jwex16

I just wanted to share one of my Covid lockdown projects. It actually took two months to fabricate due to USPS delays of up to 6 weeks. I had the same wheel on my 1987 911 cab. They were cars. Not even power steering. And my AC worked great.


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Ironman88

Very creative - and looks like outstanding work.

Hindsight2010

Love it! Very unique.

BaileyII

Your table looks great. I bought this one from an estate sale. The closest that I came to a E39 BMW ///M5 was when I had a E28 BMW ///M5

jwex16

Nice. I think I need bigger glass. as I said, I made mine out of boredom in memory of my G50 car.

BaileyII

I love the rotor pedestal. Keep that table forever!!!!

9INE97

That is really cool. Nice job on it.

RGS

Love it! Great pedestal! I have some sport technos and turbo twists in the garage I want to do this with!!Where did you source the parts?

jwex16

Got everything from eBay. Here is my list. I found porsche rotors on there for 28 bucks new for the pair, delivered. Size was not important as long as they fit inside the wheel and the bolt pattern was the same. I think they were for a Boxster. Only real work was cutting a few inches off the all-thread. And cleaning up the wheel. I would go with a larger top. There are furniture pads under the rotor and little clear bumpers I will put under the glass to keep it in place.

2- porsche brake discs-bolt pattern to match wheel- 5x130mm. $27.41.

5- cap lug nuts. 9/16-18. Dodge Ram. $12.99.

5- 9/16-18 hex nuts. $6.15

5- 9/16-18x24” all thread $31.49.

5- 3/4 stainless tube .065 walls x 18”. $32.50.

workhurts

How are you threading the bars into the rotor? Is it the same pitch etc?

jwex16

9/16 fits through the holes in the rotor. Once you cut the allthread to the right length it all bolts together. Put a nut at the bottom of the allthread and push up through one of the holes in the bottom rotor. Then slip a section of stainless tube over the allthread. Then the allthread through a hole in the top rotor and finally through a lug hole in the wheel and secure with the lug nut. The stainless tube maintains the spacing between the two rotors as it is bigger than the holes. I actually bolted the top rotor to the wheel with a couple nuts and bolts to temporarily align things and assembled it laying on its side. The rotors I used had a decent recess at the bottom to contain the portion of the allthread with the bolt. I used two rotors. One as the base and one that you view through the wheel as if on the car. I had to use lug nuts instead of the porsche bolts as there was no backing plate to bolt to. The ones I found were a perfect match for the wheel.