CoxyLaad 0 Posted April 9, 2008 My mate is considering buying a lathe/miling for his garage, with the idea of setting up a sideline in fabricating things like wheel spacers, brackets (supercharger brackets anyone?) hes a tool maker by trade so this would be a doddle for him, but I am tryin to gauge how much interest it will generate. Hes just modified my subura impreza P1 alloys to VW fitment, so i can vouch for the quality of his work. What do you reckon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldie 2 Posted April 9, 2008 Id imagine he will be able to shift adaptors all day long. Go on E38 and advertise them on there as FK etc items are expensive and it would be easy to undercut their prices... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim 2 Posted April 9, 2008 Agreed. There was a discussion on here just the other day about Magnex, and their ridiculous charge of something like £45 for a replacement exhaust bracket. He could knock out replacements at a fraction of the price i'm sure. I think there would be a regular stream of requests for bespoke parts! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoxyLaad 0 Posted April 9, 2008 cool i will let him know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Heath 0 Posted April 10, 2008 I bet he'd do well on forums like this...just be careful with things such as spacers/adaptors, Im pretty sure your supposed to have the necessary insurance for bits like that....me and my dad got a job to fabricate a roll cage for a tractor and we looked into it and with all the extra insurance needed, it wasnt worth it (Bearin in mind that we've got public liability insuarnce for somethin like £5million).....dont want to put a downer on it for you mate, but wouldnt want somethin comin back on you :thumb right: 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CorradoVR6-Turbo 0 Posted April 10, 2008 I have a mate who is a toolmaker and im always asking him to do things for me,so i would think if he advertises in the right places he should do well out if it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyman9000 0 Posted April 10, 2008 4x100 to 5x100 adapters for me, THANKYOU! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkie 0 Posted April 10, 2008 Chris just do the VR/late hub change Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyman9000 0 Posted April 11, 2008 I've recently had the rear calipers changed, and the discs and pads were done all round less than 4k miles ago, so i wanna leave the brakes alone for the time being. These brakes are delicate at the best of times, so im gonna go with the adapters for now. Although my wheels wont be on for a while anyway, got holidays and such to pay for yet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
