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  • Who makes these Reg? I wouldn't mind a gander at some wheel porn tonight?
    Originally posted by regcheeseman View Post
    Bought some wheels last week....

    Japan Racing?

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    • Originally posted by frenchdna View Post
      Oh hang on. Not van rated you say? Doh.
      They are the same rating as the Calibre Vintages that I have on at the mo. There's always that nagging doubt in the back of your mind

      Originally posted by Activ8 View Post
      Who makes these Reg? I wouldn't mind a gander at some wheel porn tonight?

      Japan Racing?
      Yep - JR 14s and the only wheel of there's that I like apart from their BBS RS alikes.

      I've a thing for compomotive TH



      and Bola B12 as well


      Rota's D154 is even closer to the JR14 but without the mesh.





      - they are similar and would suit a slabby old van - I think the JR14s combined the RS and the TH styles nicely.

      Tonight there was more welding and lots of cutting, before I started a visual check confirmed my suspicion that I must be getting low on wire - big fillets and a lot of feed soon kills a small 5 kg spool.

      With the dregs left on the spool I had to tack everything so I set about the last couple of uprights using 25mm x 3mm angle and then started the triangulation process

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      That's the back face of the seats - veeing the butt joints before welding produced a much nicer weld as it filled flush to the surface but also cleaned the oil off the angle that had been applied for storage at the stockholders.

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      With the front face triangulation done I had just enough wire to run full welds in on the front face joints before the spool run out.

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      All done, weighs about 17kg and I just need to buy more wire tomorrow and go round with full welds before dressing back with a grinder and flap wheel.
      Last edited by regcheeseman; 17 October 2019, 10:15 PM.

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      • Originally posted by regcheeseman View Post
        They are the same rating as the Calibre Vintages that I have on at the mo. There's always that nagging doubt in the back of your mind

        Yep - JR 14s and the only wheel of there's that I like apart from their BBS RS alikes.

        I've a thing for compomotive TH



        and Bola B12 as well


        Rota's D154 is even closer to the JR14 but without the mesh.





        - they are similar and would suit a slabby old van - I think the JR14s combined the RS and the TH styles nicely.
        All great wheels but great choice, really like them with that mixed design. What diameter ?
        Last edited by Activ8; 18 October 2019, 12:33 AM.

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        • Really like bola b12s, but at the time I couldn’t afford them and the Audi monoblocks available locally were similar so plumped for those. Now thinking of doing them black. Wolf race do some very similar to those Jap ones and are van rated.


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          Slowly slowly catchy monkey!

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          • Originally posted by tommo1366 View Post
            Wolf race do some very similar to those Jap ones and are van rated.
            Really, can't find anything - you got a link.

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            • Bola looked awesome on mine but with 700kg weight load I got paranoid they were going to crack especially when I went silly low.



              Building not buying[emoji56]

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              • I've run 10 gallons through the van since pulling the interior out

                MPG has gone to 38+

                Previous best was 34.3, typically 32-33

                That's a 12% improvement

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                • Originally posted by regcheeseman View Post
                  I've run 10 gallons through the van since pulling the interior out

                  MPG has gone to 38+

                  Previous best was 34.3, typically 32-33

                  That's a 12% improvement
                  Did you pull in your wing mirrors too? [/quote]
                  Last edited by Activ8; 29 October 2019, 11:48 PM.

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                  • See, when I posted shit like that I got slated.
                    Me cago en la madre que te parió!

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                    • Originally posted by arfur fox-acre View Post
                      See, when I posted shit like that I got slated.
                      Would you like me to remove it Arf? Apologies if anyone finds it offensive.
                      Removed.
                      Last edited by Activ8; 29 October 2019, 08:27 PM.

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                      • Originally posted by Activ8 View Post
                        Would you like me to remove it Arf? Apologies if anyone finds it offensive.
                        Removed.
                        I'd like you to post more like it. It's the snowfakes that shot me down that dont like it.
                        Plus Dan frowned a bit and almost muttered a grumble. Almost.
                        Me cago en la madre que te parió!

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                        • I'm rarely offended.
                          Me cago en la madre que te parió!

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                          • Ok so odd, had no idea what your both were on about. Until I was on the "unread page" and saw this pic [emoji1787][emoji1787]

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                            • Hahahahahahaha
                              That doesnt help my cause at all.




                              People will think I'm a pervert.
                              Me cago en la madre que te parió!

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                              • Originally posted by arfur fox-acre View Post
                                I'm rarely offended.
                                Aah that's OK , we're a right pair so I reposted it....

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