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[B Mac]

Beautiful job once again Gabe. I want those for my 940 shwagon soooo badly

[Burn-E]

My favorite was Katherine's reply when I pointed out there was a tiny bit of corrosion still on the edge of one of the faces.

['12brotruckmofo]

Fawking beautiful!

[gilber33]

gdizzle, on 06 February 2012 - 04:26 AM, said:

Looks awesome, Gabe!

Thanks guys for the compliments! I can't wait to get them on the car. Gets me all giddy. Once adapters get here I'll test fit them. Hopefully the adapters will be where I want them.

Burn-E, on 06 February 2012 - 05:27 AM, said:

My favorite was Katherine's reply when I pointed out there was a tiny bit of corrosion still on the edge of one of the faces.

Yeah. She would not have been happy. On the other hand, I had some help last night:



Sealing em up like a boss. Or perhaps she would be a bossette?

[Wisturbo]

Bosses gunna boss.

[sacrifice]

Wheels look outstanding. Very nice job. Only thing I question is putting silicone on the surfaces in which you are sealing. I have always been told to never put silicone between surfaces. Bolt them together, put down 1 even layer where everything meets then wait for it to cure then apply a second coat. I have never had any leaking problems with wheels I have done. GE Silicone II is what I use.

[gilber33]

sacrifice, on 06 February 2012 - 04:10 PM, said:

Wheels look outstanding. Very nice job. Only thing I question is putting silicone on the surfaces in which you are sealing. I have always been told to never put silicone between surfaces. Bolt them together, put down 1 even layer where everything meets then wait for it to cure then apply a second coat. I have never had any leaking problems with wheels I have done. GE Silicone II is what I use.

Well, everyone has their method. This is the way my friend showed who has owned several sets of RSs and LMs and he puts them together this way every time.

Like I discussed on facebook. I put down a bead on each mating surface installed, torqued down, retorqued, smoothed out and sealed each seam, let dry, went back and put a huge bead sealing lip to barrel. They're fine.

If the wheels weren't supposed to have some sealant on the mating surfaces, I don't think they would come that way from BBS.

Like this one:

http://www.wheel-who....php?f=7&t=8518

Or this one:

http://forums.vwvort...hing-BBS-RS-DIY

[sacrifice]

Interesting. I was unaware that they had sealant on the mating surfaces from the factory. Like you said, everyone has a method they have come to trust over time. What did you torque to 35-40 lbs?

[gilber33]

sacrifice, on 06 February 2012 - 04:32 PM, said:

Interesting. I was unaware that they had sealant on the mating surfaces from the factory. Like you said, everyone has a method they have come to trust over time. What did you torque to 35-40 lbs?

Yes, mating surfaces come with sealant on them. Read all the DIYs, a big part of them is cleaning off the factory sealant from the mating surfaces, which covers the entire surface making it completely obvious that the sealant was on the surface before the wheel was put together.

35-40lbs? Where the hell did you read that? No. Not even close. BBS RS bolts are about 20ft lbs. I found a torque setting on my drill that was approx 20 ft lbs and used that. My friend also said that 15 lbs is enough.

[sacrifice]

Now that I think about it that is a little high, but I have heard of people torquing from as low as 12 and as high as 40.

Edited by sacrifice, 06 February 2012 - 04:45 PM.

[gilber33]

sacrifice, on 06 February 2012 - 04:43 PM, said:

Now that I think about it that is a little high, but I have heard of people torquing from as low as 12 and as high as 40.

So have I. My friend suggested 15 ft lbs, that's what he used on his. I found the setting on my drill that was slightly higher than 15, so that's what I went with.

[gilber33]

And last picture of the wheels naked. Dropping them off with the tires tomorrow to get mounted.

['12brotruckmofo]

I don't need any tires to mount those.

[sacrifice]

Prima Donna esque. Yes.

[gilber33]

volvotech97850, on 24 February 2012 - 03:19 AM, said:

I don't need any tires to mount those.

You do need adapters though. Oober high offsets.

sacrifice, on 24 February 2012 - 03:20 AM, said:

Prima Donna esque. Yes.

Wasn't even planning that, only after I had the color combo picked out did I see that it was termed prima-donna.

[sacrifice]

I can guarantee you will get "OMG did you see that volvo on the prima donnas?" haha. They do look great, though. Very nice work. It takes a lot more time to correctly refinish and rebuild a set of wheels than people think.

[gilber33]

sacrifice, on 24 February 2012 - 03:25 AM, said:

I can guarantee you will get "OMG did you see that volvo on the prima donnas?" haha. They do look great, though. Very nice work. It takes a lot more time to correctly refinish and rebuild a set of wheels than people think.

Yeah, once school calms down I'll try to find another set of RS to refinish. *cough* Ian *cough*

[sacrifice]

Lol. If you find a set of RSs with decent specs, lets talk.

Edited by sacrifice, 24 February 2012 - 03:36 AM.

[gilber33]

sacrifice, on 24 February 2012 - 03:35 AM, said:

Lol. If you find a set of RSs with decent specs, lets talk.

Finding RS with decent specs that are cheap are hard to find, which is why the ones I refinish are shitty specs. i.e. 16s. But perfect for all of those VW kids and their tiny ass cars.

[B Mac]

So nice Gabe! You make me feel bad about my good condition Volans ...

sacrifice, on 24 February 2012 - 03:20 AM, said:

Prima Donna esque. Yes.

Not enough gollld, I loooooove goooolddd

Edited by B Mac, 24 February 2012 - 03:55 AM.