:rofl: I do love those wheels. They will be the dedicated street wheels come the spring they get new rubber as they can fit my brakes without a spacer, the Works will be refinished and live on the 'vert.

I was using them for measurements and mockups etc etc as the Enkei/hoosiers hadn't shown up yet.


Thanks man
When are you going to get me those pieces for your overflow tank so I can weld those up?

I'll shoot you a PM about it. I'm a bit swamped designing the HPA and getting that started and rolling (I'm basically the Chief Engineer on this project so my time is absorbed with it).

I have the basics outlined and designed, I just need to measure up the mounting locations.

I've done that many times, i figure the 80 KPH speed rating is just a recommendation since I have yet to have a tire failure (knock on wood). I do eventually want to put some vert BBSs on my trailer to add as a finishing touch eventually.

Yep, I found the PDF installation manual for it too (at the bottom of post). You pretty much did it as this company did but exceeded by a few bolts LOL.

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...9&d=1317343361
http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...0&d=1317343467
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Well don't you suck, that was my idea too damnit!

I don't know what the speed rating is on mine, but I know they're definately too small. I think I to do some research into finding some like 1" to 1.5" spacers.... cuz I REALLY want to use my 'vert wheels..... Or I even thought about using 2 of the enkei spare wheels


Haahahaa... yup, a little bit. The one thing that I REALLY wanted to make sure of was that I could do was make sure that I could take the damn thing off as quickly and as easily as possible because it does weigh a fair bit.

Soooooooooooo let's get back to the last 2 batches of pics I have before I need to do some more work and take some pics.....

So after quite of while of packing up the entire trailer as if I was heading off to the track, I took a length of pipe, suspended it between 2 cinderblocks and found the proper tongue weight, I marked that location and started pulling some measurements off the axle and transferring them to the trailer frame. Then I drilled holes from both the top and the bottom, and took some 3/4" OD .125" wall tubing and cut that to fit. The bolts for the trailer are .5" so they'll fit inside that tube just perfectly. The fear was, as I cranked down on the bolts to mount the axle, the 2" square tubing would deform. So I decided to support it with the round tube installed.

Oh yeah, I had already run the wires for the lights at this point ;)

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1317351166

All 4 ready to go

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Very tight, and very almost ready to be welded.

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And finished welded in place. The snake survived and ended up being exactly where it needed to be,

Closeup before I sanded everything down because the bracket needs to be flush mounted

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1317351166

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I cut the brackets for the lights out of .185" AL, and yes it was a tremendous PITA. The lights are LED and very bright, very easy to install/take out

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1317352246

1/2x20 SS Socket caps to attach the axle to the frame. Very pretty, I think they'll ook even better when the frame is powdercoated ;)

So far I love the axle, it may weigh as much as the entire frame, but it's very soft and very forgiving. I'd rec Dexter Axle for just about anything.

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1317352246

Here's the inside of the box, those are 3/8 fine thread SS socket caps that are bolted through the trailer frame to secure it.

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And here you can see the wiring, just about the only part of the wiring you can see. The wiring goes down the tongue to that gussett, comes out of the tongue, into the gussett where it spits to the two different lights through the frame I like it, it's pretty clean... Hopefully I don't need to add any other lights as it would be a PITA.

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1317352246

The TII spares? Not a bad idea! although I would still worry about the load/ speed rating of the "temporary use only" tires being used on a trailer.

Bitch you bought a box instead of making one. For shame!


Jk- looks really nice.

The 'vert and FD had the enkei spares didn't they? Either way, I'd be swapping the tires out becuase that temp use thing worries me too. Even though there's 250 lbs on it as opposed to 700lbs.


Actually, I didn't buy it, 'twas a gift for doing the roof racks on the VW. Either way though, the thing was $400 delivered, think about how much I would pay in materals and shop time, then how long it would take me to weld it up..... it was actually cheaper to buy the damn thing than build it... soooo yeah,

Thanks man.... I gottta hop on it and finish it so I can have it inspected Thursday

Not to nit pick but I'd put some grommets on your aluminum holes where your wires are traveling through. Having had wires short out in a similar setup it became a pita to try and track down the issue.

Nice. I was also going to suggest an electrical wire plastic cover.

I wish I had the tools to weld AL. my Hobart 180 is 1000 miles away. sad face I miss so so much. Living in the barracks sucks.

Some sexy looking welds T. I've always wanted to try ally but you sorta need 3phase power for a decent welder, can't do that in a rental. Then again my stainless skills are still pretty average lol. I'm with you on buying the toolbox though, I thought about making one a while ago. Buying decent rollers costs more then most boxes on the market lol.

Sooooooooooooooo I figured out how to make the 'vert wheels work... I think... Need to pul one off tomorrow and verify a measurement, but if I'm right, oddly enough it will be an aftermarket Jeep part that makes it possible.... and some new 5x4.5 hubs courtesy of NorthernTool.

Planning on it.... Also need to de-pin the connectors and get some Raychem or that expandable sleeve tubing on the wires.... that shit right there is just sloppy

Wait till you see the pass-through's for the 2ga battery cable :D Wait...... why would someone need 2ga battery cable on a trailer? Ok, maybe 4ga... I need to check my stock to see what I actually have left over.

That blows, I couldn't live without my tools.

Thanks man. I need to get back into practicing TIG welding SS. I was doing alot of really thin shit and it wasn't turning out so good, so I said fuck it and just MIG'ed everything that was SS. BUT, with some future plans that I have, I need to sack-up and get practicing.

Sooooooooo with the exception of a few "finished" photo's withen the next few days, the trailer project will be put on hold for a while as the car needs a little rear end attention before a 2-day track event in 2 weeks. Oh well.... that and I'm waiting on some parts for some sexy finishing touches as I had a few good ideas tonight.

Someone is going to put a generator and a welder on that trailer. :)