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Skim
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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.
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mr. warehouse
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Location: Nor Cal 707
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| 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.
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Memph
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mr. warehouse
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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. |
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Mr. Bungle
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Location: Vancouver BC, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| 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.
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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?
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Memph
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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. |
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OTO X58
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Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| 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.
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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
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mr. warehouse
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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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. |
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thebucket
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thebucket
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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  Eric will do the big paint job, once I am ready, and buy the rotisserie..
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thebucket
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thebucket
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mr.oldschool
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Oh, BTW this is my painter car.... Its nice not having to ship my car out to Arizona 
Thanks again Eric
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Nice Woodgraining any more pics 
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NOTAHONDA
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It that single stage or normal base/clear? Looks really good! |
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vic
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It that single stage or normal base/clear? Looks really good! |
That looks good bucket! 
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lonotch
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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.
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mr.oldschool
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Sorry! Forgot to say your 3 Fold is looking nice painted it looks like a totally different car .....Are you gonna post pics of the Build?
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| That came out very nice, keep us updated! |
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