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See how steel rims are widened

Now we need to do something with the wheels for a splitty, it could change em for a lower wheels but  that's been done before so what we want  to go for is that really cool Halfmoon  look which is a hub cap that goes on the  wheel problem is with the wheel with  this profile the hubcap sticks out a  little bit too far.


The only way to  counteract that is to make the dish a  bit deeper and that's a process called  banding and behind this door is a guy  called Steve who can help me out Steve  has been badly wheels for almost   years  extending the rim sounds quite simple  but it's complex and time-consuming okay  what's the first job in the process Sam  boss Kashi works to speed get stuck into  the wheel for me  the surface needs to be spot on and our  for about half an hour.

It's looking good  and now Steve gets the wheel into a G  Cruze it up and not cut off the rim  don't try this at home  okay so you've cut the top of the rim  off yep where we at we've now got to  fill the gap with a steel band for the  outer rim to attach to which obviously  gives you a deeper dish look yeah what  would you recommend I would suggest you  went with a two inch band on the rears  and a one inch band on the front that's  because it's a staggered yeah to get the  staggered look okay yeah let's do that  okay cool steve has the band's precards  but the shaping needs to be done by hand  my hands so just a nice even motion yet .

Stay there keep it going  is there any tips to doing this not to  collectors turn the end off after a  couple of turns the metal is circle it  enough to work with as that they're safe  job they're good and Mike I want to do a  six-inch one  Steam's foster band into place  once it's secure and he's happy with the  position he adds the old rim  then it's on to the jig for a scene  world all the way round  speed cleans up the world and we get our  wheel back only two inches wider it's  fantastic all the artworks done there is  it yeah all done might yep ready for  priming now.

That's exactly what I was  open for see the Halfmoon isn't gonna  stick out as farm they're exactly  brilliant in look look more a wheel  takes three coats of paint plus lacquer  and that's a whole day to complete a set  of four now that wills all been painted  up I've gotta say I'm happy with that  look at that deep dish look and I just  borrowed this off of Steve just to see  what the finished article will look like  when it goes back on the bus and I got  to say it looks fantastic  this time it was anything..

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