Just me 'n my hand tonight...

[Gavster]

Thats right...just me 'n my hand tonight..."chick-power" songs everywhere are keeping douche-bags like me from getting some....or so they think!! What that girl at the bar didn't count on? I have a new (new to me anyways) set of wheels at home to please me!!

Haha, all kidding aside and a little rant about chick power songs that flood the radio these days, heres a little thread about a small week night project for a set of wheels for my beater S14! The wheels are Blitz Type 01's, 2-piece with 17x7 and 17x8...

I got these wheels from a friend who got something more ballin' for his SW20 build...as should be noted, these wheels have absolutely HORRIBLE offsets for a 240, so Im rocking HUGE spacers to compensate...just a disclaimer haha! Anyways, back to the friend who sold them to me (neech on here), he disassembled them in plans to restore them himself, but never got to it, so that saved me tons of time. Basically I repolished the lips, painted and cleared the centers, and reassembled! Ill describe the process on a pic-by-pic basis, here we go:

The wheels as I received them:
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2626.jpg

Oxidized lips...
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2633.jpg

Almost forgot, just me n my hand lol...
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2629.jpg

How do you get your kicks??? Dahaha!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2628.jpg

To bring out the bling, I used red scotch pads, then white scotch pads, then very very fine steel wool:
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2627.jpg

What happens when its just me n my hand tonight, take that pink!!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2637.jpg

Where are my sunglasses???
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2638.jpg

Paint centers n clear em
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2635.jpg

Bolt em back together and admire!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2643.jpg

Rad center caps!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2653.jpg

Ridding myself of lame stockies shortly!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2651.jpg

Rear wheels "masked" and just primed..the index card trick works great!
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2645.jpg

Tonight I finished painting and clearing the rears but still need to bolt them together....tomorrow they should be all done, then I just need tires! Thanks for looking and maybe this can help anyone thinking about doing a DIY wheel restoration, its the second set Ive done! Enjoy, and remember, if some girl tells you its just you and your hand tonight...it CAN work out :)

[Farzam]

Some of the best has been with my hand. Girls don't know SHIT on my hand.

Hurry up and put em on.

I hate it when people do this shit.

[Gavster]

LOL...tires will be here early this week! Its not like I dont put my shit on..srsly

[Farzam]

It just leaves me in suspense and it's shitty suspense. Not good suspense.

But it's no biggie. Leaves me for something to look forward to.

[Gavster]

I could post naughty pics....haha!

[Lordrandall]

fap fap fap, lookin' good so far :)

[speedgod^s13]

So, if i'm looking at the pics right, the 2 pieces are held together by a butt-load of allen bolts? I never knew that before.

[jdm538]

ima have to try that steel wool thing. good job YO!

[2iv0 sx]

Things like this are always fun to do...

Amazing what that steel wool can do isn't it! Nice JOB.

[steve shadows]

your in long beach too

so you understand cheap ass sht that makes you feel better about your car.

I know i do

[A Spec Products]

I was expecting gay porn

What a let down

Way to (not) go Gavster

Wheels look good, go sell them back to a MR2 guy lol

[worangejuice]

sweet goodness!
now I gots to do this 'index card trick on my oversprayed black to white steelies.grrrrrr

[FaLKoN240]

I was expecting gay porn

Wheels look good, go sell them back to a MR2 guy lol

Yeah, you could probably make back enough to buy a decent set.

[midnightouge]

wow they came out nice! what kind of spacers do you have?

[95Blue240sx]

did you torque them when you put them back together? How many ft lbs? Just curious because Im thinking about taking my wheels apart to do the same. Gotta give my wheels a nice hand job.

[exitspeed]

Almost forgot, just me n my hand lol...
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/gkurey/IMG_2629.jpg



At least you used protection.

Wheels look good. I agree with Logan though on selling them.

[Gavster]

Thanks for the comments guys...

speedgod^s13, Not allen heads, they are 12-pt and all stainless steel so super tough, and theres 40 of them, such a bitch to tighten!

Logan, haha yeah I will for sure after Im through with em...I need to talk to you as well about some new kicks since I sold the maximums...

95Blue240sx, used loctite and ~20ftlbs, which is a little more than they specify IIRC but i dont know how accurate my tq wrench is....def is comparable to very tight with a 1/4 drive wrench by hand lol. Either way...i trust it!

[MELLO*SOS]

wheels turned out nice man, good job

[Slideshow801]

wat color you use for the center? where you get it from?

[eastcoastS14]

did you rattle can them?

[Gavster]

Haha yes I did...came out well I think...as long as you have a few coats of clear, itll hold up forever haha!

[chuy]

NIce Ive been thinking about doing that to a set of SSR Schmakers I have. Ill prople start since Ive seen someones final product.

[jackjack]

they look good. nice job.

[breakindrifts]

You should use some mothers polish to really make that lip shine it still looks dull, nice paint on the center though.

[longdy]

wow great way to make these rims look bad ass! ..lol i would of went with something that had some kind of glitter on it..hehe

[A Spec Products]

Yeah man if you didn't have spacers I'd slap you

And tell you to get back on your REAL S14 project, not this daily nonsense!

One of my friends used to repolish wheels by putting his car in 1st gear with the rear jacked up (kids don't try this at home!)

Mount on rear, let spin, buff buff buff!

LOL

Another friend with a shop modified an old wheel balancer to just continuously spin, same thing

[Unholy S14]

looks very good

[IIIXziuR]

good work bro

[axiomatik]

looks good. did you clear the lip as well? otherwise it'll just oxidize.

[Gavster]

I decided to leave the lips raw so i can keep em clean and polished, just reapply the polish here and there and itll be tits!

[BattleRoyale]

nice job on the polish and repaint

[s13pignose]

to be rattle can thats really nice!

[yojimbo206]

may i bang your wheels? crummy offset and all.

anywho, looks good. any news on the other s14?