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Title: Riverias Post by: flatfire on May 20, 2018, 15:13:27 pm I quite like the fat lip riverias, I am constantly looking at nice alternative cal look wheels. I have always wondered why the manufacturers of riverias never thought about Porsche pattern. The wheel would have looked cleaner without the need to balance the five spoke 4 bolt pattern with a series of countersunk holes. Just a thought :)
Title: Re: Riverias Post by: Neil Davies on May 20, 2018, 18:20:12 pm Peter, you've just set yourself a challenge. Weld up the holes in the middle and have the wheels redrilled to 5x130!
It is a good point though, as to why a five spoke wheel was designed for a four stud car? Title: Re: Riverias Post by: flatfire on May 21, 2018, 15:48:50 pm I have investigated that already Neil. I don't think it would be a road going wheel with the amount of heat and distortion :)
Although I could buy an old wheel and make up a dummy to see what it would look like. Just for fun. No doubt there are smarter people than me who could do a photoshop Porsche riveria. Title: Re: Riverias Post by: Nikov on May 22, 2018, 21:56:42 pm Got a set with tyres sat in my kitchen taking up space 😉
Title: Re: Riverias Post by: Critter1 on May 29, 2018, 04:56:43 am I bought a set a few years back for the sole purpose of welding and redrilling to 5x130. I’ve searched and searched for a shop that would do the fill & drill. NO-ONE will take it on, unfortunately.
You can see the back side would require quite of bit of welding in the voids. They're definitely heavy wheels being aluminum and steel. I think I'll find the right shop to do it eventually. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/74710f5f1609da168be2259db13884a3.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/3e3abae405e29a47eb2aa66c2b56e0e4.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Title: Re: Riverias Post by: flatfire on May 30, 2018, 16:15:33 pm I bought a set a few years back for the sole purpose of welding and redrilling to 5x130. I’ve searched and searched for a shop that would do the fill & drill. NO-ONE will take it on, unfortunately. You can see the back side would require quite of bit of welding in the voids. They're definitely heavy wheels being aluminum and steel. I think I'll find the right shop to do it eventually. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/74710f5f1609da168be2259db13884a3.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180529/3e3abae405e29a47eb2aa66c2b56e0e4.jpg) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Just wish someone would forget about the holes and create a blank. :) I think they would look great. |