Wheel Widening

[AdrianBurton]

i had them done weldcraft wheels

[SchulzeA]

Did you have them done somewhere or do them yourself? I want that style of wheel on my car as well!

[AdrianBurton]

I suppose so if you wanted to change the offset. I planned on getting an offset close to what I need and add all the width to the outer lip. Plus you could always change your control arm length to accommodate any offset.

That is exactly what I did for mine

[SchulzeA]

I got a stacked double oven off craigslist for $50. Cut out the center that separated top from bottom and made one tall door. It worked well for a few years. A good source for powder is www.powderbuythepound.com

[Tallon]

oh that's not bad at all

[usmc_butler]

Powder coating the wheels will cost around $30/$40 a wheel I've done several corvette wheels satin black and well worth the money


Dustin

[notnilc20]

Flat or Glossy??  I don't know man.....I used to be a fan of the flat black until I saw a white white Gallardo at the dealership and it had glossy black wheels with bright red calipers.  I nearly wet myself it was soooo nice.   

[Tallon]

I wish I had a bigger oven I can only do small parts myself :\

[SchulzeA]

Satin black powder coat 

[usmc_butler]

Neither, go with satin black it will look the beast and please don't paint them get them powder coated it will seal the wheels better and last 100 times longer then paint. When mine come in that is my plan


Dustin


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[autopro]

I prefer flat black myself.  I wish the ones I bought were flat but they are glossy, maybe in the future I will powder coat them but for right now I will live with it.

[Tallon]

Will post pics when I get them delivered they are chrome but they're peeling from what I know but I really want to paint or powdercoat them black anyway as I want black wheels on a pearl white murcie
I've never seen these wheels in black but I think most wheels look good in black so...
Flat or gloss??

[autopro]

lol I just said forget it and bought original murcie wheels
don't think I want all the hassle now :\

Right on man, which ones did you get?  Lets see some pictures 

[Tallon]

lol I just said forget it and bought original murcie wheels
don't think I want all the hassle now :\

[SchulzeA]

Sorry, I meant the backspacing was good. I'm basically looking at getting a close backspacing and then adding to the outer lip to obtain the correct overall width once mounted on the vehicle.
This visual calculator may help some people also. Works good
http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp