Wheel widening

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I am thinking about getting my stock polished 18s widened instead of buying new wheels. It would be cool to have stock looking wheels in 18x10 in the neighborhood of a 35mm offset. Plus 18" tires would be cheaper to replace than the 20" tires I have now. Does anyone have experience with Weldcraft and how did that go? Or is this a stupid idea?
 

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Haven't used them, seen many guys on SVTP use them always good comments.

not cheap though, $250-300 a wheel
 

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Not cheap and they don't widen the hubs so you may need to run spacers to get the offset you want.
 

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they widen to the inside, so where the rim sits now stays the same IIRC
 

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Weldcraft doesgreat work. Give them a call for a quote. I recall it was $180 per wheel. You can also check Wheel Specialist Inc, they have done wheel work for me as wheel.
 

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^Ah that would be a deal breaker. I guess I'll pick up some Bullitt replicas then.

Picking up some Bullit replicas in the width you want is the best deal. You should be able to find a 10 to 10.5" ready to go and then if it's flush with the outer fender you could send that wheel in to Weldcraft and they can widen it and get it closer to the inside of the wheel opening.

Something like this in an 18"

http://wheelreplicas.com/2005-2016-...-dish-anthracite-bullitt-replica-wheel-05-14/

or in 20"

http://wheelreplicas.com/2005-2016-...-dish-anthracite-bullitt-replica-wheel-05-14/
 
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I am thinking about getting my stock polished 18s widened instead of buying new wheels. It would be cool to have stock looking wheels in 18x10 in the neighborhood of a 35mm offset. Plus 18" tires would be cheaper to replace than the 20" tires I have now. Does anyone have experience with Weldcraft and how did that go? Or is this a stupid idea?
Here is what you want to know,

Installed H&R Hub Centric 25MM Front & Rear Wheel Spacers.

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The rear spacers go on with (No-Problem) & Wheels fit Great
But the Front Spacers fit okey but you have to "Cut" Off your
existing 5-Wheel Studs. They stick out to "Far". This is how you
should do the cutting. High Speed Dremel Tool W/Cutting Blade.
Look at this Pic and notice I left the Wheel-Lugs on next to the
Lug I was Cutting-Off. This way No-Messed up Threads.

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Here are the Pieces that were Cut-Off. Notice they are different
Heights.

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This pic shows the Finished Product. After cutting those Lugs off.
You have to then use the Dremel with a Grinding-Wheel. To make
all the Cut-Off-Studs as close as possible to the same (Length).
You, Do-Not actually Cut or Grind any of the (Threads). You are
only working with the end of the studs before you get to the
Threads. Takes time but (Not-Hard) to do.

shortenwheelstuds22.jpg

I sent my 2-Back Stock Wheels to James at Weldcraft to have them
(Widened). They were 8.5" stock and they added 1.5" to make them
10" Wide. Shelby GT500 has 9.5" Wheels Front & Rear.
I know many of you are interested in this so you can retain the
Stock Wheels, so here are many Pics of the Widened Wheels.

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Here are the 2-Rear wheels Mounted & Balanced
This one took only 1-Weight

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This one took 2-Small Weights

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Here is the (Front-Side) of the Wheels as I removed them from the
Very-Well-Packed Box.
Notice, Not a Mark, Period !!!

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Here are 2-Pics of the Box they came back in.
They were (Double-Boxed) and then had Bubble-Wrap.

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Terry
 

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For those not wanting to run wheel spacers. I remember this wheel widening topic alot from my old 04 Cobra days, and I'm not sure if it was Weldcraft or not, but these companies will usually weld on a set of spacers to your widened wheel, so really a non issue, just longer wheel studs, and essentially you're not using a spacer, just a thicker hub, if you run into inner wheel fitment issues because of the widening towards the inside.
 
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