What do you guys think?

 

First picture!

 

I vote neither. Paint them orange to match or just the lip to match.

 

This is the pic of the actual wheels I have,

 

One of the best features of these wheels is they do not require spacers!

 

i like the quality of the photchop in the first pic, so thats why i looks better. but the actual wheels in the second pic i think are better.

 

love it, im looking for same wheel, whats the backspace or ET?

 

Fronts are 18x8.5 with 13mm offset
rear. Are 18x9.5 with 15mm offset.
Fits without spacers. But front will not fit over the center hub, had to have front wheels machinemd for clearence.
Wheels are for a BMW and have the 5x120 bolt pattern, which some say in not a good idea to run on our cars.

They are stern hyermesh II

 

I hope that they are forged wheels as boring out a center hub can destroy the integrity of a wheel. You will need a center cap for the fronts also as the GM hub sticks out inches more than BMW.

 

They are not forged . I am not sure what sort of process was used to enlarge the hub. I am aware of the cap need. I am swapping to c5 brakes so those set the wheel oug a little more as well.

 

explain this theory? just curios, since i see no way properly machining the inner hub larger can hurt? Obviously going to far is bad, or opening the hole with an ax and making sharp edges that will become stress risers, but just enough to make them fit and preferably be hub centric can be bad can it?

 

Hard to explain buy it wasn't even machined all the way through, most of the hub hole was large enough, but the was a step towards the outer side of the wheel that made the hoke smaller and allowed the center cap to snap on. The wheel, this had to be machined out, probably 1/2" of material on a a total thickness of about 2 1/2" of wheel hub thickness.
I will try and get some pics up at some point.

 

Here is the unmachined wheel.


here is the machined wheel


front view unmachined


machined

 

Love them as well, That is going to look awesome!!!!

 

Can you explain this to me as well? I certianly don't want a front wheel failing on me.

 

That wheel will be just fine

 

I agree. 406TPI when are your wheels coming in?

 

Not soon enough! haha

The new rubber has been stacked up in the garage waiting for the wheels. Right now I am in week 6 of the order....Driver's said it would be probably 8 weeks when I ordered them...I'll be happy if they get here before mid December.

 

Theory is that a cast wheel is strongest when it is at the dimensions made when it is at the factory; cutting material can reduce the integrity of the hub mounting area and cause cracks that will lead to failure. If you are talking taking a file to scrape a little bit of paint, that would be fine, some wheels can't take an extra mm of bore before they start to fail, others can go 1/4" and be fine.

And yes any wheel failure is going to be catastrophic, so check your wheels all the time for cracks around the hub area.

 

Paul, did you look at my pics of the machining done? What do you think?

 

Blaze, wheels looks great. My old wheels where Generic wheels also dont let them hate, lol.

406tpi, Cant wait for your new wheels also... All we need is like Ram-Airs Red Camaro and we could do Red Whit and Blue! LOL

 

Dude I'm really excited to see how these wheels are gonna look man. I'm craving a change with my car, and I keep leaning to wheels, when stepping up to LSx is really what needs to happen. I'll live through your wheel purchase haha!

OK.... back to completely safe machined wheels

 

Haha...thanks guys...just got word today that they will most likely ship the day before Thanksgiving!! I can't wait to see what these things are actually going to look like.

 

This is the exact same problem I have if I want to put my rear wheels on the front of my car to have 10.5" all the way around the car. I have 18x9" on the front of my car with a 1.25" spacer. Without the spacer, to fit the 18x10.5" wheels i would need to do this machining.

 

They look very nicely done - can't tell you had them done by just looking at the "after" pic.

 

those wheels are going to look awesome.

 

Im a fan, Im a bit biased towards bronze wheels though!

 

Is there a member who could lend their Photoshop skills for other members who have no clue how too.
It would be great if I could have something matched up,... I have no idea if this is easy or hard to do.

 

There is a whole Forum for that:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/sign...shop-requests/

 

Cheers BlackenedBird, thanks mate!

I will check it out.