Another Rim Restoration Project Hartge

[cactusjacks1]

What size are the caps on them? They look bigger than the hartges I have.

Shameless plug... I'm getting caps made (130mm of the top of my head) up if anyone is interested?

There is already a pattern for them here in the US. In the photo note the 2 different size caps - the small one is a 130mm D for the 16" 3 piece & the larger one is the 147mm D for the 17 & 18" 3 piece wheels.





The 130mm (smaller cap) on a 4 lug 3 piece 16"



Jim (Ironman E30) is the go too guy on these.

[IronmanE30]

Thanks for the input Jack!

Today I discussed the 16" wheels with a few friends that are also into Hartge wheels. It seems that Hartge made 16" three piece wheels for the German market but in Japan they have something like our DOT here in the US. They did not want to have 3 piece wheels in Japan due to safety regulations so the three piece wheels were welded to create a 2 piece wheel that met their regulations.

As far as the caps for the 16" wheels go, If you are interested I will contact the fabricator to verify the cost but I believe that we can get them made for less than you were quoted. For those interested please PM me and I can check on the final cost for these with the fabricator next week . Seeing that they are smaller than the 17" caps the Fabricator has the material in stock. The digital CNC design is done, as Jack has stated above, so it should be just a matter of getting him to produce them. They will be dished the same as the 17" wheels, concave versus convex.

Cheers,

Jim

[Jozi]

Not having internet sux a little!

Jim, if the 130mm ones are identical to original plastic ones could you pm me with a price on them?

[IronmanE30]

Not having internet sux a little!

Jim, if the 130mm ones are identical to original plastic ones could you pm me with a price on them?

Sure, the originals were CNC'd to make these so they should be identical. I will PM you a price once the Machine Shop give me a quote on today's costs. Seeing that material costs could have changed I want to get a quote from them that is current.

Cheers,

Jim

[Jozi]

It was your concave versus convex comment in the last post that I just wanted to make sure they were the same, I was expecting them to be so anyway.

When ever you get word from the machine shop let me know via pm.