Last Night, I thought I would try my hand at creating custom Deep Dish Wheels. Unfortunately, I lacked several things last night, like a proper work area, the right tools, and the necessary patience when trying this so the results were not what I was hoping. Nothing lined up the way I had intended, and my new hot glue gun takes a bit of getting used to. I'm posting this as a warning to you all, take your time or you might end up with a mess!
Here is my first attempt, a pair or Tamiya Mini 8 spokes wheels. I was hoping to create some DD minilites for the BMW, but the diameter is not constant, so the result was less than I had hoped. In fact, they suck!
With an uncut wheel for reference

A while later I managed to slice the back off these old Skyline rims, this being the second attempt I though they would look better, and at a glance they do, but on closer inspection they are very rough indeed. And they stick out WAAY too far on the BMW. I may try to use arms from a Tamiya mini, which are narrower, to bring them back under the body, they look goofy here.



These wheels still need a lot of work, but I'll have to wait for parts to complete them I might try again once I get the ABS rims from Capsule21, at least then I will have a guide to align the two piece up, and I'll be able to polish the rims smooth. And get them to fit. If that doesn't work out then I'll just pick up these from Tower Hobbies