Widening Wheels thread

[white_is]

Wasn't going to post until they were done but things are taking forever.

Rear barrels cut


I had gotten lips from Wheel Flip but they were the wrong bolt pattern.


Front two are done... 18x10 HI disk faces
All four have new m7 hardware and new valvestems/caps
Going on an IS300, so high(er) offsets




Sent those lips back, they started work on another pair and then realized a month later they were the wrong size, so now they had to order another pair that is supposed to be in tomorrow. Then they still have to be sent to chrome. I ordered Nov. 29th

[bejota180sx]

Small question about widening a set of wheels, is there any chance this type of wheel can be widened to have a deeper lip. They aren't the best wheels but they have some sentimental value with them, i was going to repaint them and have them as a decoration in the garage but if they can be widened i would be interested.



Thanks!

[GabeS14]

Originally Posted by white_is

I would reverse those faces, the inner barrels look nice as outers!!

edit...if you could mount that wheel backwards would look sick haha

[GabeS14]

Originally Posted by bejota180sx

Small question about widening a set of wheels, is there any chance this type of wheel can be widened to have a deeper lip. They aren't the best wheels but they have some sentimental value with them, i was going to repaint them and have them as a decoration in the garage but if they can be widened i would be interested.



Thanks!

if it has a lip it can be widened....

[bejota180sx]

Originally Posted by GabeS14

if it has a lip it can be widened....

does anybody recommend any specific company for this? from experience?

[ILoveJDM]

Originally Posted by GabeS14

if it has a lip it can be widened....

you mean if you have money you can do anything you want....

because those are not multi-piece wheels.

[TheRealSy90]

Yes they can be widened regardless.

[GabeS14]

Originally Posted by ILoveJDM

you mean if you have money you can do anything you want....

because those are not multi-piece wheels.

$150-200 bucks to cut and weld a new lip on.. not that much. cheaper to do all 4 of your wheels then those wheels cost originally

[babowc]

Are the Weds Kranze Cerberus II TRUE 3 piece modular?

[adrians_s13]

Originally Posted by bejota180sx

does anybody recommend any specific company for this? from experience?

http://wheelflip.com/

[tracksuitslava]

wheels nerds, help me out. just got a set of blitz 03's. hearing that these are welded and its not as simple as heating them up and splitting them apart. what do I need to do to put new lips on them?

[s14derrick]

Biggslava you can send them out to be cut and buy lips or cut them yourself. Friend in Colorado springswith the white type x just cut his with a cut off wheel, ordered lips and resealed. I think wheel flip charges like 40 a wheel to cut

[tracksuitslava]

Originally Posted by s14derrick

Biggslava you can send them out to be cut and buy lips or cut them yourself. Friend in Colorado springswith the white type x just cut his with a cut off wheel, ordered lips and resealed. I think wheel flip charges like 40 a wheel to cut

dang. that sucks lol.

thanks for the info though.

[white_is]

Originally Posted by adrians_s13

http://wheelflip.com/

Originally Posted by biggslava

wheels nerds, help me out. just got a set of blitz 03's. hearing that these are welded and its not as simple as heating them up and splitting them apart. what do I need to do to put new lips on them?

Originally Posted by s14derrick

Biggslava you can send them out to be cut and buy lips or cut them yourself. Friend in Colorado springswith the white type x just cut his with a cut off wheel, ordered lips and resealed. I think wheel flip charges like 40 a wheel to cut

I cut a pair of my Blitz 03 myself too with a cut off wheel on a grinder.

Then ordered lips from Wheel Flip which apparently was a huge mistake. 6 months later I still don't have lips. Been told multiple excuses when they respond or when I can actually get ahold of them.

Best part is, today they basically told me they have no idea where my lips are. Lol

[deolio]

anybody know a place that can do reverse mount 15's? a couple of my friends were mislead by araya to believe they could do them but only found out they couldn't after their wheels had arrived from japan. wheelflip, memory fab and rotiform aren't able to help.

