Widen aluminum wheels?

[Harv]

Where can I find a place that widens aluminum wheels. 

 

Say, for example I find a cool set of BBS RA wheels but they are waaaay too skinny. I’d like them to be 9 or 10 inches wide. 

 

Anyone? Buler?

 

john

[jp5Touring]

http://ewheelworks.com/blog1/services/

[Harv]

Interesting. 

 

John

[evil02]

I don't think they can but, try these guys - https://www.vrwheels.com/pages.php?pageid=9

 

I think the problem you will have is the small diameter. It is easier to take a larger 17 or 18" wheel and cut the center off and refit to small barrels but, talk to them. They will know for sure..

 

Dave

[TobyB]

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aluminum wheels. 

 

That includes a LOT of various options, some far more easily modified than others.

 

Obviously, a wheel that can be disassembled is much easier to modify than a one piece.

 

Personally, being a cheapskate who doesn't like dying, I tend to find the dimensions that 

do what I want, and not modify anything.  Because welding an aluminum casting scares me

for structural things.  Something about stress reversals, notch sensitivity, and wheels coming apart.

 

One of the neater things I've seen is taking a one piece wheel, and making it into a 3 piece. It has to have the

right construction, and it's labor intensive, yadda yadda, but your skinny little 13" Libre centers look really sexy inside

a couple of 15x4" barrels....

 

my take,

t

 

[evil02]

Toby,

 

 in some cases, they can machine away the barrels and leave a lip on the wheel center. Then they drill the wheel center for bolt on wheel halves. That is way better than welding a cast part.

 

D

[TobyB]

Wasn't that what I said in the last paragraph?  There WERE a lot of words before that, tho...

 

<edit:One of the neater things I've seen is taking a one piece wheel, and making it into a 3 piece.

What I meant was 'cutting the center out of a one- piece wheel and using it for the center of a 3 piece'>

 

t

 

Edited March 17, 2018 by TobyB

[evil02]

9 hours ago, TobyB said:

Wasn't that what I said in the last paragraph?  There WERE a lot of words before that, tho...

 

t

 

I cannot confirm nor deny that I fully read your post...  I am like Ricky Bobby, I'm not a thinker...