Widening Standard Rims

[.BLKPHN.]

just go 9.5 hahaha ill try find some one and let yas no

[mic]

u need spacers as they cut the inner part of the wheel. push it out a few inches and add a few inner. I reckon my ute could fit about 14" they have so much space.

[Pazzo]

if you want 9.5 rims just buy fake argents in black or silver, or do what I did when had my vl turbo, sent 2 interceptor rims to ROH wheels and they widend the rims for me to 9 inch.

[arronm]

You could add an inch which will go all on the inside. So 9 inch or add the extra 1/2 inch and use a wheels spacer. Insurance may not like modified rims unless they were engineered.

[Dillz]

Not to mention insurance, if you did have a bad prang I'm sure that will void all claims as quick as anything.

[ms700]

Id also be interested to know if they balance up allright, you'd have to be bloody good at cast alloy welding.

I can just imagine seeing a shedload of wheel weights on one side......

[Adam]

I think doing this is a huge safety concern.

[mic]

like I said - billeau ENGINEERING. they are engineers. they do many many wheels. there was a guy on here that ran 10sec in a shockwave blue sedan that had the std 17" wheels widened. looked awesome. if anything it should be safer, more rubber in contact with the road. should lower your insurance, tell them it was done by engineers and is engineered easy.

[turbotrana]

but I think it was like $800 a pair. The best way to do it would be to get a set of rims so they could cut two up to make one rim with one weld join instead of putting a spacer in and having two welds by only using 1 rim.

[arronm]

The above is definitely the way to go and to get a nice fit, starting with a +28.5 dark argent would allow 1.5 inches to be added without the need to use spacers. If we dont see the 9.5 x 19 inch dark argent copies soon this is what I may do.