My Old School 10 Spokes Are Back!!!

[HondaBoy]

well, this morning i didnt have much to do since its sunday. i decided to maybe clean up my old wheels and put them in the storage shed. well i thought i would give straitening the bent rim out. it worked on it with a malot, and it now looks pretty good! take a look at the before and after pix!
*BEFORE*
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_107.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_109.jpg
*AFTER*
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_150.jpg
http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/11/web/347000-347999/347392_151.jpg

[k-roy]

I like those rims a lot. What kind are they?
A macince shop can get them pretty close to perfect again for you.

[Moodybluesr]

Sweet! :D Old school is cool!

[lightbulblxi]

damn good job on fixing them!

[HondaBoy]

i may think about taking them to a machine shop, thats not a bad idea at all. considering they are some what hard to find, im so glad i didnt sell them or get rid of them. i put all 4 on, but that one that was bent still needs some work. it holds air, but will leak just a bit. anyway, i may try and get the rim part bent more out than i got it, thats why its got a small leak. i tell you what, those radial T/A's dont hook up or hold as well as my Yokohama's on my prelude 14s. the Yoko's are very hard to get to spin, but the T/As spin a bit more easily and make a nice squeal. me and my friends were going to go film some burn outs, but the T/As still had some what of a good hold and they didnt light up on the grippy pavement. i told my friend it wouldnt work, on differnt pavement its a differnt story. even the other car didnt light up the tires on that road. i'll update y'all on the rims if i do anything else to them.

[shane_lxi]

hmm, that isn't the safest thing to do.... I would have to recomend atleast taking it to a machine shop, if you can't find one to buy. If you were to have that ballanced, it would prolly be atleast $5.00 worth of wheel weights right there :D lol. Good job on the 'quick fix' though, very nice, use a hammer or did you heat it and bend it (we do that sometimes at work for ATV wheels)

[HondaBoy]

well, those rims arent perfect, but they are looking good and dont seem to be out of whack. the one i ghetto fixed still needs a bit of work but nobody can tell. it has a slow leak but doesnt leak very fast. this morning on the wet road i got the tires to spin from the start up to 2nd and spun a bit in 2nd. these radial T/A's dont hold anywhere as good as my yokohama's.