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Feb 28, 2008 | 06:58 PM

badazta87

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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?

Feb 28, 2008 | 07:04 PM

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Re: fabing up skinnies

no just put some 225s on there now, but it really won't remove any weight out of the total combo.

Feb 28, 2008 | 07:20 PM

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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.

Feb 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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Feb 29, 2008 | 07:28 PM

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Weldcraftwheels.com Just a satisfied customer

Feb 29, 2008 | 08:40 PM

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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.