anyone know someone good in the UK to restore a set of Empi 5s for Iguana
spennyp:
in between the two halves a rubber ring sits which is sandwiched between the two halves.....have them fitted on my 5's it now takes a couple of months for the wheels to loose air as opposed to a couple of days without them ;D
Lids:
YOu will notice a little groove in the flat part this is where the o ring is seated.
Turtle001:
so you guys aren't running with innertubes? i got innertubes on my 1st generation empis -- any idea whatz better?
Lids:
No inner tubes, not needed if you use the o ring. Inner tubes are dangerous, especially if they blow up!!! I am sure spence will post a pic of his wheels to show you what they look like.
spennyp:
the inner tube issue can be looked at in a couple of ways......if the two halves are not sealed together properly the tyre will go down quick (hence why people run tubes).....but running inner tubes on a modern tubeless tyres is a NO NO.....modern tubeless tyres have a ridge on the inside of the tyre which could rub against or interfer with the inner tube and could possibly cause a blow out......so i run my 5's without tubes with a modern tyre....i used the 'o' ring i had made up and the tyre fitter also used some black gunk just in case there were any leaks......1 year later small amount of leakage from one front tyre.....however I would never run the wheels on the strip and to be honest I dont have a massive amount of confidence in running the two piece wheels with a bug which runs a 211 hp engine on the street regularly....strictly for shows me thinks unless you only do about 100 miles a year or less (which in my case is fairly accurate)....when my car is ready and rocking i'll be running erco's for hard street use and strip and the 5's for shows ;D
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