tigcraft Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 (edited) For a bit of fun I decided to band my own wheels myself (VW Up) as I wanted to learn something new. I could pay to have it done plus postage as no one is local to me and then wait weeks (the weeks bit is the killer) but decided not to. Looking on you tube there’s plenty of videos showing how it’s done and mostly all are profile cut on a lathe. As it happens I don’t have a lathe. A few others on YT made jigs to hold hubs and fit the rims to them and using contraptions to hold angle grinders for steady cuts. As it happens I don’t have a jig either. The bands that are used are mostly accurately formed in rollers to achieve a perfect circle… don’t have one of those either… Okay lets begin.. I needed a swivel base I can acurately get some readings from, hmmm ok I’ve a few cake making turntables in plastic 🙄. that I use for painting components. They are a bit wobbly but have ball bearings in them so I ‘shimmed’ them up and made them stable. I Center marked the turntable and mounted a takeaway tub in the middle as a hub alignment then dropped the wheel onto it. It worked and zero run out!! I made an angle grinder jig to align and stabilise my cutting method and that went well. So, the quick story… I cut the rim, knocked off the outer, rolled by hand the new band and fastened it all together, welded and managed to get it close to within 2mm runout which I think is a brilliant achievement using junk tools method. Edited January 1 by tigcraft Mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mk2 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigcraft Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, mk2 said: Why? I like the challenge, want steels, looks the style, made to fit, stronger than alloy…….. what more can I say? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgeriz Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 That cut looks very good!! What tyres are you going to put on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigcraft Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 For now I’m going to run my winter tyres off which are thin 165/65/14. They will be stretched but that’s also a good thing as I’m playing safe and checking wheel arch clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amgeriz Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 (edited) That's why I asked, it seems a lot wider compared to stock, maybe needs some camber 😅 Edited January 2 by amgeriz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigcraft Posted January 3 Author Report Share Posted January 3 There was a mini cockup in my specs. The standard size is 6J not 6.5J so it’s only oversize by 12.5mm although the offset sends the wheel outwards a bit too. My idea was not to use mad 8J rims but to get close to std and just make it look deeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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