widening steelies

[Shteifen]

definately starting to like the look.
can anyone do it? can anyone do it correctly? where, how much?
is it legal?

-steve

[Preen59]

Search is your friend mate. There's been threads about this before!

[DUB 20V]

where is rayray

[Shteifen]

my bad i should have searched. didnt even think haha

delete

-steve

[WABIT]

neway wheels, heidelberg

dom

[Spyda]

Ajax Wheels
95557737

8x15 = $124 per wheel (they will only go 8" on a 15, they dont do banding also)


(P.S. That might be a number for the spacer place, sorry.)

[CatonaPC©]

neway wheels, heidelberg

dom

Looked like a dump when I last went. But excellent service. They did a fantastic job on widening my steel wheels for my old Nisaan Skyline.

[Shteifen]

can they source some steelies for me or would i be best just to ask in WTB section? i'd want a 15 or 16 inch thatd fit a vr6

-steve

[Preen59]

can they source some steelies for me or would i be best just to ask in WTB section? i'd want a 15 or 16 inch thatd fit a vr6

-steve

Mk4 steelies then, i'm pretty sure.

[Mischa]

can they source some steelies for me or would i be best just to ask in WTB section? i'd want a 15 or 16 inch thatd fit a vr6

-steve

beetle steelies are 16", mk4 steelies are 15", both are correct fit.

[Shteifen]

thats excellent news. can probably grab some from work. wicked!

thanks very much!
and thanks for those business names too.

oh and i suppose its legal if its done by a business?

-stve

[rayray086]

Double check fitment of the centres just in case. My Mk4 steelies (15", oval holes) just fit over the 288mm brakes.

As a price guideline, I paid $80 for a second-hand set of steels, $160/wheel for the widening (price included new barrels, and labour for machining out the centres and fitting them into the new barrels, all to my backspacing figures), and $40/wheel for powdercoating (my wheel guy outsourced it as he didn't have the facilities for that). The lowest I was quoted for was $140/wheel for widening, so it looks you Melbournians get it good in respects to steel wheel widening!

Have the shop outline thoroughly exactly what they do to widen your steelies and double check with them about the legality of them. I think for them to be "legal" you'll need to go through engineering (not sure about this, anyone confirm?).

PM me if you want some offset/backspacing/sizing help for fitment on a VR6.

[Water Boy]

Ajays Wheels Cantre in Bayswater...

[Shteifen]

Just so you's all know, Rayray is a top bloke. asked him about ET's, widths, sizes and whatnot for my VR and he gave me a crap load of info. Very helpful guy!


Ah bayswater, thats closer to home. I'll check those guys out too. mates live near heidelberg so ill check them out too.

omg i wanna do it now

-stve