I Am A Wheel Expert

[ShadowVolvo01]

My Dad built the truck from scratch, welded the work stations, made paint booth, wired it for electricity, plumed it for air... It took him 6 weeks, I ran the route while he built it.

About half a million in Cars right there too.... Ill Load the other half million Later.....LOL

[JA VOLVO]

http://www.mobilewheelrepair.com/

might need to cut and paste

Thanks for the Link! There is a guy in tallahassee.

[Account_Deleted_T5M]

I have a complete set of 15" steelies that i want to widen to 9" There is a guy here that says he can widen them for $100.00 a wheel. Is this safe for track use?

[ShadowVolvo01]

I have a complete set of 15" steelies that i want to widen to 9" There is a guy here that says he can widen them for $100.00 a wheel. Is this safe for track use?

I have no idea about widening wheels. Steel wheels like 45-55 bucks? Buy new? If not, stuff you can weld the hell out of steel. I would be concerned about warping the wheel under heat. Make sure they are true and they balance close, atleast. My2 good luck

Thanks for the Link! There is a guy in tallahassee.

Cool, hope it all works out...

[rivfader]

Do you have more information and pictures about the shadow chrome paint? Is that the paint the BMW M3 or M5 had on their wheels some time ago? I know they were hell of expensive and nobody could refinish the wheels because no shop had the paint or even knew the technique because it was something like a secret of a small Italian company. At least that's what I heard of.

Do you have numbers (RAL or something like that) for the black and the hyper silver? I guess it shouldn't be that problem to get the paint here in Germany and tell a shop to do it like you said (first black, then 2 coats of hyper silver and clear coat in the end).

My comets need a new color and I like to have black, graphit or something like shadow chrome... ;)

[ShadowVolvo01]

Do you have more information and pictures about the shadow chrome paint? Is that the paint the BMW M3 or M5 had on their wheels some time ago? I know they were hell of expensive and nobody could refinish the wheels because no shop had the paint or even knew the technique because it was something like a secret of a small Italian company. At least that's what I heard of.

Do you have numbers (RAL or something like that) for the black and the hyper silver? I guess it shouldn't be that problem to get the paint here in Germany and tell a shop to do it like you said (first black, then 2 coats of hyper silver and clear coat in the end).

My comets need a new color and I like to have black, graphit or something like shadow chrome...

Yes, BMW calls it Chromatic, mostly on the M5, but have done it on other BMW wheels too. There is a couple ways to do it. I like Black base caot, 3 coats clear (that gives you the shadow), then dust your Hyper silver paint. There is about 5 of us in Colorado that can paint that finish....well. When I started, my brain would let me paint the wheel black, to end up silver. looks cool

The paint is made by a company called Sikkens it is super exspensive.... $260 a qt.

You might go to the link i left for Mobilewheelrepair.com, and see if there is a franchisee locator in Germany.

I will get some pics.... I still cant get them to load on the thread????

[NGB]

http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index.php?a...m&album=618

Guys check my photo album......Pics of my truck and cars.

Cant post them in my thread for some reason?

Aha, that's you! I looked at that site a while ago.