Two Piece Conversion To 1900 Wheels

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

Coming soon to a 205 near me, and could soon be coming to a 205 near you as well...

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the first one done, obviously the wheel centre needs painting.

 

The rim shown is a 1" wide spinning, with the machining it should be a direct fit on standard cars.

Also potentially available will be 1.5" and 2" spinnings for those with wider or Rallye type arches.

 

Price TBC at present, the conversion can be done on either Speedline or SMR wheels, as one of each has been successfully machined so far.

 

Also potentially available is this conversion to the 14" 1600 wheel depending on interest.

[GLPoomobile 958]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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[custard-rallye 25]

nice i like

[Paulmac19 4]

Bling Bling nice

[jimistdt 1]

Marvellous Tom. So, to clarify for the uneducated amongst us, that wheel in still 15" diameter but an extra inch wide?

 

It looks simply superb.

[Baz 421]

That is faptastic!

 

I'd certainly be interested in a set!

[Alastairh 47]

Shiny!

[Gentrix 2 1 Cars]

Nice - even nicer, that you left the original letters visible in the wheel - so if the original Speedlines are validated in your papers, those wider ones will pass every control with flying colors.

But Uncle TÜV shouldn't have a too close look at them.

 

How are they attached? Welded? Screwed from the inside?

 

 

andi

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

To answer a few of the points; the ones in the pictures are yet to be finished- they will have bolts from the outside to attach the outer rim, these are basically a two-piece split wheel with the addition of the new outer rim.

The wheel in the picture is actually 1/4" wider than standard, but with the wider rim sections you could go up to 1" wider, so end up with a 15x7" wheel. Or if you wanted, have a wider pair for the rear of the car, narrower for the front.

 

Obviously once they are painted, final assembled and fitted with tyres on a car, you will get a better idea of what they look like.

 

The outer rim shown is obviously polished, but there is no reason why you cannot have the rim anodised in any colour you desire.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Looking very nice Tom, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished article

[j_turnell 136 3 Cars]

Looks great, look forward to seeing pics of them fitted!

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

So gents, here is a taster, one done in gold as Carl likes it, as it looks good against the polished rim. Mine will most likely be getting done in silver, although I reckon Graphite grey á la Goodwood would look smart too.

 

[oonip 4]

Awesome job! I think painted silver all round will look spot on!

[Paulmac19 4]

That finished rim looks awesome Tom cant wait to see them in silver

[jord294 92]

stunning mate

 

gloss black with the polished edge would look the dogs

 

should i start saving ??

[Rob Turbo 3]

Is this going to be offered as a service?

 

I suppose it would be possible to make a 3 piece wheel as well, and would you be able to use a 15" speedline to make 16" 3 piece wheels? Anyone see where I'm going with this? Dimma wheels? Or would it be cheaper to just buy some proper dimma wheels?

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Awesome job Tom! What sort of price would you be looking at for a set of these, I guess it would be a part exchange basis? Any progress on the 1.6 versions?

 

Cheers, Dave.

[Pugnut 9 1 Cars]

does this mean there will be a mass of 309 rear beams on ebay very soon

[All Praise The GTI 3]

WOW i like

[engine killer 6]

very nice

 

i wish i am living in england

[rescue dude 0]

Me likey.

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

Gents, to answer a few of the points, once these have been tested on my car for a thousand miles or so to prove them, they will be available as a service, you will send your set of wheels in, so what you send are what you get back. They will also need refinishing in your chosen colour after machining as this leaves a small area of bare alloy from the original casting.

Bolts and washers will be supplied, you can either run them tubeless by applying a small amount of silicone sealant to the rim joint to make them fully airtight, or otherwise you can run tubes and not run sealant. For road cars I would recommend sealant as you won't need them apart that often, for competition use I would run tubes, as this means you an then easily unbolt the outer rim when you want to change tyres over.

Price wise is looking at roughly £100 per wheel. For this Carl will check wheel for true, CNC machine your old wheel to give the register for the rim to sit on, drill and tap 30 off fixing holes. Cut alloy to size and have rim spun, trepan the inside out, finish machine the outer rim face, drill the holes on the PCD, hand polish the rim section.

HOWEVER there is a possibility of an initial discount for a run of a number of sets, so if you are genuinely keen, start saving and getting a set of rims ready now.

NB- this conversion has been tried and tested on Speedline and SMR wheels OK, not yet tried on the Belgique versions though.

[rescue dude 0]

Gents, to answer a few of the points, once these have been tested on my car for a thousand miles or so to prove them, they will be available as a service, you will send your set of wheels in, so what you send are what you get back. They will also need refinishing in your chosen colour after machining as this leaves a small area of bare alloy from the original casting.

Bolts and washers will be supplied, you can either run them tubeless by applying a small amount of silicone sealant to the rim joint to make them fully airtight, or otherwise you can run tubes and not run sealant. For road cars I would recommend sealant as you won't need them apart that often, for competition use I would run tubes, as this means you an then easily unbolt the outer rim when you want to change tyres over.

Price wise is looking at roughly £100 per wheel. For this Carl will check wheel for true, CNC machine your old wheel to give the register for the rim to sit on, drill and tap 30 off fixing holes. Cut alloy to size and have rim spun, trepan the inside out, finish machine the outer rim face, drill the holes on the PCD, hand polish the rim section.

HOWEVER there is a possibility of an initial discount for a run of a number of sets, so if you are genuinely keen, start saving and getting a set of rims ready now.

NB- this conversion has been tried and tested on Speedline and SMR wheels OK, not yet tried on the Belgique versions though.

 

 

I don't likey too much now.

[welshpug 1,655]

bargain compared to a set of image split rims

[rescue dude 0]

bargain compared to a set of image split rims

 

 

In looks yes but i'm not going to trust silicon and/or an inner tube that isn't designed for the tyres I want to run.

 

Nice idea though.