TCL hot shizz (post your pics)

[freedomgli]

[slomofo.]

For a supposedly high-end mod job and expensive car, I would expect they would at least remove the tires before painting.

Common sense dictates that would be correct but in actuality, it's easier to paint with the tires on because when you re-mount those tires (especially that low of profile) you run the risk of scuffing the paint on the wheel. some may say to powder coat them, but the factory doesn't do it and I've had plenty of chipped powder coated wheels as well as painted. the sad reality is, this guy will probably curb scuff them at some point anyway. as in this case, as someone else mentioned, these are Michelin Pax, IIRC, which are sealed to the wheel.

[tragik]

I guess this is as good as time as any to ask:

How do you seal a tire to a wheel?

[OptimusGlen]

I guess this is as good as time as any to ask:

How do you seal a tire to a wheel?

The "bead assembly" in this picture stretches slightly to fit into an area around the inner circumference of the rim. Done properly, a tire can be dismounted and remounted without damage done to the wheel or tire.

For that Veyron wheel, it's a darn shame they didn't dismount properly, especially since it likely would have cost peanuts compared to other things they were doing. And then to top it off, they didn't even try to hide that they did that.

[crisvr6]

I guess this is as good as time as any to ask:

How do you seal a tire to a wheel?

[Dizy]

They weren't painting the whole wheel, just the face of it. Not much point in dismounting the tire when they did a good job of masking....tires like that are a bear to mount, and not cheap if you mess up a bead for sure. So yeah, really no reason to dismount.

Good lord, that video above is one of the nicest tire machines/mounting methods I've ever seen.....though thats a Michelin PAX run-flat (which I don't think the Bugatti is equipped with) so its a little different than the usual. That thing makes a Coats machine look like a very big POS.

[ForVWLife]

wow thats pretty involved

[Robin]

I guess this is as good as time as any to ask:

How do you seal a tire to a wheel?

No clue and I might have misunderstood what I've read about them, but according to Car and Driver's road test, if you get new tires you'll have to send the wheels back to France to get them mounted. There's a guy on another forum who got a set of newer Veyron wheels for his car and I'm pretty sure he had to buy them with the tires already mounted because of the setup. Some special procedure to hold up to 250mph runs I guess. You could probably do it at your local quickie lube, but I'm not sure I'd want to.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...-164-road-test

Should probably post pics while I'm in here. Been wanting one of these lately.

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[Denniswhat]

Local dyno day yesterday

[Phunkshon]

[Rapid Decompression]

That is funny...and pretty hack for such a high-end project. That whole car (re-style) is a $1.5M mistake, IMO.

..I am guessing only the centers where painted. On one pic looks like the put lip was done black..but in the finished pic the lip is polished. I dont see anything wrong here.


ANd that video is nuts

[Phunkshon]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...398+&viewitem=

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[Mayerz]

[Phunkshon]

[snow blind]

Nigel Petrie's tube frame drift Hilux.





more on his blog
http://engineeredtoslide.com/2012/04...tting-lighter/

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[zeewhiz]

Tube frame drift Hilux.

leenk to bilt thred.


GOOBY PLS.

[RQ1]

Local car from my area

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[Buickboy92]

WOW! Please tell me more about this beautiful creation!!

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[Exhaust Muncher]

wow thats pretty involved

[warrenW]

There are a billion interior shots of that veyron as well- I'll look for the build thread.

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[Zdriver]

Quality photoshop

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