Power touring GN Build Thread

[bishir]

I had a dream last night that I had finished the car and everything was running perfectly. I couldn't believe how it all came together I was thinking, this is too good to be true! Then I remembered I forgot to put any oil in the engine and I started hearing clunking sounds. I then woke up, thankful it was just a dream.

I hate those kind of dreams!

 

[bishir]

I had to put longer studs on the Baer hub. I choose arp 3" studs

 

[bishir]

Here's the rim mounted. My buddy owns a tire shop and he said these rivals barely needed weights and they were very round. I plan on painting the centers of these rims black...

 

[bishir]

Here is the wheel turned at 98%... 100% hits the sway bar. 98 does not... Here's a pic at 98

 

[bishir]

Just another pic.

 

[bishir]

Here is full lock on the drivers side. My guess is I have something off in the steering linkage. No contact on 275/35/18s

 

[deathraider6996]

Man....great build! Those are some aggressive front tires lol

Sent while curing depression with boost.

 

[T-CHRGD]

Are you going without center caps?
I swapped out the Huge Baer dust caps for the stock caps - no more center cap clearance issues.. Still need to swap the studs.

 

[bishir]

Thanks for the post. You're right the stock style centercaps will have to be run to use centercaps. I've been thinking about making some custom caps though so I haven't decided yet.

 

[bishir]

Experimenting with plasti dip.. What do you think black centers better?

 

[T-CHRGD]

Experimenting with plasti dip.. What do you think black centers better?

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I think a gloss black powdercoated center would look great !

 

[we4Mateo]

Black centers for certain!

 

[bishir]

FYI I'm painting them all black with dip then cutting around the center section. After that I peel off te outside wheel paint. Here is a wheel entirely "dipped"

 

[Instro84]

hey bishir, whats the pn for the arp studs that fir baer hubs? thanks

 

[bishir]

I called Baer and the sent them sorry. I did have to deviate from the metric thread size.

 

[bishir]

Fitting the front rim.. This is before cut/peal of the outter lip.

 

[DavidM]

Looks good with the Black center. When you have them powder coated go with gloss.

 

[bishir]

I agree on the gloss. The plasti dip has a glossifier I tried but satin was the best I could achieve.

 

[bishir]

Here I am cutting around the section is like to keep. I barely drag the blade to avoid scratching the rim.

Then I slowly peal away

 

[bishir]

Last I remove the outter section here is a vid of me removing it.

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