shops that widen stock wheels?

[transmaro93]

looking into buying some stock 17's and think i wanna widen them up to a 10.5-11 inch wheel to run some big meats out back. Does anybody know of any places that might do this in NJ. I looked over on tech and found a place in texas that does it, but id rather not have to ship them... thanks

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http://www.yellowbot.com/wheel-works-burlington-nj.html

small 1 man operation, he did my wheels a couple years back. top notch work, great looking welds, he did a fantastic job, i would highly recommend him. Names Tim, i think IIRC. Very reasonable too.

call and ask

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not the best pics, had my 18x8's streched to 18x12

[transmaro93]

wow very nice... thanks for the timely response too.. any idea of what you may have paid so i know what i can expect?

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Originally Posted by transmaro93

wow very nice... thanks for the timely response too.. any idea of what you may have paid so i know what i can expect?

500 IIRC, pretty sure that right

[sweetbmxrider]

usa wheel in fairfield

i think they said around $100 per wheel

http://www.usawheels.net/

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

usa wheel in fairfield

i think they said around $100 per wheel

http://www.usawheels.net/

thats really cheap, i'd be cautious, if thats the correct price

[sweetbmxrider]

i'm pretty sure thats what arock said. it might have been $200?

[transmaro93]

yea fairfeild is super far away too...

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Originally Posted by transmaro93

yea fairfeild is super far away too...

closer than texas

its not something everybody does, its a bit of a specialty.

[transmaro93]

yea the place you posted is closer... and i have at least one good review... assuming these wheels held up..

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Originally Posted by transmaro93

yea the place you posted is closer... and i have at least one good review... assuming these wheels held up..

i still have them on the car, no problems at all.

[JL8Jeff]

Which stock 17" wheels are you looking to widen? I would talk to the shop before you purchase any wheels(unless you already have them) to make sure the wheel can be widened properly. Most stock wheels are tucked in pretty good so you would need to widen outward and to do that means you would most likely see the section that was welded in.

[transmaro93]

yea most likely a stock ws6 wheel... i would have the extra added in the center on the inside part of the wheel and then run a spacer... its been done before with no issues... so im not worried about that part of it..

[usp55]

Wheel Works in burlington - fixed a few rims of mine over the years and i know they widen rims also - good price and fast service

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&sa...ed=0CBMQnwIwAQ

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Originally Posted by usp55

Wheel Works in burlington - fixed a few rims of mine over the years and i know they widen rims also - good price and fast service

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&sa...ed=0CBMQnwIwAQ

same guy i posted

so thats 2 good reviews

[transmaro93]

^^ yea ill most likely use them if i go that route... I have another question that maybe somebody could shine some light on. If i widen the wheels ill have to run spacers. Now most of the spacers i see are the ones that have the studs in them. I would imagine this is stronger and less prone to stud failure, but is it ok if i got longer studs and just ran a standard spacer that is possible hub-centric and just has holes in our bolt patterns so i would have to mess with the other type of spacer. this would make life so much easier becuase then with the longer studs i can just get open ended drag wheel lugs and really be in spec at the track. Hope this makes sense. Has anybody ever heard of wheel people welding in a spacer on the back of the wheel to make up the offset difference. Probably talking about a 1 1/2 spacer maybe less. I would have to measure this after the wheels were widened to tune in the exact look i want... thanks

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Originally Posted by transmaro93

^^ yea ill most likely use them if i go that route... I have another question that maybe somebody could shine some light on. If i widen the wheels ill have to run spacers. Now most of the spacers i see are the ones that have the studs in them. I would imagine this is stronger and less prone to stud failure, but is it ok if i got longer studs and just ran a standard spacer that is possible hub-centric and just has holes in our bolt patterns so i would have to mess with the other type of spacer. this would make life so much easier becuase then with the longer studs i can just get open ended drag wheel lugs and really be in spec at the track. Hope this makes sense. Has anybody ever heard of wheel people welding in a spacer on the back of the wheel to make up the offset difference. Probably talking about a 1 1/2 spacer maybe less. I would have to measure this after the wheels were widened to tune in the exact look i want... thanks

i would NEVER consider using a slip on spacer much over 1/2" think. thats an accident waiting to happen.

are you sure you even need the spacers?

as or welding the spacer on, the thought has crossed my mind, but i've never seen it done

your starting to get into some questionable areas, and larger sums of money here. why not buy different wheels in the width you want?

[transmaro93]

mainly because.. i dont want zr1's i had a set on my car before and had a set on my old t/a and iv been considering wider 18 c5 zo6's but again iv already had them on my car before. and iv also had TTM's on my car but in 9" all around. i like the TTII better in the 17x11 combo... and any other wheels that are good looking besides replicas and the TT are like $2500+. talking CCW(what i really want) Fikse, kinesis... etc... so if i were to go with a more stock looking wheel the ws6's are the way to do i think but im reconsidering after seeing some pictures and they just dont look right to me for some reason widened... But thanks for the response, you pretty much confirmed what i had already thought, but wasnt sure...

[ar0ck]

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider

usa wheel in fairfield

i think they said around $100 per wheel

http://www.usawheels.net/

I've used USA Wheels, great place.