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This is the raw wheel after banding.
You can see an original below on the left. I bought these to use as rollers for another car but the INSET was 1" more than Escort wheels.
So I formed a cunning plan.
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I got Declan Munnelly (kawasaki green Mk11 mental drifter) to narrow a Mk1 case for me.
Out with old.
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Quick compare. Easy to see here. spring platforms in line but ends very far apart.
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Lovely tasty bit of work that. So nice I didnt need to tidy the weld at all. Just painted straight on. Big heavy sleeve in there now as well.
Stuck the "elevens-iser" back in.
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Measured, cut, tidied and trial fitted the shafts
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eeek!
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Refitted halfshafts, gave them a turn and popped them out to check for witness marks.
All good as expected so reassembled and fitted axle.
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Fitted tyres, got em balanced and headed to a show, where it was miserable. However sitting in the car meant I got to hear the comments from "what the fook are they" to "they are awesome" and lots inbetween.
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There ya go. 8.5" wheels on a standard arch Mk1
Whadda think??