Show me cool steelies

[DWDarkWheels]

Sorry if it's been done before.

I learned of these today, and was surprised as MJ Lee in Yorkshire have been making them for nearly 20 years.
They're mostly for 4x4 fitment, which is probably why I've missed them. But they are kinda mega.







mach5wheels.co.uk/index.htm

This came from looking for Modular steel wheels in the UK, and wondering if I could get them in 4 stud fitment.



Anyway, show us your cool steelies

[Deleted]

on the subject of this does anyone know if there is any such thing as a blank steel wheel that you can put your own bolt holes in as my daf has a real oddball 3 stud PCD on it

[Pid363!]

]on the subject of this does anyone know if there is any such thing as a blank steel wheel that you can put your own bolt holes in as my daf has a real oddball 3 stud PCD on it[/quote]

Weller do a plain steel outer in various sizes that you can weld your own centre into. I found them on e-bay but i guess if you check the web site for more info.

[cobblers]

The place that makes those first steelies will do custom PCD and offsets. I asked about A set in 18x9, et40, 5x112. They can do it, but at £195+vat per wheel

[micrat]

these need to get more popular as they are cheap and awesome, vauxhall astra H (2006ish to present) spoked 16" steelies:



6.5 x 16" 5x110 and about 40 quid each!

[markbognor]

I posted a thread a while ago on split rims made up with a flange welded to oem centres to mount regular 3 peice split rim lips and barrels. Unfortunately I called the thread something "creative" so now cant find them.

[Dez]

you called it Franken Wheels mark

[markbognor]

Nice one dez - I thought of you as I was typing that last post, it brought to mind a comment you made ages ago about naming threads.

[enoford105e]

Apr 17, 2012 18:49:59 GMT Pid363! said:

]on the subject of this does anyone know if there is any such thing as a blank steel wheel that you can put your own bolt holes in as my daf has a real oddball 3 stud PCD on it[/quote

The issue with steel wheels is that you can't just drill the pcd holes. They need to be formed in the steel so that you have a seating that allows for a certain amount of tension in the wheel to hold it to the hubface.

[Dez]

Apr 17, 2012 19:35:24 GMT markbognor said:

Nice one dez - I thought of you as I was typing that last post, it brought to mind a comment you made ages ago about naming threads.

i cant remeber what that comment was?

[markbognor]

Just something like how annoying you thought it was when threads were not named to clearly reflect their contents and to aid in searching at a later date.

[EmDee]

Potentially helpful hint: If i cant find a thread I go to general board and sort threads by username

can be tricky if you ever change your name as it throws out the alphabetical feng shui though

wish we could subscribe to threads.

anyway I digress, back to cool steel wheels, the ones in the OP are spot on, really fancy a set.










Would be cool to have a set like this:



With a custom inner adaptor for err I dunno let's say 4x98 and 58.1 cb

[/daydreaming]

[DavidB]

I've always liked these:


IMG_0517 by Jibijib, on Flickr


IMG_0513 by Jibijib, on Flickr

A set of banded ones didn't sell on ebay last week (because they're V**xhall?)

[RobinJI]

Apr 18, 2012 11:07:10 GMT EmDee said:

wish we could subscribe to threads.

You know you can bookmark threads yeah? (button at the top right left of each thread when you're viewing it, then view your profile and hit bookmarks to view them all).

Good tip about ordering the board by username, hadn't realised you could do that!

Those are some pretty awesome looking steels, I do like them.

(Edited because apparently I don't know my left and rights.)

[Jowey]

Toyota Tacoma 18"x8.5" Steels 5x114.3 (5x4.5")



Dodge Challenger actual Police car Steels 18"x8J 5x114.3 (5x4.5"




Chevrolet Camaro Steels 18"x8J 5x114.3 (5x4.5"

The Suzuki grand vitara and Toyota CR-V also both have
great steels fitted.

[jayzx]

Apr 21, 2012 15:58:54 GMT DavidB said:

A set of banded ones didn't sell on ebay last week (because they're V**xhall?)

How much were they asking for banded ones? Granted they didn't sell but did they just have a high starting price? I'd have been interested as it goes...

[jo0lz]

Apr 17, 2012 19:02:22 GMT micrat said:

these need to get more popular as they are cheap and awesome, vauxhall astra H (2006ish to present) spoked 16" steelies:



6.5 x 16" 5x110 and about 40 quid each!

Also originally on the Vectra C and the Zafira
AND I've a set on our SAAB 'vert

[ettorebugatti]

I like these:


And how about these retro goodness?

[stealthstylz]

I've got a pair of 20" dodge steelies that are 5x4.5". They're amazingly heavy lol.

[popuptoaster]

According to the website they will weld your centers into wider rims.