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LH SLR Rims

Started by hanra , Aug 20 2012 06:45 AM

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Posted 08 September 2012 - 04:10 PM

Same thread as HQ, 7/16 UNF 20 TPI.

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#52 hanra

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Posted 10 September 2012 - 12:43 PM

Thanks for that mate. Ill keep hunting around in Australia first.

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 06:53 AM

Hmmmm. Surely these wheel nuts are not 30 odd yrs old?

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 01:29 PM

30 years or 30 minutes, as long as the wheel stays attached.

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#55 hanra

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 01:35 PM

Was just thinking they look brand new, so I wonder where these were bought from? They dont look like old originals.

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 01:42 PM

You can get old ones rechromed and replace the plastic dome on top. Bingo. I checked Rares dont sell them. I thought someone sells them new on ebay?

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 01:49 PM

Yeah would be nice to buy in Aust rather then deal with buying bloody wheel nuts from USA...

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Posted 12 September 2012 - 02:04 PM

I hear you loud and clear. if we don't support local businesses, we won't have local businesses.

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 09:39 PM

$550 to get 5 rims blasted and powder coated. Found a shop with some 185/70/R13s in stock. However I've had the incorrect valve stems fitted... Had a choice of long or short.... I went short.... Dam... Have to take em back and get the valves changed. F*ck me I'm not having much luck lately....

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As you can see..... The valve stems are way to short.

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:00 PM

I picked up 3 NOS hubcaps the other day. Check also your build thread.

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:03 PM

YOU LUCKY BUGGER! Wanna sell em!!!

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:22 PM

You're in luck!
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Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:25 PM

Ooooo you have the correct wheel nuts to!

Check this out from the parts book! Tyre valve extensions!!!! hahahahaha. Shit aye!

Any chance of getting the overall length of those wheel nuts? Im trying to get some specs out of Yearone for the ones that they sell.

https://www.yearone.com/Product/DisplayProduct/29121

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:30 PM

At the toranafest the rare spares retailer had the wheelnut and GTR centrecaps for sale as a package. I will check now. I do have some wheelnuts somewhere...

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:34 PM

Some standard torana rims were dated, on the back of them, i have five 13X6 torana rims, one is dated 1972

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 10:40 PM

At the toranafest the rare spares retailer had the wheelnut and GTR centrecaps for sale as a package. I will check now. I do have some wheelnuts somewhere...

Oh wow!!! I checked rare spares website and could only find open ended wheel nuts.

I'll have to check the codes on these rims. They are 5.5in wide.

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Posted 19 September 2012 - 11:45 PM

Wow u got raped for Powdercoating. I got a complete k frame etc blasted and powdercoated for $120.
How do I tell if a hubcap is genuine? I have 3 for sale that have been in shed for about 15yrs.

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 04:18 AM

Oh wow!!! I checked rare spares website and could only find open ended wheel nuts.

I'll have to check the codes on these rims. They are 5.5in wide.

check with restorers hotline in adelaide i think they may do them.original torana ones were listed as being 1in long whereas a9x ones were 1.5 in long but do believe early hq gts nuts were longer even though same part no as lh plastic centre slr trim nuts

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 06:43 AM

Wow u got raped for Powdercoating.
How do I tell if a hubcap is genuine? I have 3 for sale that have been in shed for about 15yrs.

Yeah I generally get raped over for most things up this way. That's what happens when there is no competition from other shops. I don't believe they reproduce the SLR hubcaps, so I guess they are genuine.

Yearone confirmed there wheel nuts are 1in long by 3/4 and 7/16 thread. I'll give the restorers hotline a try. It would cost me $100incl freight for 20 nuts from the USA.

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 12:47 PM

At the toranafest the rare spares retailer had the wheelnut and GTR centrecaps for sale as a package. I will check now. I do have some wheelnuts somewhere...

Righto, straight from the horses mouth.

Rare Spares part numbers to look out for are WN1001 (individual nut), WN10015 (kit of 5 nuts), and WC1006A (wheel cap set with nuts). Expected to be available sometime after March next year.

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 02:25 PM

Check this out from the parts book! Tyre valve extensions!!!! hahahahaha. Shit aye!

Yes, they are shit. I realise you are trying to get the car as close to original as possible, but avoid them like the plague. They are reknown for letting the valve core stay off their seat and simply deflating the tyre when ever they feel like it.

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 02:43 PM

Yeah I dropped the tyres back of at the tyre shop this morn, see if the long stems fit ok.

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Posted 20 September 2012 - 05:59 PM

Righto so these are the longer stems. I think that will just do the trick???

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Posted 22 September 2012 - 02:03 PM

Make sure you use metal valve caps, as they have a rubber seal in them. A tyre will hold pressure better with a metal valve cap and NO valve core rather than the other way round.