Wanna build a black hood...

[AlexR 2,837]

Man you are making some progress! Long ways to go yet I'm sure, but looking good! 

[ineedanother 2,053]

@kpinnc I was going to ask earlier if you intended to use tubes on the rear but as usual, you answer without the need. 

[kpinnc 17,909]

2 hours ago, ineedanother said:

but as usual, you answer without the need. 

 

My wife says this too, but she's usually trying to get me to shut up! 

 

Yeah I really think my welds are free of any pinhole, but tubes make new tires so much easier to install. I didn't use them up front and it was much more work on such wide tires. 

[DLF 20]

When I had these put on the tire shop had the ai hose cliped on and had to use two blaster tanks to get thr last one to pop out.

   

Lee1977

[kpinnc 17,909]

Well, one of my cuts got a little off by about 1/4 inch and didn't come out straight. The wheel horse wheel cut great but the other one didn't. 

 

So I bent a 1/2 inch wide, 1/8 thick steel bar to line everything up. I scribed a mark .150 along the edge as a guide since one half of the wheel was straight. I used the line as a guide and clamped every inch until I was all the way around the wheel. 

 

Then I tacked the other half, working my way around. I repeatedly measured the width as I went, and then filled the inside gap with multiple passes after. The grinder and a flap disc cleaned the inside up nicely. 

 

If I ever do another set of these, I absolutely will do it this way. Alignment was much easier and it's probably stronger this way as well. 

 

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 06:21 AM by kpinnc

[sqrlgtr 2,610]

Nice recovery, got any pics of inside rim (where tube goes)? 

[oliver2-44 11,401]

Just like a chill ring on the inside of a pipe weld, excellent,

[kpinnc 17,909]

13 hours ago, sqrlgtr said:

Nice recovery, got any pics of inside rim (where tube goes)? 

 

Yep. Welded all the way around both edges. Definitely more work than I wanted but if I ever try this again, this is how I will do it. 

 

Nice smooth edges. Won't harm a tube. 

 

 

[kpinnc 17,909]

First side of the first wheel painted. Not perfect by any means but I like it. 

 

[kpinnc 17,909]

Second Wheel turned out much better. Painting wide wheels is a different animal than regular ones. Getting way inside the dish produces alot of overspray. But I found a better method on the second wheel by standing it up, placing a bag on the backside and painting about 1/3 of the way round and using a heat gun to firm it up before moving to the next third. Sounds strange but it works. 

 

First one might need some touch up, but I'm done for today. 

 

 

 

[kpinnc 17,909]

Got the donor frame/ hydro cleaned up this evening. It was really nasty so I just loaded it and went to the car wash.