Hayashi wheel restoration
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Re: Hayashi wheel restoration
those look great...what is the size/offset? Are you running any spacers? Pretty light like panasports?
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Re: Hayashi wheel restoration
Was that done with just hammer and dolly? it appears there was nothing welded, and it was just beaten into shape. I like the look a lot.SLOroadster wrote:I think you are the only person to notice that. A lot of work went into that. Hopefully scrutineers don't notice it.RFR wrote: I really like the rear flaring. looks stock but bigger.
Here in this shot it looks like it is in the early "beating it into shape" stage.
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Re: Hayashi wheel restoration
There was some hammer and dolly work done, but it was mostly done with a baseball bat initially then a glasspack muffler. I started by installing the 225s on the wheels, then airing them up to about 50 psi. I rolled the fenders with the bat to get some clearance, then I rolled them with the muffler (about a 4 inch diameter or so.) After that I went back and cleaned things up with the hammer and dolly, then did the finish work with some glaze bondo. The goal was to get as much clearance as I could and still look more or less stock, unless you have another one sitting right next to it.RFR wrote:Was that done with just hammer and dolly? it appears there was nothing welded, and it was just beaten into shape. I like the look a lot.SLOroadster wrote:I think you are the only person to notice that. A lot of work went into that. Hopefully scrutineers don't notice it.RFR wrote: I really like the rear flaring. looks stock but bigger.
Here in this shot it looks like it is in the early "beating it into shape" stage.
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