Banded Steelies

[blessed6383 0]

i saw a nice looking 309 on psooc with some banded steelies anyone have any idea where to get these done as im picking up some C5 steelies tomorrow and would like to get these at 8j if possible they wont be for everyday use just for some shows/cruises etc

[Leet205 48]

Get onto the Retrorides website and search for JamesP, he gets banding done at a fraction of the cost of the wheel banding companys. his work is top quality aswell.

 

Im sure someone will Correct me if i am wrong but are c5 actually "steel" wheels? if they are not you might find it harder to get them banded!

 

Edit - had a small search and got this info from GLP

 

The following are actually alloy wheels, but look like steelies. They are all 15" diam and 6" wide, and I think they are all ET19, so basically a direct replacement on the 205.

 

GTi6 steel wheels - part number 5401 H7 - £33.80 each inc VAT

C5 steel wheels - part number 5401 L7 - £67.28 each inc VAT

C5 steel wheels - part number 5401 C1 - £34.85 each inc VAT

Tapered wheel bolts* - part number 5405 72 - £2.61 each inc VAT

*all the steelies require tapered bolts except an earlier version of wheel that was discontinued due to issues.

 

I've listed 2 versions of the C5 wheel above. These are the ones I've found mentioned when trawling previous posts, but there are actually quiet a few other versions too.

 

Sorry top be the bearer of bad news but i dont think you will find many willing to band alloy.

Edited September 17, 2010 by Leet205

[kyepan 291]

the c5 steelies are alloy... so welding them may be tricky.

[blessed6383 0]

may have to find myself some other steelies then cheers for the heads up

[Cameron 16]

There's nothing to say it can't be done, it's just a bit more difficult to weld so will be more expensive.

[Rippthrough 98]

You can weld it, but are you prepared to drive on them knowing that you've probably halved the strength of the alloy in the HAZ and willing to risk the microcracking that you're going to get with such a large, thin piece unless it's welded in an oven?

 

To get someone to do it properly would probably cost more than having some made outright

 

Tbh, if it's just for shows, just make some steelies up by welding the Pug centre into some 8J rims.

Edited September 17, 2010 by Rippthrough

[Cameron 16]

Weeeell.. you can always have them heat treated afterwards. I didn't say it was a good idea, I just said it was doable and would be expensive!

 

Plus the central part of the wheel rim isn't really the most stressed, surely it would be where the "spokes" are welded to the rim? I wonder whether Peugeot had the complete wheels heat treated after manufacture or whether they accounted for the weakened HAZ by over-speccing the material thickness.

Edited September 17, 2010 by Cameron

[Leet205 48]

Plus the central part of the wheel rim isn't really the most stressed, surely it would be where the "spokes" are welded to the rim? I wonder whether Peugeot had the complete wheels heat treated after manufacture or whether they accounted for the weakened HAZ by over-speccing the material thickness.

 

Steel wheels wouldnt req heat treating and alloy wheels are cast

[Cameron 16]

The alloy "steelies" were not cast, they are a pressed centre welded to a rolled outer rim, much like a standard steel wheel.

[Rippthrough 98]

They're done in a rolling oven by Pug/Citreon and magnafluxed to check the weld, one of the old assembly lines is for sale at the minute actually.

 

Hmm, anyone want 5000 C5 alloys?

[Cameron 16]

For free? Sure!

[Rippthrough 98]

 

The V6 line is getting parted out too

[welshpug 1,657]

XU line went last year I think.