had a crazy thought today..... i have heard of people taking steelies and getting them widened all the way up to like a 14x7 for racing purposes..... so i had an idea of widening the factory ITR wheels up to a 15x7.... yea i know its crazy but i like the look of the facory wheels and you could use some wheel spacers to add some offset to make up for the 1" that was added to the back side

anyone ever heard of anything like this being done? flame if you want but i think it is a cool idea

--chris, who may just have made himself look like a complete dumbass

 

not worth it..too heavy as it is, then you add more weight..

 

Easy with stamped steel - not so easy with cast aluminum

i think it would be cheaper to buy new 15x7s

The OEM Enkei's aren't THAT great

 

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Reworking aluminum is a bad idea. Get some wider, forged rims.

 

I've seen Porsche wheels widened. They machine off the rear half of the wheel, then drill the wheel for bolts around the wheel center and use an inner BBS race wheel rim in whatever width you want. I don't know the cost but it must be expensive!

 

haha ok thanks for the replys..... looks like my idea was just that..... an idea

 

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nothing wrong with that....takes people like you to push the envelope for new products to be made....

 

i just think factory 15x7's would be supa tite

 

I have seen people take oem aluminum wheels and take some material out of them to make them lighter. You'd better know what you are doing though.

 

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cut off a couple spokes, youll be fine

 

great idea though if it were functional and cost conscious

 

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I've seen the same thing Tom, but very $$$. Good idea though.

Tom, are you attending any of the HC races this year, coming out to watch the WC races next weekend?

Austin

 

It cost me over $300 to widen factory steelies several years ago. I know that it's possible with aluminum wheels and I've seen it done on Porsche's and on Mustangs, but it would be much more cost effective to just buy some other wheels.

 

We just had some factory NSX wheels widened last summer to run drag radials on. We had them add one inch to each rear. The owner wanted a "sleeper" look with factory wheels front and rear......car ran 11.9 with a Basch supercharger.

I think it was $150 per wheel.

Mattj