Couldn't help but share my exciment in seeing these things being brought back to life. Gotta give a big shout out to Shane, aka Fishhead here on TC, for his talents in doing the work.
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/hgarron/SS%20Wheels/SS-old.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/hgarron/SS%20Wheels/SS%20Wheel%20primed/ss-primed.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/hgarron/SS%20Wheels/SS%20Wheel%20primed/ss-new.jpg

Looks good:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Those look great. And from personal experience, I can tell you that the job of restoring those wheels is a great deal of work. I restored a set for a friend a few years back, not eager to ever do another set!

Sweet!

Great work!

After they were blasted, were any parts of the (once rusted) wheel pitted? If so, how was that repaired?

Very nice! They are a classic, that's for sure.
Nice work, Shane.

Dan

Yes they were pitted,,some pretty bad too. Shane blasted them, etched, expoy primed then worked them over with some Jet-Weld and maybe body filler I believe. If Shane chimes in here he can give more details,,,but he did a hell of a job on them. I couldn't be happier. "All Hail Shane !" :beers:

Nice work, I've done quite few sets myself and they are very time consuming.

HI YA HERB...

Where's the pic with the trim rings and center caps???:confused:

I wanna see....;)

Sandblast
Metal etch
JB Weld
Epoxy Primer
Sand with selection of sandpaper, dremel, die grinder...
JB Weld again if need be
Primer again
Paint with your 3 colors
Clearcoat.

2 coats on the back and 3 on the front...

There is a PPG color that I chose based on a thread here. It is a metallic PPG color that isnt quite black...I'll look on the can and see if I can find the code...9913 or somewhere close to that...

thread...

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=163675&highlight=ss+wheels

The wheels look great. Is there a best way to repair the holes for the lugs? On two of my rims they have been tightened to tight threw out the years and are inlarged to were the lug nuts will bottom out before they are tight.
I have thought about welding them then drilling, but am worried if they will be ballenced.

Nice job Shane!!! :thumbsup: :cool: They look great!

They do look good :thumbsup: They do take a lot of work and time to do them right. I restored five for my car.
Ray

http://www.leverfamilysite.com/images/Friends%20and%20Rides/Ray_Griffens_Car/Rolling_Chassis/a_Finished_Rims.jpg

The wheels look great. Is there a best way to repair the holes for the lugs? On two of my rims they have been tightened to tight threw out the years and are inlarged to were the lug nuts will bottom out before they are tight.
I have thought about welding them then drilling, but am worried if they will be ballenced.


I guess you could weld them up and grind down the weld. Grind them as much as possible to get them back to original thicknesses...

The wheels look great. Is there a best way to repair the holes for the lugs? On two of my rims they have been tightened to tight threw out the years and are inlarged to were the lug nuts will bottom out before they are tight.
I have thought about welding them then drilling, but am worried if they will be ballenced.

GREAT QUIESTION!! Hopefully Shane looks for that. I found out the hard way about lug holes being hogged out over time by impact wrenches. Fixing those lug holes is not easy!!! But can be done.

Wow shane! Heck of a job on those.:beers:

Great job!

Those wheels are very nice.:thumbsup:

I guess I could throw this in, after you weld the area around the lug nut hole, this tool might be pretty usefull in getting into that area to grind it.

http://www.1969supersport.com/tls.html

Rob

Rob..that would work...

I wish I had a better picture of the rims when they were done...

They looked like glass...

Anyone need their rims done???

Nice work,Shane.:thumbsup: So, there are things other than CE for you.:D

Nice work,Shane.:thumbsup: So, there are things other than CE for you.:D


LOL...yeah...

You should see what we can do in our shop...full sandblast, paintbooth, 2 lifts, dunk tank for rads, weld, plasma, body work, powdercoating etc...

cheap too...

For SS wheels that have lug holes enlarged over time, there are GM lug nuts available (at least they were about 4 years ago) with a larger dia seat that work well. I can dig out the PN if anyone needs it. I bought mine from www.gmpartsdirect.com (http://www.gmpartsdirect.com).

Rob..that would work...

I wish I had a better picture of the rims when they were done...

They looked like glass...

Anyone need their rims done???


I know it's hard to give a price without seeing them, but do you have a ballpark figure? No lug hole repair, no deep pitting.

For SS wheels that have lug holes enlarged over time, there are GM lug nuts available (at least they were about 4 years ago) with a larger dia seat that work well. I can dig out the PN if anyone needs it. I bought mine from www.gmpartsdirect.com (http://www.gmpartsdirect.com).

Von that would be great info. Don Lightfoot gave me the part numbers for those some years back and I can`t seem to find it.
Thanks

I know it's hard to give a price without seeing them, but do you have a ballpark figure? No lug hole repair, no deep pitting.

If they need nothing $75 a rim start to finish.
If they need something (pit fixed, weld) $100 start to finish.

This isnt rattle can either...

Shane,,,here's a better shot of your work in full dress,,thanks again !!
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/hgarron/P1030401_edited-1.jpg
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss176/hgarron/P1030390_edited.jpg

man thanks Herb...

They do stand out...

now you have to send me those brake parts so I can powdercoat them...cant have shabby parts behind a lovely rim...

If they need nothing $75 a rim start to finish.
If they need something (pit fixed, weld) $100 start to finish.

This isnt rattle can either...

Very reasonable price. They sure look good.

I'll be at the shop in a few...

I'll look on the cans...

Fishhead,
The rims you did look great. were are you lacated at?

Pennsylvania...

I guess we could ship LOL..Parcel post...

The black is

PPG code 9913...

You can spend several hours per wheel to restore them. Doing a set of 4 or 5 is a lot of work. Nice job.:thumbsup:

They werent that bad...:D

Nice work,great looking wheel.