Torque Thrust Help

[Tim Penton]

427TJ, That small step on the TTO between the cast grey painted area and the polished part make that wheel look different to me. What do you mean by cut-in this small step? Machine it? I've been comparing, what I can find, between the Torq Thrust D, the TT Original, and the Fenton Hustlers and the main difference that I see are that the spokes on the TTO are a little more pointed. So far, I'm thinking that the D's look closer to the Fentons mainly due to the step between the painted cast area and the polished part.

[427TJ]

This is the "lip" (step might be a better word) that visually differentiates original 1960s Torq Thrusts from newer versions (TTD, TTO). Modern TTOs do not have this step. This is a new 15x5 TTO that has been modified to look like a '60s wheel. The step was cut-in and the center hub was machined down to approximate the size of the old wheels. The old style smaller screw pattern cap is shown set in place in the second pic.



15x5 TTO modified to look more like the original '60s wheel:



Original 1960s aluminum 15x6 (shallow back-space/deeper front side dish) for comparison:



The TTO is a fine looking wheel but pain-in-the-a$$ wheel guys like myself can spot them immediately. Make a small modification with the lip and you can trick practically all but the nerdiest mag wheel nerd.