Who is doing the best Rim Blow restorations?

Posted By: sg333e

Who is doing the best Rim Blow restorations? - 02/27/12 08:31 PM

Hey gang, been a while since I've been on here. Who is doing the best restorations these days. My wheel is not where it needs to be to go on my car.

Thanks in advance.

EW

Posted By: 2002bluert

Re: Who is doing the best Rim Blow restorations? - 02/28/12 02:00 AM

Doug Lepak The steering wheel guy.

http://www.stwheelz.com/gallery.html

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...amp;Search=true

Posted By: AARCONV

Re: Who is doing the best Rim Blow restorations? - 02/28/12 05:17 AM

I am very happy with my wheel from doug to the point that I hate to use it....

Posted By: stwheels

Re: Who is doing the best Rim Blow restorations? - 02/28/12 04:34 PM

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I am very happy with my wheel from doug to the point that I hate to use it....

Thanks Stan and Al!

Al, don't be afraid to use it, you've had it for how many years now and I know you actually drive your car more than most people ha ha ha

The repairs and finish I use make the wheel stronger and much more durable than they originally were so use it as much as you want without any worries.

The wheel I did in my car is over 10 years old (60,000 + miles ago) now and looks like it did the day I finished it. I even drive my car during the winter and as a matter of fact the last time I drove it (2 weeks ago) the outside temperature was -12c. The roads were dry so I took it to my Saturday ball hockey game so it went from a nice warm +15c garage to -12c and was parked outside for 5 hours.

The carbon fiber shell I build around the wheels is incredibly tough and has less expansion/contraction issues than any other method of repair. Modern technology is the way to go, there's no place for epoxy fillers if you actually want the repair to last.

I just noticed that Stan is in the background of this shot! LOL

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Posted By: AARCONV

Re: Who is doing the best Rim Blow restorations? - 02/29/12 01:33 AM

no worries here Doug, your work outlasted the other guy, his cracked on me in the same spot...you live and you learn...

Posted By: 2002bluert

Re: Who is doing the best Rim Blow restorations? - 03/01/12 11:06 AM

Ya thats me in the back ground and Im crying because you drive your car in the winter and I think I even seen the A&W rootbear peeing on your car once...LOL

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Posted By: stwheels

Re: Who is doing the best Rim Blow restorations? - 03/02/12 02:35 AM

Nice Stan! LOL I may have to get Robin to photoshop a puddle around my front tire in that shot bwahaha.

Speaking of rim blow wheels ... here is one I did for my 67 Coronet using an A/B body adapter.