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Jan 12, 2011 | 02:24 AM

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very nice!

Jan 12, 2011 | 10:13 PM

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looks great!

Jan 13, 2011 | 09:28 AM

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The wheels and pictures look f-ing great..

Jan 13, 2011 | 11:37 PM

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Awesome choice......the car looks beautiful man....

Jan 15, 2011 | 05:23 PM

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looks great. i'de like to widden factory ws6 speedlines to 12" and slap em on ( im mini tubed w/18x12's )

Jan 16, 2011 | 03:32 PM

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Glad the rims worked out for you lol. Now time to possibly widen these 2 i just got again lol. Looks sicks man

Jan 17, 2011 | 02:02 AM

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Hey, those look familiar!! They look great on NBM!

Not to hijack, but heres mine, im running a 1" adapter, and 555s in 315/35-17

Click on em.

Jan 19, 2011 | 02:24 PM

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Looks good, nice stance for sure

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Jan 22, 2011 | 10:56 PM

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Thats sick! i have WS6 wheels on my z28, and a really want to widen them. and you sir have helped me set my decision in stone

Jan 22, 2011 | 11:01 PM

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that looks great, i like the car stands or "stance" if you will, its perfect.. looks great bro

Jan 22, 2011 | 11:35 PM

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looks awesome! someone on here took ZR1 wheels and widened the rears and made the front skinnies... it looked real good, adds to the sleeper look! clean car by the way!

I wanna see this! any way to figure out who and get some pics on here?? (don't mean to hijack, but it'll add to the awesome topic)

Jan 23, 2011 | 12:31 AM

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Hey:

Looks great, should came those widths from the factory.

Dub

Jan 23, 2011 | 10:11 AM

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looks good!

Jan 23, 2011 | 11:44 AM

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im curious , but they look sweet btw, how come you have to run a spacer , dont you tell them you want them 11 inches wide with xx backspacing ???

Jan 23, 2011 | 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Nemesis350

I wanna see this! any way to figure out who and get some pics on here?? (don't mean to hijack, but it'll add to the awesome topic)

There were a couple pictures I found when I was searching for info before I sent my wheels out. I remember seeing narrowed SS 10 spokes and a narrowed WS6 wheel. Both were narrowed to 17x4s.

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im curious , but they look sweet btw, how come you have to run a spacer , dont you tell them you want them 11 inches wide with xx backspacing ???

They widened my wheels two inches towards the rear. They did not move the face of the wheel so the mounting pad stayed in the same location. This added two inches of backspacing or added 25mm to the offset moving it even more positive.

There are few wheels you can widen towards the front. That requires cutting the face of the wheel from the barrel and adding material to front of the barrel. This would keep backspacing the same but you would be welding on the front side of the wheel.

Jan 23, 2011 | 12:26 PM

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Good decision making... Looks Killer.

WeldCraft will be getting a call from me soon for sure.. That 17x11 and skinny front sounds like a good idea.

Jan 23, 2011 | 06:32 PM

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Those look great on the car!!

Thinking about doing the same to these....
They are the new rally's at Year One 17"

They come in a 9" width.
Would like to have the rears have an additional 2" as well...

Jan 23, 2011 | 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DaRReLL

Those look great on the car!!

Thinking about doing the same to these....
They are the new rally's at Year One 17"

They come in a 9" width.
Would like to have the rears have an additional 2" as well...

Do you currently have those on your car?

Jan 24, 2011 | 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Deviant LS1

isnt 1"= 25.4mm so 2" should add 50.8mm?

also. what was the turnaround time? how did you pay for the shipping back to you? how did you calculate the shipping back to you i mean

Jan 24, 2011 | 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Raptor_WS6

isnt 1"= 25.4mm so 2" should add 50.8mm?

also. what was the turnaround time? how did you pay for the shipping back to you? how did you calculate the shipping back to you i mean

Yes 1 inch is 25.4mm. I rounded down.
Offset is measured from the middle of the wheel as opposed to backspacing which is measured from the backside of the wheel. My wheels were widened by two inches on the rear of the barrel. Since offset is measured from the centerline of the wheel you split the difference and the mounting pad only "moved" 1inch or 25.4mm away from it's original position. The adapter is needed because my widened 17x11 have a 75.4mm postive offset or almost 8.5" of backspacing. The one inch adapter moves the wheel outward to sit in the wheel well more like a 17x11 with a 50mm positive offset.

You pay for everything after Weldcraft completes the work. Once the wheels are done they figure shipping back to you and add it to your invoice before you pay. Turnaround time is usally 2-3weeks. My wheels were done in about three weeks not including shipping to and from Weldcraft.

I posted their website earlier in this thread. The site answered a lot of my question when I was deciding if I wanted to go this route.

http://weldcraftwheels.com/index.html

Last edited by Deviant LS1; Jan 24, 2011 at 02:07 AM.

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