wheel banding
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wheel banding
Also is it possible to band alloys? im guessing not as they are cast but maybe someone knows summit i dont
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dave
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Their website ain't the most professional either which doesn't exactly have me brimming with confidence.
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Would be good if they provided details of this company so that their accreditation or whatever could be checked out (as I thought you have to be properly accredited to build wheels?) but obviously if they did that, people would just go straight to their engineers, so I understand why they dont.
I suppose the price at least guarantees that it's been done to a high standard as they do seem to be tooled up properly.
Maybe they'd exchange a few sets of steels for a new website
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http://retrorides.proboards86.com/
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I was thinking about banding some steelies but the welder I talked to, who is one of the best in the Oxfordshire area, said he wasn't prepared to do them as it'd be his responsibility if anything went wrong.
That pretty much put me off doing them altogether…
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Rich
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mcscrew said
It was robmk1's car - the thread is here
I was thinking about banding some steelies but the welder I talked to, who is one of the best in the Oxfordshire area, said he wasn't prepared to do them as it'd be his responsibility if anything went wrong.
That pretty much put me off doing them altogether…
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Rich
Thanks for the tips guys! That's pretty rubbish though, if he wasn't even confident that they weren't going to stay in one piece…
Mat
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i've seen a few that have had the centres removed and fitted into a wider rim. but i still dont like that idea.
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- They were a bloody good price!
- The ones done over there are done to TuV standard, so you KNOW they are going to be good.
Chris
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Mat
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tyeness said
Cool! Do you have any links for any companies in Holland that do banding?
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Mat
Sorry mate, not off the top of my head, I'll ask my mate if he can give me any details
Chris
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Mat
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banded wheels
Seems to be quite alot of negatives and i dont want the wheels turning into un-bolted split rims half way home from work doing 80 on the motorway!!
Maybe i'll stick with 7j 15 alloys ive got sure in the knowledge they will stay round, inflated and on the car lol
Cheers though seems like a hottly discussed topic.
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If it doesn't leak air, then it ain't going to fall apart. Steel wheels get buckled when they get smacked, but you are more likely to hear about a 'banded' wheel when it does go as it has been modified. If a standard steel goes, then people think 'i hit that hard'. If a banded goes, they think 'that's dangerous'.
Just a different perspective based on the history of the wheel and peoples limited knowledge of welding.
Chances are Wide Wheels will spin weld the wheels, or at least have them very well jigged - this is what you are paying for.
Go for it - I'd do it with no concerns.
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