Widened wheels

[Lead Pipe]

Anybody know a place locally that can widen a set of 9.5" wheels out to 11"? ADM does it but I have to ship them and I think they want over a grand. I'd like to find a good local shop at a decent price.

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[Bob Kazamakis]

There's weldcraft wheels in Michigan....not quite local but not insanely far. I've heard good things.

 

[Bru]

I don't have any first hand experience but was looking at Wheels America in Elk Grove Village a little while back to widen my speedline WS6 wheels. Saw a few threads on ls1tech from guys who had it done.

 

[Bru]

I believe Wheels allows you to provide your own wheel for them to cut up for the extra material needed. Otherwise they charge you for a wheel.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I was just going to post about wheels America in elk grove. I wasn't sure if they did widening but looks like they do.

A guy at work had 2 wheels repaired there ($125 each) after he creamed a curb at road America. They looked brand new after they were done.

 

[SirMarco]

Call up Savi. I know he was looking into this for a while and found some places by us that did it. In all honesty I think it ended up being cheap to buy wider rims though.

 

[Bru]

It wasn't cheap from what I remember. With Trans Ams there are very few aftermarket, non-drag wheels that look good on the car. And those that do look good are everywhere. I liked the widening option as a way to have that extra width and mean stance with a stock look. Plus I was only going to widen the rears. Not sure what options there are for the fifth gens as far as wheels.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I googled it and the prices seemed to be around $250 a rim for widening at wheels America and wheelcraft.

 

[Bru]

Yeah that sounds right.

 

[Lead Pipe]

Thanks guys, $250/wheel isn't bad at all. My wheel options right now are anywhere from 2-3K so if I can widen and powder coat stockers so I can get a 315 on the rear for under a grand that would be awesome. I'm going to look into Wheels and I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[Primalzer]

Will you be able to keep stock looking offset with 315's?

 

[The Beast]

My firehawk rear rims were widened by previous owner and he paid $500 shipped. Me personally I don't think it's worth it, but I can't compain u can fit a wider tire. It seems like alot of money when u can almost buy a different set of rims for that price. Would I pay to this to another set of rims? Probably not too much cash IMO

 

[Bru]

A few threads I had bookmarked from when I was looking:

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

http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/584789-appearance-mods-done.html

 

[Lead Pipe]

Will you be able to keep stock looking offset with 315's?

Yeah, there's enough room if you widen the back rims. A lot of people widen the fronts and move the rears to the front to run 275 front/315 rear but that requires a spacer on the rear.

My firehawk rear rims were widened by previous owner and he paid $500 shipped. Me personally I don't think it's worth it, but I can't compain u can fit a wider tire. It seems like alot of money when u can almost buy a different set of rims for that price. Would I pay to this to another set of rims? Probably not too much cash IMO

I wish that was the case with the 5th gen. 20" rims aren't cheap. The best set of "decent" rims I found were like 2K. The CCW's I want are 3K.

 

[Krash7051]

Thanks guys, $250/wheel isn't bad at all. My wheel options right now are anywhere from 2-3K so if I can widen and powder coat stockers so I can get a 315 on the rear for under a grand that would be awesome. I'm going to look into Wheels and I'll keep you guys posted.

I'm anxious to see how this turns out.

 

[Primalzer]

Yeah, there's enough room if you widen the back rims. A lot of people widen the fronts and move the rears to the front to run 275 front/315 rear but that requires a spacer on the rear.

 

[Outlaw]

I would reccomend Wheels America... I use them for refinishing and other wheel fixes and have never had a problem with them.