mk1 caddy

are they oz turbos?

they are indeed

nice

just seen ya new wheels, they look well nice!

cheers guys! going to have a go at splitting a couple over the week end

one down three to go

did they split fairly easy? my splitties took ages. had loads of silicone round the inside

MarkGTX wrote:

did they split fairly easy? my splitties took ages. had loads of silicone round the inside

they took ages mark! i was hating split rims for a few hours! but im sure it will all be worth it in the end!
got a fair bit done today, had a bit of a late start as i didnt get going til about 12ish. decided to split the other Oz's that didnt get done last night. started out well, got a bit bored after abot an hour and half of removing all the bolts! (about 30 in each wheel) an as if that wasnt enough the person who resealed them must have used most of a tube on each wheel! didnt make my life any easier! but it had to be done i suppose.



there was sooooo much sealer it was coming through the bolt holes!


as you can imagen it was a bit of a mission to get most of it off so i could split the 2 parts, made quite a mess in the process lol but i got there in te end


still a fair amount of sealer left on both the baskets and the lips!



after all the rims were split gave them a good ol' clean with some real strong degreaser on the back of the baskets, let it soak in them washed it off, done this a few times until i was happy with the outcome. i was rather suprised how much came off to be honest!

one of the cleaner ones before starting


on with the degreaser


then a comparison with a dirty and washed one


then after all that was done it was grinder time to get rid of all the excess sealer.



then another comparison of before and after


finaly all 4 done


and thats as far as i got today, going to hopefuly start to sand all the spoked areas down after work this week and get one in primer. already have the grey for them which dads mate is going to paint for me, also going to get some flat centre caps made up in the next cople weeks or so.

couple more random pictures i took....






all comments welcome guys....

look smart, can you get wider dishes that fit?

Whitegt wrote:

look smart, can you get wider dishes that fit?

yeh can make them up to 8.5 i think, not going to tho as i like them how they are, was seeing if i could get a lip to make them 6.5 so i could get some tuck going on

i'm sure those gloves would be warmer than that gay steering wheel cover you got dude

those steering wheel covers are the future, arnt they joe!

dude, what did you use to get the excess sealer off cause ive got to tackle this yet haha.

BBS RM lips fit as they are 30 hole like turbos. I gave tiz some standard lips, probs try them for size then find a set if ya happy.

mark-1vw wrote:

i'm sure those gloves would be warmer than that gay steering wheel cover you got dude

what wrong with them!? i gave mine to one of the girls at work for secret santa but i dont see it on her car! maybe i should ask for it back!

tiz- i used the classic wire wheel on the grinder to remove most of the sealer then i used a paint removal wheel on the drill for the rest. u can buy em for 4 quid from frosts or 12quid from halfruads!

lee-already on to it, going up soon to try one on, if they fir where abouts can i get bigger ones from? as i dont think the lip style matches from the 2 makes, but i could be wrong?

The lip style changes due to the different widths mate. Check out ebay and you'll see various sizes.

cheers lee, still not sure if to go wide or not as i want to go low and as you no my arches arent in the best state!

curtis_caddy wrote:

cheers lee, still not sure if to go wide or not as i want to go low and as you no my arches arent in the best state!

Oh these for the grey caddy are they. Thought these was gunna be show truck wheels.

My 8.5 rears work out to be approx ET7 so see how wide you can make your turbos without going any lower than 7.

yup going on the grey caddy, dad aslo thought they were going on my show truck. got something a bit more special for the show one as u no

mine are et 15 when the are 7's

found you a thread you might be interested in boss

http://forum.cleaned.be/index.php?showtopic=56476&st=15
if your not a member sign up to see pics.

Its 7 pages dedicated to these rims. different widths, bolts, centres, tyres, designs etc etc should give you some ideas

you are the bo dizzle fo shizzle doggy tizzle

woooo package arrived at work today, everyone was unsure what it was. was defo worth going to work in the snow for these.


2x1/2" and 2x1" lips freshly polished by mike the polisher.

very nice, alu or stainless?

plastic

MarkGTX wrote:

very nice, alu or stainless?

ali, tried to take a pik of the shineyness but just went really bright from the flash get my wheels back from dan tomorrow