Modifying car steel rims on a lathe

[GoceKU]

Here is the rim in black, i'll take it to the tire shop to have the tire mounted and balanced to see how good i did.

 

[GoceKU]

I got the tire mounted and surprising showed 0-0 on the balancer, perfectly balanced i asked the guy how is this possible, he thinks is so small and narrow is acting like a flywheel by looking it when is turning looks straight. When it come time to mount it in the trunk of the mondeo, surprise surprise won't fit i had to let some air from the tire to put it in the opening to the side. This means the tire will be flat, so i'll have to put an small 12v air compressor, Otherwise looks and fits nicely.

 

[tjb]

Nice work. Is there any way to open up and re-fabricate the wheel well from underneath to allow more room?

Regards,
Terry

 

[GoceKU]

I was thinking just to grab a rubber hammer and hammer out the trunk floor but this being a Ford, spot weld will fail first or all the paint will peel not something i want to deal with, if this was a french car i will have used a hammer without any fear.