Rehooping factory wheels? - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

AndrewM · 09-04-2007, 03:58 PM

I've read about JERRYWHO rehooping a set of factory 91-92 z28 16" wheels with 17" Budnik wheel bands, but have not found any other mention of rehooping (aside from a little bit of stuff involving trucks, through Google). I've enquired with our local wheel company and learned that they don't do this.

So, what I'd like to know is if anyone knows of a company in either Canada or the U.S. that could rehoop a factory 16" z28 wheel into 17"? I'd like to do this and brakes as my winter projects.

Sonix · 09-06-2007, 03:18 PM

I could have sworn JerryWHO simply widened his wheels, not increased the diameter...?
Can you provide a link to his thread? It's pretty (well relatively) common to get it widened, I know a few other members who've done that.

Apeiron · 09-06-2007, 04:09 PM

Factory wheels are a single cast piece, so you couldn't simply rehoop them like you could a two piece aftermarket wheel. By the time you were done with all the cutting and welding, you could probably have had some billet wheels made.

AndrewM · 09-06-2007, 04:23 PM

It was the last post on this thread that got my gears spinning:
http://www.thirdgen.org/techboard/su...um-wheels.html (Widening aluminum wheels)