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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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Default Making wheels wider ?

I think ive seen it happen before. What I want to do is get my 17x11 ZR1 wider to about 17x12.5
Who can do that ?
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Old Apr 2, 2006 | 01:37 PM
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Yup, it can definitely be done. I used to know a good place but they are out of business.
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Do a search in this section as this topic has been brought up more times than i can count...but the information is in here. Yes it can be done, and is done quite often these days. You have to consider though, that they cut your wheel then weld in another piece. If you show the car or are worried about looks, you will have to this about getting your wheels "re-finished" i.e. chrome wheels, you will probably have to get the weld sanded smooth and have them re-dipped.

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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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If you get it done right you can barely even see the weld... alot of shops will grind them out... course they ain't gonna redip em for you!
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Check out these pics:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-tires/480659-widened-ws6-rims-pictures-updated.html

They did those well, the weld is super cleaned up on the inner rim, and the outter rim will never be seen because of the tire
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 06:40 PM
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WHeels America they are in houston. don't know the number. my old man got a set of factory ss silverado wheels widened to 20x10.5's. It was 150 with his donor rim. I think its 200 with their donor rim to cut so make yours wheels wider. goodluck.
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