Alloy Trouble

[DubAndDubber]

first i was like 

 then i was like 

 but now i am 

proper dont understand that mate, anyways ive had a bit of progress today, drilled the holes in the alloy with a black and decker. i know what youre thinking but it came out bloody good, took my time with it and im pretty chuffed! pardon the pun. now all i need to get is longer bolts which ill be getting tomorrow. ill keep you posted!

Its simple,
First he was like 
Then he was like 
But now, he's like

HTH

Thom

Oh now i understand thanks for clearing that up......

adaptors dont come with wheel bolts just the bolts to bolt the adaptor on, lol. Alot of bolts..

so you are meant to use your own, which would be the ones off my golf, but they dont fit in the hole on the alloys, so i drilled them to make them 1 mm bigger, now the bolts fit great, they just aren't long enough.

dont know why everyone is sh!tting themselves about drilling wheels, grow some balls! its easy, try it!

[Neo Badness]

dont know why everyone is sh!tting themselves about drilling wheels, grow some balls! its easy, try it!

You clearly don't have an engineering background do you?

Hope I'm not driving in the opposite direction when your dodgy home drilled alloy wheel comes flying off 

[dom]

No ones sh!tting themselves, they're just telling you that its a f*king stupid idea to drill your wheels.... which it is btw 

[Adezmk3]

Lets see some pics of the drilled wheels.

Cheers

Adrian

[Wayne]

Seems mad to me that you have drilled the wheels, not the greatest of ideas is it really.

[Guy]

[gtiballs61]

 

[benvictors]

Sorry to rain on everyones parade but drilling out the wheel bolt holes, even up to about 3mm wont make a blind bit of difference, providing you didnt subject the alloy to any extreme heat when drilling then there shouldnt be a problem at all.
You can actually buy alloys with no holes in em at all that you just drill out yourself 

[Chris-White]

Sorry to rain on everyones parade but drilling out the wheel bolt holes, even up to about 3mm wont make a blind bit of difference, providing you didnt subject the alloy to any extreme heat when drilling then there shouldnt be a problem at all.
You can actually buy alloys with no holes in em at all that you just drill out yourself 

Indeed, as long as you used a pillar drill sort of arrangement or had them on a lathe to ensure they drilled perfectly straight and true it shouldnt really be an issue.

[DubAndDubber]

Thankyou guys! I know what I'm doing I've seen it done plenty of times, I'll get some before and after pictures up soon. I drilled through an old socket so I made sure it was straight, the wheel goes on perfect, but it won't stay on very long as there's about 2 mm of the screw in the hub lol!