Nino S

They are HRE C20's that I bought off a forum member that were race wheels. They are the lightest wheel that I have ever felt. They were in bad shape and actually had been spray painted flat black. The past couple weeks I have torn them down and am almost done with them and wanted to share my progress. Lots of pics.









apart and starting to strip



swapping my lights and repainting my bumper while the car is apart









started bare and worked my arm off!

Highway Dancer

Hold up...someone bought HRE's ($3k price tag approx) <pause> and spray painted them black?

Nino S

sealed and torqued to 22 ft/lbs






18x13 rear with a 345/35/18 M&H Drag radial and 285 nittos up front. Will be on the car next week with RPI carbon front splitter and side skirts, the black lights, and harnesses and shark bar!! will keep it updated!

Nino S

yes they did sir. very sad and they were actually over $5k new

Nino S

started with aircraft stripper and then a ton of set sanding, 600/800/100/1200/1500/2000 and then clay on a cotton wheel, then mother aluminum polish on a ball and then one more really hard by hand and then 3 coats of wax to seal :-). yeah my arm is killing me and I am only done with the rears!

ILLUSHN

Nice job! Those will look really good on your car!

mariofromnewyork

Well done sir!

Highway Dancer

Wow that's just disrespectful.

surfinva27

huge difference, nice work

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

Very nice transformation! Excellent work.

Boozman

Great job on the cleanup

Nino S

thanks for all of the feedback guys!! she should be back together next weekend and I will have a ton of pics. The she is off to get the heads done :-)

peter pan

Very nice work

Nino S

Does anyone know what kind of lug nuts I should get? I am looking for a black set with wheel locks and need to know what type works with aftermarket wheels. If anyone has any links or vendors I would appreciate it

1 slow 97

Call forum member bob from house of wheels, he can help.

Cyber Greg

Dude!!!! Awesome job!!!! Congrats on a great find and an amazing rebirth. Good for you.

JDM555

Nothing feels better than buying something meh, and fixing it up to perfection. Just feels good that you transformed those wheels doesn't it? Looks amazing man! Can't wait to see pics of the new look.

boraxman

Very nice!

Cspahn

That is awesome. Makes me want to look for POS HREs and fix them up like you did. Nice work man!

Nino S

thanks guys I just finished the front two wheels today and will have tires mounted on Wednesday. I am also putting my lowering bolts on with the wheels to get the stance just right. Will keep it updated with pics