Wheel widening.... April 11, 2007, 10:34:17 PM I remember seeing an ad for a company a few years ago that did wheel repair and advertised that they could widen alloy wheels. The process was fairly simple, they cut lip off the wheel, added a spacing ring, then welded everything together and remachined the inside and outside of the welds to smooth everything out. Anybody know what company this was or have any experience with this sort of thing? Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #1 – April 11, 2007, 11:08:46 PM Stockton Wheels can do anything with a wheel. Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #2 – April 11, 2007, 11:36:47 PM Stockton Wheel "ONLY" does steel wheels http://www.weldcraftwheels.com/ On the other hand does a great job. I had them narrow my frt wheels. Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #3 – April 12, 2007, 06:21:38 AM I didn't know Stockton only did steel.They did a set of Pontiac wheels for me (steel) and they were perfect.Thanks for the correction. Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #4 – April 12, 2007, 06:32:45 AM What do you think a ballpark figure would be to widen my Cobra R wheels (the backs) by an inch? Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #5 – April 12, 2007, 09:36:37 AM Send them an email and they will give you a quote pretty quickly. I was quoted about $140 a wheel to narrow 18x9s to 8s. I'm sure the smaller the wheel diameter the smaller the price. Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #6 – April 12, 2007, 10:00:55 AM 2FAST4U knows a good place, check these out.. And his site 2FAST4U His name is Bill and you can ask him where he got it done at this email address DLM_Racing@hotmail.com 2FAST is a great guy, he would love to answer any questions. He could also tell you where NOT to have it done... one place screwed some of his up.Check out his GT40 build while your there, that is Sooo hot.. better than shag!! Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #7 – April 12, 2007, 12:58:36 PM Have you tried http://www.weldcraftwheels.com ...?I am going to send (2) 16 inch TC wheels there soon to widen to 8.5 inches so I can run the new (in May 07 ) Mickey Thompson 295-50-16 Drag Radials.$ 150.00 each last time I checked. (any width in 1/2 inch increments) Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #8 – April 12, 2007, 08:10:21 PM Thanks Guys. I'm gonna have to look into getting a pair of turbines or a pair of Enkies widened 2" on the front side. I knew there was a company that did it. Just couldn't remember who. Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #9 – April 12, 2007, 08:19:06 PM Deep dish Turbines? I wouldn't mind seeing that. Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #10 – April 12, 2007, 08:31:32 PM hum i wonder how my lsc rims would look with that done! this site keeps giving me more ideas!!!! Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #11 – April 12, 2007, 10:45:32 PM Yes, I used weldcraft. They were great. Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #12 – April 12, 2007, 10:52:36 PM Here is a pic of my '95 cobra wheels that they narrowed 2 in. Quote Selected
Wheel widening.... Reply #13 – April 12, 2007, 11:57:05 PM Had a crazy idea, did some checking.... I remembered the first artical I read on the Lamborghini Countach said the tires were 345/35-15 on the rear. Sombody has to still make a tire for the Countach that's at least Z rated. Indeed, Pirelli still makes a P-Zero in that size. :D Unfortunately the only other tire in that series for a 15" rim is a 225/50-15 (The fronts for a Countach). And inch and a half shorter than the sixty series tires that came on the XR-7s. And no other tires by them for a 15" rim thats even close to the same tread patern or Z rated.:( BTW: Those P-Zeros are over $500 each. :( :( Quote Selected
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