I heard, back in the day, that a wheel can be widened. Ie, cut it, weld in a section, and have the wheel wider.

Has anyone else ever heard of this? Anyone have this done?

Thanks -J

 

Yes,
http://www.stocktonwheel.com/wheel_widening.htm

 

Yeah if you do a search on it, I believe there is a thread where someone has pictures of this being done with their stock 91-92 Camaro wheels. He had them take the stock 16x8's and turn them into 16x6 front 16x10 rear or something similar (not exactly sure). I'm hoping to have this done with a set of 15x7 IROC wheels (not the RS wheels) for my drag car project. But I'm still trying to find a local shop that can do it.

 

that would be pretty nifty! i wouldn't mind my stock wheels being 15x9 and 15x5! i like the look of my stock wheels, i just wouldn't mind a bit of a lip!

 

well I certainly wouldn't want to make my wheels skinnier, that'd just be silly. I was thinking of taking my rears up to 8" (formula wheels, when/if I get them...) so I can put on wider tires without them balooning up too bad...
Shipping would be nuts, so i'll keep an eye out for a local place... who knows...

 

I would make sense for drag racing. (skinny front, wide rear).

 

yes thet do it,my customer does it pico wheel service is the name of the company here in so cal 818-982-0375