Custom Wheels, Want More Dish And Widen My Volk Rims

[J'z-R33]

Hey all,

Got a set of Volk GT-N's (2 piece rims) but I want to add more dish and widen them to fit bigger tyres. Does anyone know where to go to get this done??

Any ideas would be appreicated.

Cheers,

Johno

[Dan_J]

same thing i wanna do.

http://www.raceengineering.com.au/mods.htm <-- unsure of state

i no so one or 2 in vic and qld but dat wudnt help u.

just google "rim widening nsw"

but shudnt this be in fabrication section?

[J'z-R33]

Yeah it should be in fab or suspension and wheels I guess.. Thanks for your help mate. Just on google now. Will post up what I find.

Cheers

Johno

[Dahtone Racing]

ozwheel australia

he does al the simmons rims

[Dan_J]

http://www.ozwheelaustralia.com.au/

[Dahtone Racingold]

thats the one

[PM-R33]

How much does something like this cost? Say to get a Volk GTC modified to get more of a negative offset? Might make a phonecall on monday to sus it out.

[cruzin33]

How would they change the offset?

[Dahtone Racingold]

depending on the wheel

by adding more dish to the outside or the inside of the rim

[cruzin33]

sounds good but big $$$$$$$$$$$$

[Dahtone Racingold]

not really

my rims cost $500 each to widen cause the first guy f*ked em up, that was the total bill including what the first guy charged me

[Dan_J]

sum dude up in qld is getting his srr widened for more dish $230 each wheel, they cut the face off and weld a section from a donor rim

.....

altho much cheaper if u can find alloy(most are steel) rim barrels

http://www.raceengineering.com.au/wheels.htm

[dori34]

^ thats cool,

safe tho? does it come wiht lets say 1yr warranty for cracks or falling apart?

[Dan_J]

the rim barrel's or the cut nd shut?

i'd say that they shud be strong enuff as ppl get their rims widened for racing, sprint car, tarmac etc, same shud apply to the barrels.

falling apart and you would have a big reason to crack the shits, get ur money back and sue them, as thats pretty dangerous

unsure of warranty, see other examples that the company ur choosing has made, customer cars etc, and their reputation

Edited March 2, 2008 by Dan_J

[PM-R33]

Hmm f**k doing that option to a Volk Rim. I was thinking more of the lines of undoing the two piece rim, and moving the centre piece back to give it more dish and more of a negative offset. This even possible or am i dreaming? Because if something like that was only a few hundred bucks id be up for it.

[NA_Goodness]

This would be great for a sleeper, widening the stock wheels for a bigger footprint. No one would ever know...

[R34NRG]

gosh i never new this shit was possible, i actually was planing to sell my front GTCs and buying some wider wheels but this might be an option.

[subie]

how about 1 piece rim, can it be done?

[NA_Goodness]

Yeh, they are cut in half then have the middle section welded in to make them wider. I'm guessing most of the wheels these guys do would be 1 piece.