fabing up skinnies
02-28-2008, 06:58 PM
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fabing up skinnies
I know that there are some people who have widened their wheels, but has anyone actually had width taken out of them? I am looking to go to skinnies up front and would like to keep the GTA wheels. Would it be worth cutting and re-welding the wheels? 
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Re: fabing up skinnies
I am currently running 255s. I'm looking to get more then an inch off of the total width of the tire, and I would also like to lower the drag coefficient of the front wheels.
02-29-2008, 04:52 PM
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Re: fabing up skinnies
I did it on my car.
See post 11, 12 and 13 on this link.
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/su...ighlight=wheel
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See post 11, 12 and 13 on this link.
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/su...ighlight=wheel
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Re: fabing up skinnies
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Re: fabing up skinnies
This is exactly the information I was looking for. 
Thanks for the link JERRYWHO, its nice to see that I am not the only one who has thought of this. Its too bad I do not own a TIG welder otherwise I would weld them up myself. What size tire are you running?
Rob, thanks for the link I am going to give them a call tomorrow.
Thanks for the link JERRYWHO, its nice to see that I am not the only one who has thought of this. Its too bad I do not own a TIG welder otherwise I would weld them up myself. What size tire are you running?
Rob, thanks for the link I am going to give them a call tomorrow.
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