The Ultimate Recycling Project

[tabasco]

I am giving a special preview to my R3V Bretheren...

You all have seen the keg carrier mod I made to my wagon...
Here: http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=113396

With the E30 having her first track experience this past weekend...I had purchased some more suitable footware for her in the form of some RA1's mounted on a set of 15's. I got them as a set of 6 from a friend who is a SpecE30 Racer.

Seeing as my wife was getting tired of having these wheels and the other 4 that I am storing for a friend, sitting in our dinning room...she suggested I get a tire rack to put in the garage on the wall...where they would be out of the way. Being the frugal E30 owner that I am...and keeping in mind the amount of money we had put into the track weekend...I was determined to find a cheaper solution.

It just so happened that we bought a new bed for our bedroom. It was a birthday gift for my wife. So, we now have this old king sized bed frame that needs to go to goodwill...or the scrap yard. I am thinking...hmmmmm???

So, I lay it out on the garage floor...this just might work!


Some measuring and cutting...and you start to see the general idea...


The wife laughed at my idea...and took my picture while I worked.


Assembled (mostly)...and holding tires. I left two of the legs on the frame because it reminds me of what it was originally...and it saved 2 cuts.




All that is left is to pull it all back apart, clean it up and spray it. I think I am going to spray it with black Plasti Dip. This should be durable enough. Then I will mount it to the wall...and the RA1's will have a new home.

I will post up more pics as the project continues...but I thought you all would appreciate the progress thus far!

In theory...this should have an out of pocket expense of less than $30.

jason

[Rolla1990]

Creative. Looks very nice!

[dashboardmonkey]

That's fuckin baller

[Collin]

Very nice! Great job!

[Hick]

careful what you spray it with. if you put those tires up there while they are still hot, it will pull up most any paint on the rails.

otherwise, looks great, good use of an old bedframe

[Huff]

You can build a lot with bed frame rails and a welder.. They make great sk8 parks too..

Anywho, great idea and job!

[Gooch]

That's pretty damn clever. The keg carrier is amazing, too...we use ratchet straps through the handles and strap them down in the back of my buddy's Explorer.

[T3rd Ferguson]

careful what you spray it with. if you put those tires up there while they are still hot, it will pull up most any paint on the rails.

otherwise, looks great, good use of an old bedframe

i don't think anyone would do something like that?

[Paukert11]

yo what brand wheels are they and size????

[Aptyp]

Ronal LV


Nice project, man. Got any pics of it on the wall?

[tabasco]

yo what brand wheels are they and size????

Apparently they are Ronal LV's. I did not know that. They are 15x7.5, i believe. Running a 205/50/15.

Ronal LV


Nice project, man. Got any pics of it on the wall?

Thanks! It has not actually made it on to the wall yet. I am hoping to disassemble it tonight and prep it for paint. Hopefully i will get it put up this weekend.

I will post more pics as we move forward.

[wildsnosheep]

i really like your wheels in your sig, and i almost never like 5 spokes on e30's
what are they? rota's?

[el bob]

Haha this is awesome! :D Nice work.

I took apart an old bed frame so I could have a supply of angle iron. I ended up using a piece to make a custom tool that removes collar nuts from the E30's front strut housings. Definitely a great cheap source of usable material.

[hootie]

i really like your wheels in your sig, and i almost never like 5 spokes on e30's
what are they? rota's?

Rota Slipstream...16x8 et20 I believe

[tabasco]

Rota Slipstream...16x8 et20 I believe

You are correct!!!