banded wheels????

[mustard]

whats the story, legal or illegal?

or just illegal if ya get caught....

[daniel garry]

bit early, u havent even got the metro!!! but im fairly sure there illegal in uk dunno bout here tho.

[mustard]

now now thats a secret!!!

[macker]

afaik they are only illegal if the wheel/tyre sticks out past the wheel arch,

i dont think their is any law over here governing what type of wheels you put on a car apart from them being suitable for the vehicle and its use!?

apart from that, i'd be thinking more along the lines of safety, making sure the wheels are done to a professional standard!

[The Marcos Graveyard]

Think safety and get a set of 10x10 MB split rims .

[mustard]

thanks macker informative as usual!!!

tmg there great wheels but theres no way im forkin that kinda money out for them

[Deadly Dave]

thanks macker informative as usual!!!

tmg there great wheels but theres no way im forkin that kinda money out for them

There is a company in the UK that does banding. I will get their name for you if you like.

[The Marcos Graveyard]

tmg there great wheels but theres no way im forkin that kinda money out for them

There is a set on ebay at the mo going cheep

[sprintmini]

If you want more info on banded steelies then log onto retro rides here: http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi
Load of info on there about banded wheels.
Whats all this about a metro then?

[mustard]

seen that metro on there looks sweet.... ive looked on retro rides but its mostly about reg. in the uk, im lookin to see if there legal in irl.... but it seems there no law governing it

[PAUL D]

banded wheels are so cool iv been looking into the idea myself lately and have found no law in Ireland against them if you find someone to do them or doing them yourself want to do set for me?
http://www.bandedsteels.com/ English crowd doing them..
http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... read=38107 diy tread on them..

[StanO'Toole]

Does someone want to have the honour of explaining what 'banded wheels' are?

StanO'Toole

[sprintmini]

Banded steel wheels are steel wheels that are cut around the circumference usually in the middle of the wheel and a "band" of steel is then cut and welded between the two halves of the wheel.
You should then be left with a wider steel wheel using the standard fitting.
It was done years ago as a means of getting wider wheels for mundane cars when Alloy wheels were only for race cars.

[BlackSe7en]

Posting this in case someone might be interested : Taken from Facebook.


MiniWorld Magazine Would anyone be interested in 12-inch split rims from Image if they started producing them again? They need an order of 20 to cover the tooling costs to start producing them again. Stephen
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MiniWorld MagazineFrom Harry at Image wheels:

"To make this practical we need to get orders for about 20-30 sets.
If we could do the following styles:

Cast styles RM1 / H.T / RN4
Billet styles 4 / 60 / 107.

The price would be
Cast style price.
5x12 = £120.00
6x12 =£130.00

Billet style price.
5x12 = £140.00
6x12 £150.00

plus carriage and V.A.T."

I really want some RN4s in 6x12. Similar to 6x12 Revolutions but split rim. mmmmmm

Split 10s are very fashionable at the moment, but 12s opens up more brake options
10 hours ago

Austen ChevalierHope these help

Green Cooper with 5x12 RM1s

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm11 ... how003.jpg... Read more
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