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    Thread: Widening wheels

    1. #1
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      Widening wheels

      The more I shop for rims I see a hug gap in cost between the 17x9-9.5 wheels and 17x11's. I have a wheel picked out that I like but widest it's available is 9.5. Anybody have wheels widened and what cost would I expect to pay?

      Do we have a connection / good resource for widening a wheel?

      Thanks!!!

      -Ben, Your friendly neighborhood Rendering dude

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      79 Cutlass wagon build



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    3. #3
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      I had a pair of 17" '96 Impala SS wheels widened in CA several years ago by a guy Eric Vaughn 626-358-6413, was $250 per wheel. He cut the back half off the wheel and welded a deeper generic back half to it. Worked great.

      Charlie
      '57 BelAir Conv. Stroked 440-LSX/T56 (almost...)
      '74 K5 Blazer 4x4
      '09 Avalanche LTZ

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      Thanks for the info!
      -Ben, Your friendly neighborhood Rendering dude

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      79 Cutlass wagon build


    5. #5
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      Hey Ben, if you do Weldcraft you can have the wheels shipped to me via Greyhound. They are 20min from my house and I have seen their work when I dropped off a repair.
      Big dreams, small pockets....

      Chris--
      '72 Cutlass S LSA/T56 Magnum
      Bowler Performance, Forgeline, Speedtech, ATS, Speartech, KORE3, Ridetech coilovers

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    6. #6
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      I can vouch for Weldcraft...they have narrowed a couple of pairs of front wheels for me.

    7. #7
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      Weldcraft is widening 2 corvette wheels for me from 10.5 to 12 inch for $250.00 a wheel.They said they would have my wheels back to me in 2 weeks.




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