Wheel widening...

[encasemyheart]

Anyone ever done this/had it done?

Basically you cut your wheel in half lenghtwise and add a piece and weld it back together, to go from say a 7" wide wheel to an 8" wide wheel.

How safe/easy/costly is this? I like the rota subzero wheels, but don't want 17" but also don't want the width of the 16" wheels (7"), so I remembered reading about this when I was researching a trans-am. I would probably make them 8" wheels in the back and keep 7 in the front. Anyone ever had this done?

The only problem woul dbe the offset I suppose, because it only gets worse as you widen a +40mm offset wheel...

Here's a link to the trans-am doing it. He went from 9" to 11" for $225/wheel. I suppose it would be cheaper on the Rotas because you are only adding 1/2 the width. (1" vs. 2")

Opinions?

[encasemyheart]

hehe...forgot to post the link...

http://www.ws6.com/wheels.htm

[Eswift]

thats insane. i dont like it. and i would never trust it.ghetto fabulous.

[encasemyheart]

Yeah it seems like it would compromise the integrity of the wheel.

[Eswift]

yes. the introduction of the heat effective zone near the weld boundaries reworks the metal grain structure, compromising the strength.