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| 7TPorsh |
 May 22 2017, 04:51 PM
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7T Porsh  Group: Members Posts: 2,691 Joined: 27-March 06 From: Glendale Ca Member No.: 5,782 Region Association: Southern California 
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I'm running polished 4 bolt Fuchs now and I have an itch to go a little more racy. I like the looks of widened steel wheels. Called around and I see a couple places that will cut the center out and put it in a new wider rim but the only hitch is I have to find a steel wheel with 4x130 and enough backspacing.
i want this for a narrow body car so no flares. Are the only options the sundial steel or the stock steel wheel? Both kinda ugly. Wonder why it's impossible to find a 15x7, 4x130, 5" backspaced wheel.... Maybe convert to 4x100 and put fwd wheels on? Whose running widened steelies? Selling a set? |
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| AZBanks |
May 22 2017, 04:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,056 Joined: 7-December 05 From: New River, AZ Member No.: 5,245 Region Association: Southwest Region
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| GeorgeRud |
May 22 2017, 07:20 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
There are companies that will cut your wheels, weld in a band of metal, and widen them in that way. However, I think the idea of using new barrels makes a whole lot of sense, though they may not look totally accurate.
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| BigFour1973 |
May 23 2017, 01:06 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 16-November 14 From: Long Beach Member No.: 18,126 Region Association: Southern California |
Why are 9" wheels so hard to find in the aftermarket? It seems 95% of them jump from 8 to 10.
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| Mueller |
May 23 2017, 08:14 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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If you swap to 5 lug, there is a set of 5 or 7 15x7 Centerline wheels with the perfect offset to fit under the stock fenders.
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| r_towle |
May 23 2017, 06:59 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,562 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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I looked around and I m at loss. I thought wide steel be beetle wheels were available at all the usual sellers but I can up blank.
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| PotterPorsche |
May 23 2017, 07:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 10-November 13 From: Hayward CA Member No.: 16,628 Region Association: None |
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