My arts and crafts project of the night...

[CLKeenan]

What do you get when you combine a 18" BMW M3 rim, 40"x40" sheet of glass, and some elbow grease? A new coffee table!

 

[ttime]

Fuck that must have put your creative skills to the edge -- I think might be cool if you put some lighting under the rim and acid etch the glass with a picture of something

 

[dreamache]

What do you get when you combine a 18" BMW M3 rim, 40"x40" sheet of glass, an empty electronics box of some sort, and some elbow grease? A new coffee table!

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[CLKeenan]

Hahaha - I was hoping the shitty iphone pic quality would blur that out but you're onto me dreamache.

Sure, it wasn't hard at all to do. But I still think it's kind of cool and I haven't seen it done before. It also has a bit of sentimental value as the rim is from my first car.

 

[dreamache]

Just get rid of the box and find another more elegant want to raise it.. Then do the lighting idea

 

[CLKeenan]

I'm looking for a black/dark wood block for the base

 

[Rajuthan]

the rim is from my first car.

explains the scuffs on it

 

[ttime]

if you had a spare (donut) you can glue it to the bottom of the beemer rim it should get you the right height ... as far as the light get you a bright blue led from the auto store

 

[NickRac]

Nice man - I need one of those for my living room too

+ rep

 

[DewChugr]

A friend of mine took an old Porsche wheel with old used tire on it, mounted it on the center column of a free wooden office chair and put a round piece of glass on it. It looked really nice. The tire kept the glass off of the metal rim and added to the overall look.

 

[cheshire]

This has been done before, and better too.