wideing of rims

[fresh]

hi

i'ma wondering if its possible and safe to get rims professionally widened ???

i'm to stingy to buy bigger rims but the 8" wide ones at the moment are providing little resistance to the power my car makes.

cheers

[RobStar86]

I didn't even know that you can widen a rim. I think once you widen a rim, you are destroying the structural integrity of the metal and risking something happening to it. If you have a 2 piece wheel, you could buy a larger barrel and just bolt the face into that, but if they are 1 piece, I think you will just need to save up and buy yourself some wider wheels

[neil_se]

People get steelies widen for drag commodores and falcons, not sure of the cost and i doubt it could be done to alloy rims.

[R31Nismoid]

moved here, should be more answers that way

-ash

[Coupe-This]

I have heard that simmons wheels can actually widen rims, i dont know if the person was talking about alloy or steel rims tho, i remember he told me about 500 per wheel, ahem, not a cheap exercise. Try to give simmons a call and find out off them, or better yet, call an auto engineer, and find out there, and find out how legal it isnt, as putting certain size rims on your car is illegal, yet everyone does it

[NZM.031]

if you have 3 piece rims, then its possible

just a matter of changin the outer/inner rim to widen it and tidy up the offset

ive got 3 piece Work Meisters, im going to put my 18x9 on the front with phat guards and get the 18x8 changed to 18x10 and flare the rear guards....2" dish on the front, 3" dish on the back.....should look phat.

but i assume you are talking about a 1 piece wheel.... in which case...nup, you'll have to cough up.... some places have pairs of wheels for heaps cheap.

cheers

Linton