Manky Monkey Motors

Righto guy's, I purchased myself a set of 16 inch wires for the back of the pickup to go with the 17 incher front's.... Now I'm going to need  wheel adapters to get them to fit.. any idea's who can do this kind of thing?? cheers

bloke on rods an sods, cannot remeber his name though.....doh!!!

let me know when you remember mate  ;) :-*

Doug, owner of Waldham Engineering in Basingstoke, Hants & member of the Guzzlers car club, could do them, but I don't think he'd be cheap.
Loony's Dad now has a lathe & milling machine in the workshop & is open to doing small one-off jobs. Getting hold of the material might be a problem though, unless you can supply it.

Search for Mallard Metal packs on internet metal by the inch.

There ya go Shaun -a good excuse to come up & see us.

cool, cheers guy's.. will check out the metal and get back to you MM...

do i read this correctly,
You get one 2ft piece of each size (Dia) 8 pieces in all 16ft, £43.39.   :o

http://www.mallardmetals.co.uk/MallardMetalPacksLtd_2012_MetalPacks.pdf

Yep you got it right.

Bit expensive them.

Not really I use Mallards for work and also when I need metal myself as you can buy as much or as little as you need.
Many places have minimum order either amount in cash or weight. RS normally supply 3 meters of everything so I'd rather buy exactly what I need rather than have loads of extra hanging around.
I'm sure there are cheaper places but not found  another supplier that sells by the inch.

I've just had to buy 3mtrs stainless tube more than I need as my local metal dealer only sells 6 mtr lengths. So that looks a good deal

I could probably by thay lot above for about £15 where i get my stuff from.

personally i'd get the length and keep the leftover for "maybe's"

or incase you balls it up, more comonly referd to as " i have ballsed it up i just thought it would look better this way" :D

me too.

any idea's  as to the spec I would need ?? i.e. how thick the plate should be etc etc....

have a talk to wisbech engineering.

I've got round the back axle problem by buying a Suzuki Vitara axle which has the same stud pcd as the 35 Ford wires... and it was a massive £20 off the bay  ;D ;D

Interesting. Are they drums?

yup drums, you do need some rings to fit between the hub and the rim to stop the rims cracking but its a darn sight easier than converting 4 stud to 5...

cracking ? ? explain pls  ;) ;)

the 35 rims have raised backs around the stud holes so will not sit fully against a flat drum from a later car, the rings are machined so that the whole of the rim sits flat against the drum leaving no weak spot's.. hope that makes sense  :-\

as i was thinking /knew but a few peeps that read this wouldnt understand without further explination  ;) ;) ;)

I certainly wouldn't.

Understand Wot. ??? ;D

Interesting. I may have to source a vitara drum for a play.

they ain't cheap new lol  :o

I wouldn't know mate, paid 20 squids for my axle....