My Nova has had "Slot Mag" style wheels on it for the last 26 years, they are 14 inch rims. Its getting harder and harder to find 14" tyres with the right profile for the Nova, plus the wheel arches could do with being filled out more. So when an opportunity to buy some 15" Wolfrace Turbovec wheels on eBay came up that had the right size wheel stud pattern I jumped on it. They were in reasonable condition although one wheel had some corrosion and curb damage on the rim.
So I set about having the wheels refurbished using what is known as "Diamond Cutting". The wheels get shot blasted to remove all of the old powder coating and lacquer. Then any damage is repaired, in my case grinding down the slight damage on the rim. Then a fresh black layer of powder is added followed by Diamond Cutting on a lathe to show the bare metal on the rim and spokes. The end result was quite impressive, they really looked like brand new rims.
I chose to go for high profile tyres (215 R15 / 70) as the rims were still small compared to today's standards and I wanted to fill out the wheel arches of the Nova body as much as possible
The before Look.....with Wolfrace Slot Mags
The look after with the new Turbovecs . It fills out the arches better
