Widening Wheels thread

[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 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?

[adrians_s13]

Originally Posted by bejota180sx

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

http://wheelflip.com/

[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.

[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

[TheRealSy90]

Yes they can be widened regardless.

[babowc]

Are the Weds Kranze Cerberus II TRUE 3 piece modular?

[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

[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...

[stevenrapids]

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

Glad im not the only one who is not a fan of wheelflip. They give you the run around like they have some sort of idea what's going on, but they have no idea. I can't believe how long it took them to send me generic 40 bolt lips that i was gonna drill myself. Not a fan at all. if you don't call them 200 times a day you will never get your shit.

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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?

[ezza]

Someone asked earlier but i didnt see a response.

I have some work vs kf on the way from japan, i want to widen them via wheelflip, but im curious about cutting the weld;

Does it need to be welded up again after relipping, also i dont suppose anyone has pics of the cutting process, im just wondering if i should do it myself with a grinder or have them lathed.

thanks

[white_is]

I would do whatever is easier for you. If I was close to a shop that was capable and done it before I would have taken them to them. But having to shipping both ways I decided to risk it. Saved me at least $150.

I did not have them rewelded, but I did upgrade to stronger hardware. Wheel Flip also mentioned drilling holes into the back of the spokes and using a bolt from the back side just in case but they mainly said that was recommended for VSKF. Blitz still had like 10 more bolts to hold them together.





If you cut them yourself, just cut more towards the lip since you won't be reusing it. You'll have to cut right along the weld but it's better to cut through the lip then the barrel.

I cut into one of my barrels, but had it welded and then ground down back smooth.

I've had them on like 2 weeks with no issues. It's my only car and I've put like 600 miles on it, with 100 of those being highway.

[ezza]

Originally Posted by white_is

I would do whatever is easier for you. If I was close to a shop that was capable and done it before I would have taken them to them. But having to shipping both ways I decided to risk it. Saved me at least $150.

I did not have them rewelded, but I did upgrade to stronger hardware. Wheel Flip also mentioned drilling holes into the back of the spokes and using a bolt from the back side just in case but they mainly said that was recommended for VSKF. Blitz still had like 10 more bolts to hold them together.





If you cut them yourself, just cut more towards the lip since you won't be reusing it. You'll have to cut right along the weld but it's better to cut through the lip then the barrel.

I cut into one of my barrels, but had it welded and then ground down back smooth.

I've had them on like 2 weeks with no issues. It's my only car and I've put like 600 miles on it, with 100 of those being highway.

Thanks for the info, I'm guessing that if I drill the back of the spokes I just tap the holes and bolt them up?

Nice car by the way!

[Jalto]

Originally Posted by white_is

I would do whatever is easier for you. If I was close to a shop that was capable and done it before I would have taken them to them. But having to shipping both ways I decided to risk it. Saved me at least $150.

I did not have them rewelded, but I did upgrade to stronger hardware. Wheel Flip also mentioned drilling holes into the back of the spokes and using a bolt from the back side just in case but they mainly said that was recommended for VSKF. Blitz still had like 10 more bolts to hold them together.

If you cut them yourself, just cut more towards the lip since you won't be reusing it. You'll have to cut right along the weld but it's better to cut through the lip then the barrel.

I cut into one of my barrels, but had it welded and then ground down back smooth.

I've had them on like 2 weeks with no issues. It's my only car and I've put like 600 miles on it, with 100 of those being highway.

damn! those turned out awesome.. i gotta re barrel mine still. been to lazy.