I thought this had been covered before…but I didn’t find anything.
Anyway, I had a phone number to a local shop that did wheel widening on aluminum wheels for like $175 a wheel…but can’t find the number. Does anyone know of said shop, or any place that does this? I’ve been having a difficult time finding a shop that’ll touch an aluminum wheel…
yea, my uncle has a shop in hamburg and he does aluminum welding, and i think i have seen him do a few wheels before so pm me if you want details
not local, but:
http://www.nyspeed.com/forums/showpost.php?p=102222&postcount=49
so im looking at their wheel repair stuff, and is it just me or do those wheels look POORLY photoshopped? the pixels shift if u look around the perimeter of the wheel
edit, nevermind, it was just firefox compressing the pictures
looks OK to me.
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looks OK to me.
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when u click ont he links on the page, firefox opens a new window but comresses the size of the picture when its displayed, it only looks fine when u un zoom the picture by clicking on it
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yea, my uncle has a shop in hamburg and he does aluminum welding, and i think i have seen him do a few wheels before so pm me if you want details
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I would be interested…any chance you could post the info here in case others want to know???
I just got off the phone with WeldCraft and they can take my 17x8.5’s to a 10.5" for $175 a wheel. I remember talking with them a few years back and they turned down the offer to work with an aluminum wheel…wierd. But nice to know they do it now.
So $350 (+shipping) to widen my wheels…or $550 shipped for a set of FR500’s…decisions, decisions, decisions. Either way, a 315/35/17 would look alright out back:)
what kind of wheels do you have now?
the wheels in your sig look PERFECT on your car…
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what kind of wheels do you have now?
the wheels in your sig look PERFECT on your car…
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ROH ZR6…they’ve been discontinued for the last 8 years now. I like the fact that 1) I’ve had these wheels for the last 10 years 2) I’ve seen maybe 5 other Mustangs in those 10 years with these, and 3) they’ve kindof become the car’s image if you will. The more I think about it I’d be more inclined to widen these and keep the somewhat sleeper look going. Only reason I mentioned FR500’s is the fact I could get a completely different look out of the car, I wouldn’t get rid of the ROH’s…just take a break from them.
Thanks for the compliments on the wheels, I’ll tell them tonight when I go home:)
i just looked up the fr500s…
they are nice as well, but custom widened wheels that no one else has > off the shelf rammmz.
do you plan on adding to the inside or outside?
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i just looked up the fr500s…
they are nice as well, but custom widened wheels that no one else has > off the shelf rammmz.
do you plan on adding to the inside or outside?
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Inside. Right now they fit perfectly flush to the fender lip, and in my few moments of measuring I have about 3" to the inner frame/wheel wells. I agree about the FR500’s…they look nice but I’m not 100% sold on them.
I’m interested to hear what strokingnova’s uncle can offer…
hmmmmmmmm…i just thought that you had a crack you needed fixed i duno if he would be up for widening wheels
lol.
yeah, i could see why the thread title was deceiving… :bloated:
