Why SCV? There are many chrome shops throughout the US.
17x8 bastard factory wheels (1 Viewer)
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I don’t know? Apparently wheels are a thing of their own according to my chrome guy. The chrome tens to pool in areas you don’t want it to unless you have special electrodes...(I lost interest) Anyone know a Specialty wheel shop closer to the south?
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I live in Santa Clarita and work in Aerospace so we chrome parts here locally all the time.
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I was so confused when you said that earlier about the center section having to be chromed separately, that made zero sense to me.
And only one shop being able to chrome wheels also sounds pretty farfetched
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yeah I thought the same about the one shop being it, I’m learning In real-time on this project!
That's awesome! I'd LOVE to have a set of OEM looking 17x8 wheels if I could get them in a 3" backspace. One thing I've never liked is just how narrow the wheelbase of the 60 series always is unless you get wheels with as little backspace as possible.
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lol, yeah if only I had a bigger lathe. The 17“ wheel maxed out my 18.5” swing!
These wheel hoops are pretty true, the Chinese factory welded center was 1/8” off. Shouldn’t matter I’m centering it off a matching tapered cut. taper cut on wheel center, taper cut on Toyota center, looking good, fitting good. Now it’s hay cutting time, gotta quit playing!
What backspace are you ending up with?
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I’m doing 4” on my set, Basically stock truck 2.5 lift. my wife’s I plan to do 5” or 5.5” with tundra brake mod and 80 rear axle, 2.5” 80 suspension, if Jason will hurry up with those 60 front axle brackets.
that’s the plan.
that’s the plan.
I would seriously dig this for some 17” wheels with 4.5” backspacing. Getting ready for an 80 axle swap you know...
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So, I sent pictures for a quote to chrome wheel To Calchrome in Santa Clarita, ca. Pulido plating, mesquite, tx. We’ll see what they come back with.
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That’s where I stole it from, not an easy thing to do stealing a 10k lb machine, I’m just that good!!
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$200 to chrome wheel. $70 to ship back to me from cali
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Ok guys I’m back at it. After walking past and looking at progress I made on the wheel project for a year ( and the wife telling me to get off my ass on her fj62 project) I decided that I didn’t want to weld the original Japanese wheel center to the 17” wheel center that I taper cut mostly because of aesthetics, and because it limited my backspacing options. So I got some USA rings made to adapt the Japanese wheel center to the Chinese hoop. It keeps the original wheel look better in my opinion. the chrome shop will probably appreciate it better this way as well. I really like the new outcome, it’s at 5.25 backspace.
Trail Tailer front and rear 80 coil kits with lift on the way, Thanks Jason.
thanks to ACC in atl. for the locked 80 front axle, good people there. I never get to talk land cruisers, could have talked all day.
6.0 / 4L80/ split case ordered
I guess with all these parts on the way I better get to kicking wheels out the door! Lots of f...ing work!!
15x6 vs 17x8.
Trail Tailer front and rear 80 coil kits with lift on the way, Thanks Jason.
thanks to ACC in atl. for the locked 80 front axle, good people there. I never get to talk land cruisers, could have talked all day.
6.0 / 4L80/ split case ordered
I guess with all these parts on the way I better get to kicking wheels out the door! Lots of f...ing work!!
15x6 vs 17x8.
Looks bigger
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Thought I would share what I’ve learned spinning several wheels on my lathe.
17x8 vision wheels from summit are junk! The hoops are true but the centers are welded in crooked. So bad balancing would be very difficult! If not impossible. I’m just using the hoops in this project
fj60 wheels run very true when tightened by lugs studs, however the center bore has been not been consistently true. most center bores are around 1/16 out of round, which makes me think that a tire balancing shop could not spin these wheels true if they wanted to with the cones they use to tighten wheels and spin them.
I wonder how much better balance could be achieved if the balancer spun the wheel true !
I might have to run a weld bead around the ID of the center bore, just so I can bore it concentric with the lug stud holes.
17x8 vision wheels from summit are junk! The hoops are true but the centers are welded in crooked. So bad balancing would be very difficult! If not impossible. I’m just using the hoops in this project
fj60 wheels run very true when tightened by lugs studs, however the center bore has been not been consistently true. most center bores are around 1/16 out of round, which makes me think that a tire balancing shop could not spin these wheels true if they wanted to with the cones they use to tighten wheels and spin them.
I wonder how much better balance could be achieved if the balancer spun the wheel true !
I might have to run a weld bead around the ID of the center bore, just so I can bore it concentric with the lug stud holes.
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Prepping the rest of the first set of centers for the green beast to cut remaining original wheel hoop off.
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Getting warm down in Bama, had to fab up some A/C!
Took an m1a1 chemical mortar & ammunition cart, cut it in half and widened it. My purpose was to have a dual purpose cooling machine for the shop, and brush pile accelerator!! Boy does it roll good over rough ground. Gonna have to scotch it good it may take off!
Took an m1a1 chemical mortar & ammunition cart, cut it in half and widened it. My purpose was to have a dual purpose cooling machine for the shop, and brush pile accelerator!! Boy does it roll good over rough ground. Gonna have to scotch it good it may take off!
