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24vtouring
10-28-2009, 03:48 AM
Like this:

http://www.stanceworks.com/Pictures/Stanced/7/2.jpg


Is there some nickel/chrome coating on the lip, and after this welded very carefully or what?? Some special paint? I`m interested..
Rally
10-28-2009, 08:50 AM
They're usually chromed. I'm not sure what the exact process is, but I'd imagine it has to happen after the welding?
low_offset
10-28-2009, 10:15 AM
maybe polished :shifty
fatboy.yoshi
10-28-2009, 10:47 PM
forgot the company but they are diamond something...diamondwheels.com??? diamondracing.com?? but i've been eyballing them for my z as well to go sliding on
dO-bOy
10-28-2009, 10:54 PM
diamond racing wheels and aero both make them. custom offsets and cheap.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f60/dO-bOy/3quarterback.jpg
bud's hanzo sword
10-29-2009, 12:31 PM
Here's my old 13x8 steels. They were stock rabbit widened to 8in with chrome barrels. I'm sure the chrome was done prior to welding the new bands onto the stock centers.

If you are gonna go steels, get some widened... the inward curvature of the Diamond wheels looks like NASCAR...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y216/peter_robinson/3743876998_fe56093075_o.jpg
24vtouring
10-29-2009, 02:43 PM
If you are gonna go steels, get some widened... the inward curvature of the Diamond wheels looks like NASCAR...



Yes, i think stock-look center is better. I have 1 set of widened orig.wheels but lets see... maybe some powder-coating is enough for me.
RedE46Bimmer
11-02-2009, 01:01 AM
forgot the company but they are diamond something...diamondwheels.com??? diamondracing.com?? but i've been eyballing them for my z as well to go sliding on

Diamondracngwheels.com yeah they have some dope wheels. but i contacted them about some possible 18" steelies and they said they couldnt make them for the application I wanted, which was 18x8.5 and 18x9.5 :rolleyes

but i found a site that does have 18" steelies but they are meant for suv/trucks but can be made in any bolt pattern, width, center bore, and offset. I gotta find the site...

*edit* http://rockcrawler-mrt.com/offroad%20wheels%2018%20inch.html

They are heavy as fack lol but they look pretty cool
Royal_T
11-02-2009, 01:19 AM
hahah funny Yoshi that you were thinking about these wheels to go drifting on.. I was thinking the same thing for extra spars, since they are so cheap...

Oh and that's weird Red, on their site they show that they make them in 18" with 8" to 28" width.. http://www.diamondracingwheels.com/drwcustom.html
Schnitz
11-02-2009, 08:45 AM
Ohhh man! I love the look of these wheels. MKII Golf/Jetta FTW!
Oscar
11-02-2009, 09:07 AM
Diamondracngwheels.com yeah they have some dope wheels. but i contacted them about some possible 18" steelies and they said they couldnt make them for the application I wanted, which was 18x8.5 and 18x9.5 :rolleyes

but i found a site that does have 18" steelies but they are meant for suv/trucks but can be made in any bolt pattern, width, center bore, and offset. I gotta find the site...

*edit* http://rockcrawler-mrt.com/offroad%20wheels%2018%20inch.html

They are heavy as fack lol but they look pretty cool

Thats because Diamond doesnt make wheels in half-inch increments. just like they dont do backspacing in 1/4" increments just 1/2".
RedE46Bimmer
11-02-2009, 12:58 PM
Thats because Diamond doesnt make wheels in half-inch increments. just like they dont do backspacing in 1/4" increments just 1/2".

Really!?

Wow it would have been nice to get some kind of explanation from them of why they were not able to do it. instead I got a one sentence respnse basically saying "we can not make them in that application" and thats it.

I might be looking back into them....:eyebrows

Thanks Oscar!