Guaranteed to run true / straight.

I have a set of 15x6's on the back of my Vendo from them running 195/65's.

Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:50 pm

Stockton wheel doesn't seem to keep their customers too happy, at least not on the HAMB.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=182382
Theres also Weldcraft wheels which seems to get pretty good reviews.
http://www.weldcraftwheels.com/Wide.htm

Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:09 pm

Memph wrote: Stockton wheel doesn't seem to keep their customers too happy, at least not on the HAMB.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=182382
Theres also Weldcraft wheels which seems to get pretty good reviews.
http://www.weldcraftwheels.com/Wide.htm

Never hada problem with them.
Maybe because I'm close enough to stop by in person instead of email / shipping.

Where is Weld Craft located?
I've never heard of them.

Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:13 pm

mr. warehouse wrote: Skim wrote: what would be good is to weld in stock bug smoothie centers inside a 5.5 wide chromie outer rim, blast the chrome and paint them white so your rears would be 5.5 and offset just enough to run a more meaty tire back there.

Stockton wheel can do that no problem any width / offset you want.
Guaranteed to run true / straight.

I have a set of 15x6's on the back of my Vendo from them running 195/65's.

nice.

exactly what i want to do to the stock smoothies on the rear of my 64 beetle so i can run some 205/65's.

hey greg....how much does stockton charge per wheel?

Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:55 pm

mr. warehouse wrote: Memph wrote: Stockton wheel doesn't seem to keep their customers too happy, at least not on the HAMB.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=182382
Theres also Weldcraft wheels which seems to get pretty good reviews.
http://www.weldcraftwheels.com/Wide.htm

Never hada problem with them.
Maybe because I'm close enough to stop by in person instead of email / shipping.

Where is Weld Craft located?
I've never heard of them.
I believe they are just outside of Detroit.

Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:50 pm

Mr. Bungle wrote: mr. warehouse wrote: Skim wrote: what would be good is to weld in stock bug smoothie centers inside a 5.5 wide chromie outer rim, blast the chrome and paint them white so your rears would be 5.5 and offset just enough to run a more meaty tire back there.

Stockton wheel can do that no problem any width / offset you want.
Guaranteed to run true / straight.

I have a set of 15x6's on the back of my Vendo from them running 195/65's.

nice.

exactly what i want to do to the stock smoothies on the rear of my 64 beetle so i can run some 205/65's.

hey greg....how much does stockton charge per wheel?

If Stockton Wheel gives you any grief, (as mentioned before, they tend to piss people off) you should check out Kelley's Custom Wheel, which also in Stockton, CA. Kelley does aluminum wheels too. In fact, Stockton Wheel takes all their customers' aluminum wheels to Kelley to get modified because they only do steel wheels in their facility.

He's a really cool guy, and he does excellent work, cheap.

Kelley's Custom Wheels
1573 Report Ave, Stockton, CA - (209) 547-9246

Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:32 pm

Mr. Bungle wrote:
nice.

exactly what i want to do to the stock smoothies on the rear of my 64 beetle so i can run some 205/65's.

hey greg....how much does stockton charge per wheel?

I've had these wheel for years. I *think* they were $100 for the pair, but I'm probably wrong. They were done with a bunch of other wheels at the time.

They just did a second set of SA Sprints for me (changed the sizes on all 4 wheels, chromed and detail painted them) for roughly $150 per wheel.

Kelly's is good too, and there is a guy I haven't used yet, but will in Visalia. He does polishing / chroming in house.

Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:47 am

Thanks for all the info. But running the smoothies is cheap. So I'll stick with what I got unless I find a killer deal. Besides the stocks are just till I install the earlies.

Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:21 pm

Well an update. The temporary 40 horse is in and running. My buddy has a bodyshop here in houston called "Eric's Custom Finishes". One night after working on the car I mentioned that I would like to primer the car one color. So that it would look decent while I enjoy it and work the bugs out. Well one thing led to another and we winded up going a little farther. We painted it white. Its far from perfect but looks really decent. Now the interior looks like ass :D Eric will do the big paint job, once I am ready, and buy the rotisserie..

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Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:30 pm

Oh, BTW this is my painter car.... Its nice not having to ship my car out to Arizona 8)
Thanks again Eric 8)

Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:46 pm

thebucket wrote: Oh, BTW this is my painter car.... Its nice not having to ship my car out to Arizona 8)
Thanks again Eric 8)

Nice Woodgraining any more pics :?:

Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:27 pm

thebucket wrote:

It that single stage or normal base/clear? Looks really good!

Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:33 pm

NOTAHONDA wrote: thebucket wrote:

It that single stage or normal base/clear? Looks really good!
That looks good bucket! :)

Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:35 pm

Paint is the way to go, primer will not seal the car while you play with it and it could show some flaws that were missed later on down the road.

Keep up the work bucket.

Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:58 pm

thebucket wrote:

Sorry! Forgot to say your 3 Fold is looking nice :wink: painted it looks like a totally different car .....Are you gonna post pics of the Build?

Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:19 am

That came out very nice, keep us updated!