stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,853
Club RR Member Number: 174
|
Reshaping alloy wheelsstealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
|
Dec 31, 2012 16:21:17 GMT
|
I don't think anybody will have any first hand experience of this but I'm asking just incase, as I've only seen it done once on a dragster. Basically what I'm wanting to do is round off the sharp corners on a set of alloys so the spokes have a curvier shape to them. Wouldn't be a huge amount of material removed, maybe a 5mm radius where a sharp corner is now.
Any thoughts?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 31, 2012 17:07:50 GMT
|
If there's enough material it's possible - but you'd be best off getting it done in a CNC mill, to ensure the same amount of material is removed from each one
Otherwise, it'd be...erm... "interesting" to balance
|
|
You're like a crazy backyard genius!
|
|
stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,853
Club RR Member Number: 174
|
Reshaping alloy wheelsstealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
|
Dec 31, 2012 17:42:44 GMT
|
That would be ridiculously expensive though which would render the whole exercise pointless. I think I'm just gonna do one by hand, then put a tyre on and see how well it balances up. I can't see the amount of material I want to remove having that much effect.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 31, 2012 17:53:30 GMT
|
Are they fairly flat faced? You can work aluminium with a normal wood router and a roundover bit of you use plenty of WD40 to stop it galling up on the cutter, and only take a bit off at a time. That way you could get quite repeatable and uniform amounts of material taken off, it should balance up OK.
No need to put a tyre on it to see if the wheel itself balances.
|
|
|
|
stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,853
Club RR Member Number: 174
|
Reshaping alloy wheelsstealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
|
Dec 31, 2012 19:09:06 GMT
|
They're Fiat Abarth claw wheels. Basically would be rounding the flat face of the spokes so they haven't got the defined face.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 31, 2012 19:47:40 GMT
|
ah you'd struggle with a router then - maybe get the outside of the "claw" but the inside drops off a bit shallow and you'd not have anything to comfortably ride the bearing on. Were you going to knock those 3 pairs of "teeth" off aswell?
|
|
|
|
stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,853
Club RR Member Number: 174
|
Reshaping alloy wheelsstealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
|
Dec 31, 2012 20:17:07 GMT
|
I was thinking about it but not sure if they're there for a reason other than styling, and probably would effect the balance I'd I got it wrong.
|
|
|
|
v8ian
Posted a lot
Posts: 3,767
|
|
Dec 31, 2012 22:13:53 GMT
|
make up a small sheet metal template/s (profile and radii) of what you are trying to acheive, that will give you a good idea of how close the spokes are to each other
|
|
Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style. Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
|
|
squonk
Part of things
Posts: 859
|
|
|
I would 100% guarantee that if you did this your insurance company would not cover you if you told them about the mod. If you don't tell them and you have an accident, again you would not be covered.
These days insurance companies will use the slightest excuse not to pay up.
|
|
2004 Chevrolet Avalanche Z71 2005 Mercedes CLK320 Cabriolet 1996 Mercedes C180 Elegance Auto Saloon 1996 Rover 620Ti (Dead fuel pump) 1992 Toyota HiLux Surf 1987 Range Rover Vogue (Rusty) 1992 Range Rover Vogue SE (More Rusty) 2006 Chrysler Grand Voyager 2008 Corsa 1.4 Design
|
|
stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,853
Club RR Member Number: 174
|
Reshaping alloy wheelsstealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
|
|
Yeah I have thought about that, insurance company were fine when I asked them, they've insured cars before with D90 P slots.
|
|
|
|