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The thread in which I get my comeuppance (tasteless wheels)

Discussion in '348/355' started by ChoonHound, Nov 27, 2023.

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  1. ChoonHound

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    #1 ChoonHound, Nov 27, 2023
    Several months ago I bought these old (roughly period correct) HRE wheels from a local Ferrari hero.

    https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/index.php?threads/HRE-545-18%E2%80%9D-Wheels.680378/

    I then sent them to HRE for refurbishment and refinishing. My inspiration was the gold-windowed Gotti wheels you used to see in the 80s.



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    Ok… let me have it. Thoughts?



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    #2 nismodrifter, Nov 27, 2023
    Lets see them installed. I like it.
     
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    #3 kestrou, Nov 27, 2023
    Let fly your FREAK FLAG! :)

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    #4 Targatime, Nov 27, 2023
    You can't run those rims unless you have an 8-ball in the glove box and lace panties hanging from the rear view mirror
     
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    #5 ChoonHound, Nov 27, 2023
    Luckily for me, those are the exact two things your wife left in my car over the weekend. :)




    (This is a joke! All in good fun. I’m teasing in the spirit to which I’m being teased myself!)


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    #6 johnrlyon, Nov 27, 2023
    I may be a bit biased, but I think they look fantastic! Can't wait to see them on the car and so glad they went to someone who likes them so much!
     
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    #7 ChoonHound, Nov 27, 2023
    Does any one know how much bolt shank should *protrude past* the wheel? I’m trying to find some bolts for these wheels.

    Maybe knows?
     
  8. Mitch Alsup

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    #8 Mitch Alsup, Nov 27, 2023
    7 thread pitches--this is a fairly universal number for all kinds of fasteners and strength of the threads. Just make sure if the rotor you thread the bolts into do not have a deep counter bore, and if they do you need more threads to cover that space.

    The member in tension will have 5 threads under tension. The member creating the tension will (also) have 5-threads in tension.
    The number 7 allows for chamfers on the thread boss and on the end of the thread of 1 thread pitch.

    If you try to have more threads in tension and a bit more tension happens than the thread can support, the threads will distort and you loose the ability to take the thing apart (easily) part of the thread may be 20 threads per unit, the distorted part might be 19 threads per unit.
     
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    #9 Targatime, Nov 27, 2023
    Well done! As my kids would say, "you just got roasted!"
     
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    #10 ChoonHound, Nov 28, 2023
    So, like, can I get that in inches?


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    #11 kestrou, Nov 28, 2023
    That's what the women always ask me when I quote my "size" in centimeters... :(

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    #12 ChoonHound, Nov 28, 2023
    Ha ha. Quoting your net worth in (Zimbabwean) dollars is a good one too.
     
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    #13 ChoonHound, Nov 29, 2023
    So this should be enough?

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    #14 ChoonHound, Nov 30, 2023
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    #15 ChoonHound, Nov 30, 2023
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    #16 ShineKen, Nov 30, 2023
    Love the “brokigan” sticker :).
     
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    #17 ChoonHound, Nov 30, 2023
    That was a guy from my Fiat Abarth days who came up with it. It’s brilliant, really. He should have trademarked it (tho that would probably be impossible)
     
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    #18 BrettC, Nov 30, 2023
    Ooh, I think your just fine with those.....
     
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    #19 bobzdar, Dec 1, 2023
    Lower it a bit and put some center caps in and it works imo.
     
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    #20 ChoonHound, Dec 1, 2023
    Thanks! I’m not going to lower it - I’m too old and my mechanic says it’s as low as it can go on factory springs — but I do have some HRE center caps en route. The yellow Ferrari caps clashed with the gold.
     
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    #21 ChoonHound, Dec 1, 2023
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    #22 72GMC, Dec 1, 2023
    A center-cap with matching gold might look nice
     
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    #23 ChoonHound, Dec 1, 2023
    Agreed.


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    #24 ChoonHound, Dec 5, 2023
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    #25 radback, Dec 7, 2023
    ... and this... is from the guy who's spending is time bashing other people when they fit bigger "tasteless" wheels on their Ferrari in another thread?
    Priceless! :D
     
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