How to build your own wheel cribs

So I ventured outside of my usual amateur car show seen and decided to try and compete with the big dogs since I have been doing well in the Subaru world. Well I got my ass kicked at Import Face Off yesterday so I scheduled my stereo build appointment and built some wheel cribs yesterday so I will have a fighting chance. For those of you not in the Pacific Northwest its crazy up here, there are so many badass cars it makes it really hard to win anything. I got some mirrors to go with the cribs as well.

So I posted some pictures yesterday in a few threads and someone suggested making a DIY thread for these so here you go.

First off determine what size wood you need, I have 18x8 wheels so 2x10's worked best for me and my jack only allows me to get the tires just over 6 inches off the ground so I made my cribs 6 inches high.

Cost: Should be around $40 without mirrors depending on where you go. Wheel cribs online are $160+ depending on which ones you get.

Materials needed: Two 10ft 2x10's, one 8ft .75"x1.5", a box of 2 1/2 inch wood screws, a couple boxes of 12"x12" mirrors, and a can of what ever color spray paint you want. I chose flat black.

Tools Needed: Speed square, pencil, skill saw, tape measure, and a drill with phillips bit.

Dimensions: Height 6", Length 14", and the Width of a 2x10 is just over 9".

Step 1: Cut your 2x10's into sixteen 14" long pieces.

Step 2: Cut your .75"x1.5" into 8 pieces the same width as your 2x10.

I cut a few extra

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt49/SubyStud555/20130603_142915_zpse1c2df08.jpg

Step 3: Using 2 pieces of 2x10 stack them together and make sure the ends are flush then screw them together using 4 screws, two on each end.

Step 4: Add another piece of 2x10 to your other two and flush the ends, screw them together using 4 screws, two on each end.

Step 5: Add one last piece of 2x10 to your other three and flush the ends, screw them together using 4 screws, two on each end. You should now have 4 pieces of 2x10 screwed together.

Step 6: Using 2 pieces of .75"x1.5" put them on top of your 2x10 one on each end and flush them up then screw each one down with two screws.

Step 7: Follow steps 1-6 three more times until you have 4 wheel cribs.

Step 8: Paint them and your done.

I haven't painted mine yet but here is what they look like on the car.

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt49/SubyStud555/20130603_190920_zps68bb681b.jpg

With mirrors.

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt49/SubyStud555/20130603_152722_zps862f3a03.jpg

Great write up! I assume they are pretty secure with the weight of the car pushing down on them...

May take this idea and make a couple ramps :-D

your car fell over!!!

What's the point of this? Not being mean just really have no clue? Car show parking?

They are used for showing off your undercarriage at shows and installing mods/doing maintenance under your car.

good move. I made some as well ages ago but I made them a bit longer and angle cut one end so I can drive up on them. noting like gunning the engine to drive up 5" in 8" and then stopping in 6".

rather than paint how about getting some fabric (sued, felt, velvet) to drape over them. or wrap and staple to bottom. this way you wont see the lines between wood and it will look cleaner for shows. match the color to some of that undercarriage goodness.

Hella clean is right ... my goodness!

I like triple_B's idea of using fabric of some sort ... go for it.

good move. I made some as well ages ago but I made them a bit longer and angle cut one end so I can drive up on them. noting like gunning the engine to drive up 5" in 8" and then stopping in 6".

rather than paint how about getting some fabric (sued, felt, velvet) to drape over them. or wrap and staple to bottom. this way you wont see the lines between wood and it will look cleaner for shows. match the color to some of that undercarriage goodness.

Damn that sounds scary! I would like to cover them in some sort of material but I haven't found any I like yet.

Your car is hella clean underneath... Do you clean it or are most of the parts newer?

Thanks, some of the parts are newer but not all and I just recently started cleaning it.

Hella clean is right ... my goodness!

 

I like triple_B's idea of using fabric of some sort ... go for it.

I will thanks!

Easy way to make your car high off the ground to do work underneath. No jackstands in the way and no chance of missing the spot to put them. I think I'll make a set and I'll put grip tape on the surface where the tires hit and then just paint them black.

Good write up and good idea.

I ended up wrapping mine with speaker box carpet and they look pretty good.

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt49/SubyStud555/image_zps88b67422.jpg

Need moar mirror tiles.

Nice job!!

Need moar mirror tiles.

 

Nice job!!

Thanks, I ended up getting more after that show.

This isn't really related to the topic what soever but I really like your fitment and was wondering if you had to roll your fenders at all

Kudos for bumping a year old thread. Please follow up on this thread, http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/faq-offsets-sizes-rims-and-tires-gt-xenonk-version-4426.html, after reading thru the first post. All your questions and more have been asked/answered there.