I have stock 86 z28 rims and i want to widen the rear rims to fit bigger tires but with stock tires, does anyone know of any shops in wisconsin or illinois that will custom widen the tires? with quality work?

 

I dunno if this place has any locations close enough for you to drive to, but you can always ship your wheels.

I had them do 2 of mine a couple years back & the wheels were great. Never have given me any problems.

http://www.wheelsamerica.com/

 

Thanks! I want these rims to be wider cause i love how these rims look and ive never seen these rims widened, what rims did you have them do? and how much did you have them widen yours?

 

ROH Snypers. I went from 17"x9" to 17"x11".

Were you doing 15"s or 16"s? I ask because there are VERY few 16" tires that need wider wheels than what the stock 8"s are, unless they are pure race (autocross) tires & even then.....Not many.

 

i have the stock 86 z28 rims they are 15x7 and i want them like 15x9 or 15x10

 

Your 9" would be fine (obviously) but the 10" they may or may not do. I think their standard limit is 2", but do widen some wider, depending on the wheel. You'd just hafta ask them or find another place if they won't.

I just went 2" because the extra 1" woulda created way more work for clearance. The extra 2" was "bad" enough.

 

yeah im keeping the fronts at 15x7 and then widen the backs to 15x9. and i wanna run drag radials, what siz drag radials you think would fit with minor massaging of the inner wheel well lol

 

With only a 10" wheel you should have quite a bit of room, depending on what the bs ends up at.

I've never been much into draggin' so I'm not a good source of info as to what width/sidewall aspect works out to. Overall diameter will be your main concern after the bs.

I can tell that in the rear of the wheel well there is a good bit more room than the front. The very front lower corner was my biggest enemy, besides the bumpstop that I had to completely cut out.

With a 15" wheel your be more limited on the bs (i have 7"bs) because it can't fit over things like the bumpstop or the parking brake lever like my 17" could. I had to make a few cuts the the parking brake lever & bend it back for the wheel to clear it.

 

I greatly appreciate the feedback, im going to call wheels america tomarow and see what they can do and get a quote, i wont have to ship my rims if they can do it, they have a shop only hour and a half away from my house but thanks again for the help and the source, ill post up pics if i get them widened