It's Wifey Wednesday! Time to do some more work on the Renault/VW Beetle project. In this round, we widen the stock VW Beetle rims from 4J to 8J to fit wider tires . We first build a jig with some offcuts found in the shop and then widen the rims using basic tools only.
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Black and chrome hubcaps will look great.
I agree. Black and chrome like they appear to be now.
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Paint them a metallic charcoal colour. It will go great with the chrome hubcap.
With the yellow pinstripe as has been suggested.
Yep black with a yellow pin strip. You can set up your contraption to achieve this. Be bloody awesome
Absolutely beautiful work Div, from the widened wheels to the cutting jig. I'm with you on the color, black wheels with chrome caps would look good.👌👍🤘🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Wednesday just can't start without the latest episode of the Renaubug.
Is there anything you can't do with metal? Simply amazing I'm so in awe and deeply impressed. Always a pleasure to watch you create.
Thank you!
Black with a yellow pin stripe around the outside edge of the rims 👍👍
I can picture in my mind exactly how that would and man I love it with those chrome hub caps
Your fabrication skills are a joy to watch. Thank you for your continued dedication to this channel.
Thank you, glad you are enjoying it! Its comments like yours that keep me going🙂
Love it. I like black with the crhome hubcaps and chrome lip as well
Clever! And you make it look so easy! Really nice work. I think White wheels would look nice on that Yellow RenauBug with the chrome caps
Impressive, as always. They are making some nice looking chrome paints these days. But, I think the black and chrome caps will look sweet, too. Wheels take such a beating from rocks and stuff. Maybe powder coat them for durability.
GREAT WORK WATCH YOUR KNEES ON THE FLOOR
Amazing invention.
same way we did it to our beach buggies back in the 70's & 80's, good job mate, I vote for cream painted rims 😀
Black with chrome cap.. and an yellow pin strip would look sweet
Yep Hubcaps here in Ireland aswell my friend and Chrome hubcaps with gloss black rims with the yellow body would look savage Keep her lit always look forward to a Wednesday evening when the video comes out
As far as rim colour goes whatever the wife chooses is the best. Nice job
Your learning all the time, Young Man, keep it straight and flush, You are so talented, right on.
Very handy jig Boet, and yet again explained well enough that I even understood your plan. Have a lekka one Div
You made that job look soo easy.
Like the idea of a cream on the rims
Cool vid to watch, great to see an option, not that I would do anytime soon, it above my diy skill😂😅❤
Div, I commend you on your clever grinding fixture. Well-worth the effort to ensure a straight cut! I'm not really a fan of black wheels (even with the chrome caps) because in my opinion, they kind of blend in with the tires- no contrast. If you want a bit of contrast to show the rims without being overbearing, I like using a graphite or gunmetal colour. Just enough to separate the rim from the tire. Cheers from Canada!
Really enjoying your channel & the Renobug is going to be a very cool little jalopy when its finished. Hello from Tasmania
You got it outside black with that hub cap will look good, true fabricator have a good one brotha
Lekka video Div...thanks🍺
Black with yellow pin stripes. This video helped me . I have 74 super beetle that I want wider rims but want to keep the stock look. Perfect!
So glad it can help!
Love your jig, I have a similar problem but in reverse, I need to narrow two rims for a small tractor, so two cuts and weld back together, I will be using tubes in the tyres so the weld will have to be dressed smooth, but no problem with that. Enjoyed the post, good to see custom work from somewhere other than the west coast USA 😊.
Beauty ring's and hub caps.
WOW GOOD JOB Thanks Ed Loretto Ontario Canada ,,,,,,, white
It's going to be a nice looking car
Very nice I banded the same wheels so I can run my hubcaps on my rail buggy looks great ❤
Happy Easter from Australia
That was so cool to watch
You are awesome best channel on KZhead keep it coming
Thanks!!
Brilliant ! Very motivational. All doable with basic metalworking tools. Thank you.
great video man, we used to do that years ago for grass track racing with beetles but also reduced the rim using 13 inch rims and beetle centers for better gearing. jook up hot rod racing ireland from the 80s in wexford on you tube we used all sorts of engines from 4 cyl fords fiats lancias to rover v 8s on vw bus gearboxs, great times.matt ireland.
Black would look good, but so would yellow. Nice job!
Black with yellow stripe. Great job.
Black with chrome. What a good job. Lot of work, passes time nicely.
You never cease to amaze me dude, very cool deep dish VW rims!
Yup again badazzz
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Just gave me an idea for the rear rims for my 73 Charger, keep the look of the old skool steel rims with beauty rings and the dog dish hubcaps and still have some nice wide tires on the rear without spending a small fortune, thank you and hope your wife goes with black with chrome hubcaps, nice work sir
I know it would probably cost a fortune, but a full chrome plated wheel would look killer! Aside from chrome a black or dark gun metal grey wheel with a chrome beauty ring and hub cap would definitely feel Era correct!
man your one ingenious bloke, must come from working in the forest workshop , Silver Wheels Would Look Great
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Amazing work 👏 I really think the black rims with chrome hubcaps would look great. If the wife says yellow, then I would do yellow rims and paint the hubcaps black. Just always remember, happy wife happy life. Cheers 🍻.
Filler and some chrome from the beauty salon for the rings & gunmetal for the flats~
Awesome job. Making me want to do my own for my Karmann Ghia. Cream color, off white-ish is what I would pick if I was doing it.
Hey Dif does mind ever sleep.....lol😂😅. Absolutely excellent
Black rims would look good. Wifie might like something like john deere green, kind of like stems for the big yellow flower. When I grow up, i want to be just like you.😁 You are the man and let's not forget the barefoot mechanic. Love your videos my friend!
