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Some of you might remember !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Well, since I needed a new rim and wanted to get something more than a new rim for the $500, I told them I wanted to keep my old rim. So they put it in the box the new one came in.
As you can tell, the rim is done for.
So I found a friend with cutting wheel.
After the barrel and face of the rim were separated, it was time to clean up the edge.
After that, I took the rim home where it was time to clean it up.
Sprayed it down with some brake cleaner and cleaned it with an old wash cloth.
Nice and clean.
I was going to grab a roundel from the junkyard, but I didn’t want to wait, and considering entry is $3. I got one off of ebay.
After that, I got some dry wall anchors and hung it on my wall.
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Love it! Looks great!
And holy crap that must have been a big rock.
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You know... some people collect hubcaps. This might be how it starts....
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That rock damage yo. Low profile problems
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Cutoff wheels are a handy thing. I cut the back out of a bellhousing to make a spacer last year for my mitsubishi\mazda swap.
How much would you guess that wall art weighs? That's a really cool use of "garbage".
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Like it a lot, plus were wall buddies. I did mine 6(!) years ago.
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I put it on my bathroom scale and it came out to be 18lbs, I thought most of the weight would be in the barrel, nope the facade is still heavy.
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* Looks at my 295/30 tires* Hmm.....
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I’ve got a couple BMW hubcaps, but this is the first one that’s on my wall. I really like the design of the style 193.
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I was a large rock; I actually have it, just need to get a picture of it and make a post.
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Thanks!
It was a large rock; I picked it up the other week and I intend to do a post at some point when I get around to taking a picture of it.
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That’s a nice use of an old one.
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This is good Oppo. I like it.
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The edge...that you have just walked over. I'm so sorry...
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Impressive rock.
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It was a big one.
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dude that’s dope
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TITE. Sneak some clock hands behind that MFer.
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Big rock. Big wheels. Small sidewall. Big ideas.
Love it! Yet another reason why steelies aren't as bad as you might think.
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10 spokes. Must be one of those metric clocks .
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Good work.
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Wow! Heavier than I imagined it!
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Now that’s what I call upcycling!