2LonG

I bought a set of Auto Couture Magnifique 3 piece wheels from RB Wheels about a year ago and finally mounted them (cuz the car wasn't ready yet -- needed a new engine), and drove about 2,000 miles and the inner barrels on all 4 have cracks. I inspected them when they first arrived at my door step, and there was already a small hair line crack in one of them, and they all seemed heavily damaged before and was repaired. I sent the one that had a hair line crack in it back to RB Wheels and they had it welded, but I know that they are to the point where they cannot be repaired any longer... the damage and repairs have made the inner barrels weak. I need new inner barrels! Do any of you guys know where I can get some inner barrels for my wheels?

Thanks in advance guys! Any help is much appreciated!

PK_Celsior

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MC3 look them up but the barrels are super expensive :x

RA40

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There are various threads on this in the tire wheel section. Basically, for a re-barrel, you'll want to find a local wheel shop. Shipping them around isn't going to be fun.

skperformance

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700 a barrel is more than super expensive .
It should cost 500 the most and 350 would be cheap but its not.

2LonG

Got a hold of Andy over at MC3 to see what he can do for me... Thanks for the inputs tho. Keep 'em comin...

skperformance

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so how much with your first born did he quote you ?

2LonG

lol.... still waitin' on his reply. Will let you guys know.

Any other suggestions anyone??

2LonG

UPDATE: MC3 Wheels is charging $1500 for new inner barrels AND re-doing my fronts to a more aggressive offset, so changing the outer lip barrel as well... this is parts and labor included...

Thoughts???

BLKonBLK98

4 inner barrels + 2 outer lips + labor = $1500

is this correct? if so it is a very reasonable price for the parts/labor but i would suggest you consider if it's worth it in the long run. $1500 is a lot of money to spend on refurbishing wheels you aren't absolutely in love with (speaking from experience).

PureDrifter

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damn that's cheap O.o

2LonG

Yea, that's the only hurdle I'm coming up against... do I save another $1500 and just buy new wheels, or do I fix these one's up..???

Thanks. As long as I'm in the right direction!

skperformance

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You Andy must really like you . that is a great price for 2 full barrels and 2 halves .
He was telling me over $1600 for 2 barrels only ~!!

PureDrifter

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i got ~800 for just two 18" stepped lips (outers) with shipping, no labor o.o

2LonG

It's sounding like I'm gettin' a deal. Thanks for the input again guys. It's hard to find a good deal anywhere, or good wheels for a good bargain...

MC3 Wheels

You guys are funny as hell. The wheels that you want to fix up are $3-4 k brand new, you want to change 2/3 of the parts of the wheel and want to pay $200 for a whole barrel with shipping and installation, if you saw how much work goes into making a Maya lip fit you might not think it was so expensive. Just because you get a set of wheels on the street for a deal doesn't mean getting them back to perfect status is going to be cheap or simple. And just so you know, step lips are only manufactured by on manufacturer in the U.S. and they DON'T stock the parts. That coupled with the fact that many of the Japanese wheels that the members on this forum have are not the standard configuration that the rest of the U.S. based wheel companies use. So the part HAS to be custom machined and drilled in order to fit. Next time you think a lip is expensive think of the work that needs to be done in order to make a Work vsxx lip fit.
Step 1: Disasseble wheel
Step 2: Check center disc to make sure its straight on a fixture w/ a dial indicator
Step 3: Calculate the BCD (Bolt circle diameter) of the center for drilling the barrel on the CNC machine
Step 4: Set up component on CNC machine
Step 5: Program Cnc machine to drill and bore correct dimensions
Step 6: Get lip polished or chromed (Outsourced)
Step 7: Reassemble wheel on Runout fixture with dial indicator to ensure concentricity
Step 8: Seal components with specialized silicone
Step 9: Package wheel and ship out.

9 steps to fix one lip. Im not going to go through all that to make $20......