I just got some MR5's last night and I was thinking about taking them apart and having a buddy clean up the centers and spray them a silver color to resemble the color of the bare metal they are now, and re polish the **** out of the lips....

I was wondering,
A. has anyone ever repainted their mr5's?
B. is there a certain pattern they should be put back together (bolts?)
C. what spec should they be torqued?

 

Pm sent. i went in a cross pattern to tighten the rivets. i forget the torque spec i used. ill try to remember

 

I believe its 51 ft/lb on the bolts. That's what another member on here did with his multi-piece Volks, and Mugen MR5's are made by RAYS just like the Volks.

Basically, don't go any tighter on the bolts than hand tight.

 

Its actually about 10 ft pounds for the bolts, I took mine apart and had the centers powdercoated, also use loctite for each bolt.

 

thats what it was, i used 10-12 ft pds on mines..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr. Bob Dobalina &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I believe its 51 ft/lb on the bolts. That's what another member on here did with his multi-piece Volks, and Mugen MR5's are made by RAYS just like the Volks.

Basically, don't go any tighter on the bolts than hand tight.</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GoKOOLjeff &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats what it was, i used 10-12 ft pds on mines..</TD></TR></TABLE>

There's a big differance between 51 and 10... So which one is it? Sorry for bringing this back but i'm about to get a set...

 

i think 10lbs more likely.... 50lbs sound more like over tq, you going snap the damn thing...