Ronal Turbo wheel resto - aka - El Rabbito gets new shoes

In reply to Ditchdigger: You are quite right sir, funny that I missed the last set of brand new ones that Black Forest Industries had for $600 plus shipping and tax 7-8 years ago. Ironically I didn't even have a car for them at that point...

I bought six sets from ronal when they closed them out. I think they were $89/per wheel direct, vortexers were snapping them up from me for some funny prices since they didn't "make them anymore". It paid for a number of auto-xs!

They are one of the nicest looking wheels on A1/A2 chassis cars though.

84FSP wrote: There are as two sets of driver quality Ronal Turbos on Fleabay currently out of Indianapolis at really reasonable prices. They are +28mm offset perfect for early Bimmers but not so much for vw's.

WHY DID I READ THIS THREAD

The only way 15x7 wheels in "normal" offset will fit the Quantum is with a huge wheel spacer. Saturn 15x6 wheels need a 10mm spacer to clear the steering. 28mm offset might clear...

If anyone needs enabled to buy those off ebay, I can arrange a local pickup and hold them or ship for you.

In reply to moparman76_69: Glad to see some GRM enabling here...

So while I wait for for my shipment of Labmetal high temp filler and solvent to arrive I've been busy. A bit of fingertip removal / cleaning and polishing. Ended up with one perfect wheel and three that needed love for curbage.

A (very rough) local '84 CRX for sale is on a set of these. I know they're available separately, he just hasn't managed to get around to selling them. I have to say the thought has crossed my mind. What do they weigh?

Heavier than I wanted at 17lbs. I would much prefer the weight of the Enkei RPFI at 10.5 lbs but didn't like the look of them on the car. There are a variety of nice lightweight wheels that are pretty affordable. Good-win-racing

Trust me, I'm very aware of the 4x100 options currently available new. It's part of what I do for a living, and I would have suggested a different supplier . I just don't know all the old stuff.

So the Lab Metal finally came today ala Amazon.

In typical fashion my add self had adopted another quick garage project while I waited. I had been wanting to get a sink and some cabinets put in so I could degrease before walking into the house. As luck would have it my awesome big brother came up with a swanky Corian counter and sink setup for free. Apparently the customer was having it ripped out to put in granite so he snagged it. I made a quick stop by my local Habitat for Humanity store just as they were taking delivery of a full stock of brandy new swank kitchen cabinets.

Just as I was thinking I have to snag a faucet big bro stopped by again to drop this off. It's a lot sweeter than the one in my kitchen so I'll be doing a switch and putting that one in here.

Made up some shelves for the setup and got everything all poly'd up. Just need to plumb this bad boy and finish the install.

Wow those cabinets, sink, counterpoint look way too nice for a garage. Nicely done

Thanks - in reality far too nice for a garage but I've got almost no money in it so what the heck.

Counter looks great. Interested to see how well the lab metal works

That's nicer than my kitchen.

So back from the dead and just in time for the race season! Got a bit distracted with in depth repairs to El Rabbitto's fuel system and suspension among other things.

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So after some sanding and touch up it became obvious all the filler had to be removed... Awesome...

Many varieties of sandpaper later they were ready for clear.

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After many weeks and many monies El Rabbitto is finally ready to rock. Ended up going with BFG Rival II's in 205/50/15 which is about as much tire will fit nicely on a street setup...

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