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Can you make these rims wider?
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:19 pm
by DatsunPY
Hi guys,
Does anyone know if there is a place in CHCH where I can go and get these rims made wider? I'm not sure if its possible but they are 15x7 and I wanna go 15x10.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Lui
Re: Can you make these rims wider?
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:55 pm
by beaver
take a picture of the side (so you can see the wdith of the wheel). Looks like they may be a 3 piece wheel, in which case you may be able to get wider shells made up.
Re: Can you make these rims wider?
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:20 pm
by DatsunPY
I have a funny feeling that its trickier than I think it is. Here are a couple of pics.
Re: Can you make these rims wider?
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:02 pm
by beaver
Those are 3 piece wheels, but the two bands/shells have been welded together (as many of them are). It is possible to get them split (they cut the weld) and then get new outer shells made up. Wont be cheap though, from what others have said you will be looking at $1000 and upwards by the time its all done.
Re: Can you make these rims wider?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:45 am
by tlssunny
elite wheels down annex road can widen alloy wheels but from previous experience they dont like doing it to road cars etc so it maybe tricky to get them to do it
but ring and see what they say
it will be expensive though
Re: Can you make these rims wider?
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:50 am
by broke
Looking at the single bead of weld they might even be a 2 piece wheel, which I don't think anybody widens (in NZ at least).
Re: Can you make these rims wider?
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 5:46 pm
by DatsunPY
Cheers guys,
I went to Elite a couple of weeks ago and they told me they can't do it. They don't have the equipment/machine to do flat deep dish.
I think you may be right Brock.
Looks like I'll have to go for steelies
Re: Can you make these rims wider?
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:46 pm
by z181200
Try pine engineering on fb or Bateman's on Wellington.