Looking for a place that widens wheels... It's kind of a "lost art" from the hot rod days.

Looking to have a set of OEM aluminum 13in BMW wheels widened on the inside from 13x5.5 to 13x8.

Maybe looking into having some dish added to a set of 13 in steelies in the future.






And yes, it can be done, there's a couple companies that do it accross the country, I'm just trying to avoid shipping. UPS couldn't ship a grill without bending it in half (Then blamed it on insufficient packaging) and Fed-Ex couldn't ship a tail light (crushed it almost flat) So I don't trust them with shipping my wheels.

 

Unfortunately I do not know anyone who does such services locally.

However I'd love to see some pics of a project that requires wide wheels, hopefully something old school and involving box flares. My hope is that the tires to be installed match the wheels :-)

 

haha it's a 87 GTI and it's mostly stock/aged looking right.

It does involve OE textured 16v Flares though.

But It's not going to be something fast... Not yet atleast. It involves a 175/50 tire on a 13x8... Steelies might be for when it's "fast" though.

 

We widened a Z31 300zx wheel, but it was such a fucking hassle that it's not worth doing. By we, I mean my good friend James who owns a welding/race car fab shop.

Spend the money right because it's gotta be perfect! Good luck!

 

Lol, makes something cool to look at though.

 

Found your answer using the search function.

 

175/50/13?


i would like to see a tire like that. cause i thought the widest 13 made was a 185/70/13?

 

good luck finding someone who does it

 

After nearly 3 years, he probably did, especially when the answer was only 2 posts up. Nice thread bump, newbie.

 

LOL how did this even happen?