[MarcD]

Any one know if SSR 40 bolt lips are the same pattern as Work 40 bolt?

[babowc]

So far, I saw the SSR minerva has same bolt pattern with standard 40-bolt lip.

[babowc]

Originally Posted by white_is

I cut a pair of my Blitz 03 myself too with a cut off wheel on a grinder.

Then ordered lips from Wheel Flip which apparently was a huge mistake. 6 months later I still don't have lips. Been told multiple excuses when they respond or when I can actually get ahold of them.

Best part is, today they basically told me they have no idea where my lips are. Lol

How'd you cut the lips without fucking it up?
I tried.. just hoping I don't fuck up one of my barrels...

[MarcD]

Originally Posted by babowc

So far, I saw the SSR minerva has same bolt pattern with standard 40-bolt lip.

Actual experience? That's what I'm building, Minervas and Courages.

Also been tempted to cut mine before, I'd be interested in how people have done it.

[silnv]

Originally Posted by MarcD

Also been tempted to cut mine before, I'd be interested in how people have done it.

I have seen some people do it with a cut off wheel. The better way would be to have a machine shop cut it on a lathe, which most people do.

My question for people who have the weld cut, did you weld them back up or just silicon them?

[babowc]

Originally Posted by MarcD

Actual experience? That's what I'm building, Minervas and Courages.

Also been tempted to cut mine before, I'd be interested in how people have done it.

I unbolted the face and compared it to the aftermarket lip I got here.
I can't quite drop it in the lip because the damn opening/bolt pad on the lip is too thick, but I'll see what I can do.
I still need to cut the barrel apart, it's just daunting because I don't want to fuck up the inner barrel. I will more-than-likely take it to the machine shop when I can.

*I'd like to note that the two sets of lips I've purchased on here, though, did not line up the bolt holes entirely correct with the inner barrels. That's not the main problem, though. The damn face needs to fit, some machine work needing :/

[slideways2004]

Originally Posted by babowc

So far, I saw the SSR minerva has same bolt pattern with standard 40-bolt lip.

If someone can confirm this that would be great!

I'm wanting to rebuild some Courage's

[danny92]

Need some help regarding equips.

If i were to get a set of equips with the spec 18x8 +18 18x9+16 and chuck a 6inch lip on the 8inch pair, is there a way to calculate what the size and offset would be without trying them irl? I still cant quite get my head around it. IS it better to get a high offset face equips and chuck the lip on to not have a ridiculous amount of negative offset? so confused :L

Heres a pic of the lip

[Mister.E]

Starting with a higher offset is better if you dont want your setup to be crazy negative. Can you measure your current lips so i can give you a better estimate of your final result?

So far just guessing, im thinking your fronts are going to be 18x11 -20, but i could be way off without know the current lip sizes.

[inuyasha3466]

Originally Posted by inuyasha3466

Try this.
Split Rim Offset Calculator | Wheel offset and fitment comparison tools

Literally one page back.

[jsu1012]

i recently relipped my front wheels, ccw lm5's. They were 18x9, +16, 3 inch lip. now they are 18x10,+3, 4 inch lip.

before:




after relip and powder coated faces.

[Mister.E]

Just use the link posted above. If you have any trouble give me the measurements and ill help you out.

[danny92]

Well thats the problem, i only have the lip atm and im looking to BUY a set of equips on which these lips will go on. Its hard because most of the sellers cannot be fucked measuring the lips etc for me due to most of them having tires on them so i have to kinda eyeball and guess my way through. Very frustrating because i do not want them to exceed 10.5j or 11j and most of the equips i come across have either stupidly low offset on a 8-9inch rim or very high offset but the inner barrels are really big with almost no lip which would increase the overall size of the rim later on. Anyways thanks for the help!

[babowc]

Just took my welded barrels to get split.. About 45 a pop.. "1 hour of work" per..

Had some other things to do also because the bore on the lip was too small.

[Roscoe.]

Anyone know where I might be able to get lips/barrels for Volk 20 bolt face?