Thanks! Don't grow up, adults have boring lives😂
Green wheels. Reminiscent of a bunch of flowers. Might earn you some brownie points? Great content as always. I’ve been watching for ages but never comment. I’m always impressed with what you do.
Thanks for the support! I will suggest to the wife
Super cool Div!!!!
Hubcaps is the right word on this side of the world, too. USA 🇺🇸 and Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. Love your work.
Thanks!
well done awesome job
Love the rim splitting jig. I'm sure you could modify it to accommodate other spindle/hub styles. I enjoy watching you work . 👍
Thanks, glad you enjoyed 😊
Great video from USA.
Thank you very much!
Excellent 🔥🔥🔥
Hi My Dear Friend Very Very Good Job ❤❤❤❤❤
Fantastic
Your grinding contraption reminds me of my whitewall contraption. I made a similar grinder mount to take thin stripe whitewalls and white letter tires and turn them into wide whitewalls! Forest engineering - even in the city! Great job Div!
Back in the early 90s I worked at a dealership and they would pay this old man to do that. He had a factory made contraption and he'd do it for $10 a tire.
Black rims with the chrome hubcaps with the vw logo painted yellow. I think it would look great. Nice little jig for cutting rims!
Lazy way of getting the band 'rough sized' is 2πr (so diameter x 3.14) AND add on 2x the distance between center-outer roller (the end 'flat' areas missed when slip rolling). Scribe the 2πr length for trimming off the two 'flat' ends 👍 The alternative (saves material) is just use a 2πr length of flat and after but welding the 'flats', run that area through the rollers several times 😁😎😁 Very enjoyable video! Best wishes from a 'EAK' posting from Scotland, who left Kenya where I was born, way back in the early 60's
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Silver looks good
Hey Diff. WOW, you never cease to amaze me. You can do anything to assist you. I wish I had the same insight that you have. That is a great new tool that you made. Those rims turned out fantastic. I would paint them flat black if it was me. Thanks for sharing.🍁👍👍
Thanks brother!
black would look good with the caps!
Great job. Love your video's. Learn so much. Wheels black with chrome hubcaps.
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Nice job looks great
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Very Nice Work Div Good Job on. The wheel gig
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Put a lay turning die on the machine and true it up.my uncle used to make wide rims for swamp trucks.😊
Off white for the rims Nice job
Great job, I think black rims with a yellow pin strip. You could use your wheel stand and a pin stripping brush to paint the stripe.
Yellow safety wheels...very groovy!
Absolutely straightforward problem solving. Great perspective. I'm impressed by the way you think.
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In years to come someone will uncover your creation and think “what the …. was the human race up to!” Great invention 👍
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I can see you worked hard on the whole project Diff. GREAT JOB BROTHER MAN.
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Black wheels and crome caps👍🏻
Very impressive work.
Thank you!
Cool stuff ❤
Dude !! That’s the coolest thing I e seen in a long time. Hand made, deep dish, VW wheels. Very cool 😎 man. And I vote Black and Chrome hubcaps and beauty ring on the outside like rally wheels were. But you’d probably have to create those too. 😅. Amazing work brother 👍🏻✌🏻
Thanks brother!
My uncle took the centers out of his original rims and put them into the wide rims of his choice from the junkyard for his van, they worked great
still watchin but at times im short of time to comment. ty Sir
Back in the olden days😊 the shop I worked at two toned the VW wheels. Body color on the outer rim and a lighter shade on the inner part. Looked real nice. I like the cutting / welding jig! Thanks from chilly Wisconsin! 18' F right now!😢
I like the black.
Nice work. I'm a fabricator / car builder by trade, and this is a very reasonable, very clean way to do a job that's usually farmed out to specialists...if you can even find anybody with the skills these days.
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i like black but dark grey would all so look good
Nice work by a nice man. 😄
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Gloss black wheels with the chrome hubcaps would look nice. Outstanding job on showing us how you widened the wheels. Great job.
The car is yellow paint the wheels and matte Tan with the chrome hubcaps and the seats Tan as well. It's different not the same thing as everyone else but the wife is the final word either way the wheels look great.Take care Buddy.
I like your idea, tan and match the interior!
@@genarogarcia1087 thank you. I know Div is always saying they drive in dirt all of the time dirt just sticks to black Tan not only looks good it doesn't show the dirt and the details of the wheels will really pop.match the interior and it's a win
That would look nice
Id do the same thing with those wheels. Excellent work.
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Rims look great! I like widened steelies. I think black but you can also do black with the outer edge of the rim (inside would be the tire bead seating area) White to make it look like a partial white wall or even yellow for that matter.
Go all out...... Silver disk and black center with caps.
Nice work Div, the jig you built really works great 👍. Take care Boet and stay safe. 👍
Dear Dif. My first choice are yellow 💛 rims. Would look awesome with the original chromed hub caps. My second choice is silver or grey. I would not paint the rims black because they're not easy to keep clean (you have a lot of gravel/dirt roads in your region). Best regards, luck and especially health to both of you.
Nice! Silver
Your creative engineering and ingenuity are impressive Div, nice work!
Creekn awesome brother. Looks good
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Awesome contraption Diff! Excellent forest engineering.
Thank you very much!
Ty cool 😎
Definitely black, with chrome caps, just my opinion will look the best
Hey Div, I agree with the observation about getting old. We still look at old people the same way but it’s this old people in the mirror that get to us.
Like Clint Eastwood said, don't let the old man in!
Black with the center caps and a narrow beauty Ring would look great with the yellow car👍👍👍
I like gloss black with an outer rim yellow, and chrome hubcaps of course. Maybe detail the VW in the cap with yellow paint. Great job as always. You make my Wednesdays and Sundays. I always look forward to your videos. Thanks.