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Old 09-25-2004, 12:24 AM
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Default 18/9.5's Z06's widen to 10.5?

Hey guys I bought a set of 9.5 Chrome AFS Z06 wheels. but now I want 10.5's on the back. I was thinking of having my two rear wheels widen to 10.5's. Is this possible? Is this Safe? Where is the Best place to have this done? What does this usually run? Also if everything is cool and this can be done do you think 18/11's would fit on my car.
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it can be done...go to wheelsamerica.com or something like that...if it doesn't work type in wheels america in google and it is safe and it is done quite a bit...someone has stock 02 ws6 wheels widened to 11" they look real clean and nice...he has 315's on them...300$ per wheel i think...18x11's will fit on the car...someone has 18x12's with 335's on there and they fit...
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Originally Posted by 777
it can be done...go to wheelsamerica.com or something like that...if it doesn't work type in wheels america in google and it is safe and it is done quite a bit...someone has stock 02 ws6 wheels widened to 11" they look real clean and nice...he has 315's on them...300$ per wheel i think...18x11's will fit on the car...someone has 18x12's with 335's on there and they fit...
ive got the widened ws6 wheels, and i love em... the website is fixrim.com for wheelsamerica, and it was around 200 bucks a peice for the wheels widened
if i were you though i would go to 11'', why only 10.5?
i think some 17'' z06 rims widened to 11" would look sick as hell

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Yeah if I do it I would definetly go 11 but I think if I went to 11's I think my offset would be wrong and it would rub the inner fender. Right now the front of my rim is tucked in the quater about a 1/2 inch. I want them to stick out towards the outside of the quater. I saw where they are making 18/12's I think they would fit with the right offset. I think my offset now is 56mm. Have you guys seen any 18/11 Z06 wheels? If I could fiind 18/11's or could find out if 18/12's would fit I think it would be cheaper to buy two new ones straight out and I that way i know my offset would be perfect.
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I am also fixing to buy some chrome Zohsex rims. I was just thinking the same thing. Why didnt they just widen them to begin with (17x11)

Does $200 per wheel include everything or do you have to supply them with another wheel?
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you send your wheel...they do the work...you get back a sweet wheel and nice bill
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Originally Posted by 2MuchRiceMakesMeSick
I am also fixing to buy some chrome Zohsex rims. I was just thinking the same thing. Why didnt they just widen them to begin with (17x11)

Does $200 per wheel include everything or do you have to supply them with another wheel?
they supply the donor wheel, all you pay is the "flate rate" and then ofcourse you would need to purchase some adapters, but those run anywhere from $110-180 ive seen
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Guys I think it's just going to be cheaper to buy 18/10.5's or I saw one company is making 18/12's
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Originally Posted by skewba98z28
Guys I think it's just going to be cheaper to buy 18/10.5's or I saw one company is making 18/12's
I dont want the hp loss of a 18 inch wheel. Ive seen guys that lose 8+mph on 18s.

Can you explain to me what an adapter is. I dont know much about wheels. Are you refering to spacers to offset the wheel?
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Yeah that's what I am aussming they are talking about. But I wouldn't run them on my car I think there dangerous. Just my 2cents.
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Why would you have to run an adapter, why cant you get them to add more rim so that it offset it more?
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Man I don't know really how they go about widing the rim but i think they cut your wheel in half and add more medal to the the middle of the wheel. So if they did that your wheel would stick out as much as it does now and whatever they add to the wheel will go to the inside of the wheel. I don't think they can change the offset of the wheel. So if you ran adapters your wheel would stick out more towards the outside of the car. That way they wouldn't rub the inner fender. Pleas correct me if I'm wrong.




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