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My unmolested H1 wheels, of the 12 bolt variety. I got a steal on 5 of them, 4 of which were brand ...

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Outer rim with the factory center still intact. Using this center the wheel would have a 7" back sp...

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Inner wheel.

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O-ring.

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Here you can see the lower lip of the inner rim, which is where the new wheel center will be seated.

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USA 6x6 pressed centers. These things are absolutely bad ass.

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New wheel center dropped all the way into wheel and resting on the wheels lower lip.

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This position yields 3.5" back spacing. Much better for our application than the 7" factory back sp...

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Mark all the way around the lip of the center with a sharpie. This gives you a good guide of where ...

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Grind the paint off of the weld area. I found that a sanding disk on a grinder was MUCH more effec...

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New wheel center tacked into place.

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Finish welded around the rims circumference.

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Now that the new center is in, it's time to cut the old center out. There are a bunch of different ...

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The ridge on the outer rim acts as a guide for the plasma cutter. I found it was easiest to make a ...

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Old center cut out, it just takes a tap with a hammer to make it drop out.

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All five centers cut out.

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Ground down the rough plasma cut lines on the rim outers. Not perfectly smooth, but they don't nece...

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Finish welded the centers into the rim.

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The weld bubbled up the paint in a line all the way around the rim.

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But it's very easy to clean that up with a wire wheel.

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Original color I tried was WAY too blingy. I swear it didn't look gold colored on the can cap.

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Painted the wheel centers. The color is Dupli-Color "Buckskin".

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Crappy original valve stem.

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Annoying oblong hole for military valve stem. Needs to be drilled out to .453" (29/64") to accept...

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Made a copper backing plate by smashing a short section of copper pipe flat.

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Backing plate covering back side of hole.

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Plug weld to fill hole.

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I then installed a short bolt on style civilian valve stem.

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Two different styles of civilian valve stems; the bolt on variety and the push in variety. I opted ...

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After checking for clearance with the rock ring in place it became clear that while a short valve st...

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So with the inner part done this is what I have so far.

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My tires finally came in, time to get my ass in gear and get these finished up.

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Rock rings welded onto outer wheel halves.

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Painted and looking nice and shiny.

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After a long time of trying to install valve stems without the right tool, I went out and bought the...

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I put a little grease on the valve stem seats to get them to slide in a little better.

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Simple looking tool, and it's pretty much impossible to install a valve stem without it.

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Just pull the valve stem through the hole with a little prying action.

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No that's not a trash can, it's my bead lock inserts.

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USA6x6 inserts

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Start the insert going into the tire.

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Push it in with your foot.

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And there it is inside the tire. The insert is not completely rigid like a PVC insert, so it will g...

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Airsoft BB's used for dynamic balancing of tires, AKA bead balancing.

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Dump a sack of BB's into the tire for balancing.

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Once the BB's are in place go ahead and center up the bead lock insert in the hole, like this.

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Time to mount them up. First, put the back half of the wheel on a bucket.

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Next, make sure that this groove is clean. It's common to find RTV caked up in them. Then drop the...

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Next stretch out a new o-ring a little and drop it place on this groove. If the o-ring is a little ...

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See this extra hole? It is the CTIS hole that allows the hummer wheels to be remotely inflated. No...

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Then you just bolt the two halves together and you're done. Run the bolts down slowly and evenly so...

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Here are the wheels in action! I can see fender trimming in my future.