[9k aero]

yeah, I see what you're saying. My plan after cleaning up the wheels is to bore out the center hub and bolt em on. People will make fun of my non-flush rear, but I'll just give them the whole reverse staggered/understeering spiel. Thanks for the input, man.

 

[mike saunders]

yeah, I see what you're saying. My plan after cleaning up the wheels is to bore out the center hub and volt em on. People will make fun of my non-flush rear, but I'll just give them the whole reverse staggered/understeering spiel. Thanks for the input, man.

+1...

Do it.

I have 20mm H&R spacers in the front only.

 

[9k aero]

ECS Tuning actually sells two different 12x1.5 wobble bolts. They come in 27mm and 30mm.

Just ordered these
Home Page > Search > Wobble > ES#2142850 Wobble Bolt 12x1.5x30 - B48LE-30

 

[9k aero]

Got the tires off today at Walmart for $5/tire; not bad. Hatchback ftw!

Current state of the wheels. Oxidized, light curb on two wheels, dirty, etc. Oh, and I need to find another center cap or make something fit.

The lip and barrel ARE welded together so they are only 2 piece wheels. Not the end of the world.

I will be sanding this light curb down during the refinishing of the wheels

I've got a lot to soap down, sand, and polish :/

 

[secret ingredient]

At first I thought I'd gone to vwvortex by mistake, until I saw a SAAB emblem. Jk, I like those wheels, and you're doing something different.

 

[9k aero]

Power washed them at the car wash.

 

[SevierSaabOG93]

acura integra type r lip?

 

[Marks9-3]

acura integra type r lip?

Yup

 

[9k aero]

Materials I used + 800 grit sandpaper

Removed the bolts and used a 2x4 to hit the face inwards/downwards till it popped off.

Face condition.

Barrel condition.

Barrel sanded with 400 grit.

Barrel polished as much as I could.

Bolts in their original condition.

Bolts soaked in Coke overnight.

Barrel sanded with 400 all around.

Barrel sanded to 1500.

Polished with 3M rubbing compound.

This work gets my hands really dirty...

 

[mhess427]

Those polished up very nicely. makes me wanna clean up my rk2's.

 

[Area6]

Yea that looks great

 

[9k aero]

Curb disappears after just a little sanding with 120 grit.

Bolts after Coke treatment and some 3M rubbing compound.

 

[jk88]

Pretty impressive comeback.

 

[Tito]

I love your Coke-clean method.

 

[Svenska94Aero]

2nd the creativity with using Coke. Nice wheels too. I just picked up a similar set of old-school AREs...granted they're a bit larger though. Can't wait to see this wrapped up!

 

[mike saunders]

Pretty impressive comeback.

Seconded.

This thread went from being WTF to epic.

 

[9k aero]

Thanks for the comments guys!

All four barrels finished!

Close up

Inner barrels will get dirty anyway, but I'm kind of a perfectionist and got carried away with cleaning them haha.

Received my wobble bolts only a few days after my order was placed!

 

[grkguy89]

needs more wide! 7.5 too narrow

 

[k1llsh0rty]

wow, i am impressed! looking forward to seeing what they will look like.

 

[9k aero]

needs more wide! 7.5 too narrow

These are 16x7 actually, haha. That would be awesome if it was wider, but the low offset will do just fine for me. I honestly could not have gone wro ng with how cheap I got these. Just needed so elbow grease.