rumblebox

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i know there's enough meat on the outer lip of speedlines to work with, but every shop i talk to wont do it. i love the wheels, but if i can't find anyone to do this, i'll use some 96-97 painted WS6 wheels and widen them from the inside.

I'm not worried about metal color inconsistencies, because I'm powder coating them grey.

Furious1

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That seems like it would be difficult to accomplish without taking the center off of the barrel and putting into a new barrel. I would love to see it though.

dailydriver

Those are my FAVE OEM, f body wheel, and I would NOT mess with them (except for the powder coating/painting you are doing) given their rarity/cost.

rumblebox

iTrader: (9)

They're not rare. lol

They're my fave too, which is why I'm going to great lengths to make them suite my needs.

carlos64030

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rumblebox

iTrader: (9)

**** YES!

Info on who did it please

silverWS.6

iTrader: (1)

^^ Those look sick!!! I would love some on Gunmetal, got any pics of them on a car?

carlos64030

iTrader: (5)

https://ls1tech.com/forums/texas-mem...eels-done.html

rumblebox

iTrader: (9)

So he went to all that work and couldn't use them after all that work. That blows.

dailydriver

That's the exact color I would also want mine painted, with NO polished lip as well.

If I ever could bring myself to widening a set of those, I would want a 'square' setup, 17x10, or 10.5 ALL-AROUND, and not the ever so popular staggered look.

nathan44

Are the wheels no good?

TechCam97

iTrader: (5)

I believe that the issue was that no shop would mount tires on them since the safety bead (or something along those lines) had been modified. It was seen as a safety issue and he had to abandon the idea.

Marc 85Z28

iTrader: (8)

I didn't read his original thread after seeing the picture of that abomination of a wheel. It's not that the shops didn't want to mount tires, rather they declined because it's IMPOSSIBLE. Look where the drop center is

scj

iTrader: (89)

So the only way to do it would be to put a drop center on the inside of the barrels so you can have the wheel reverse mounted.

leadfoot4

iTrader: (1)

ADDITIONALLY, there is no "inner bead", or as it's traditionally called, a "safety bead", on the rim, to retain the bead of the tire, when cornering forces are incurred......assuming you could even get a tire on the rim.

joeformula

iTrader: (11)

I haven't seen these pics in years, it brings back bad memories. I shoulda had tires mounted on these prior to spending time on the filing and coating so I woulda noticed they weren't gonna work

leadfoot4

iTrader: (1)

Don't beat yourself up!!

First of all, hindsight is always 20/20, and secondly, any TRUE "car crafter" has a garage full of stuff that didn't quite work out, as well as a thin bank account to prove it............

joeformula

iTrader: (11)

I didn't widen the wheels myself I had them done by a business that "has done it before". I only smoothed them and coated them myself. I get your point though.