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Posted by: jwalters Dec 11 2004, 03:09 PM

Wondering if anybody here has ever sent their aluminum rims off to be widened. I know of several companies in the past that did them--

Wouldn't it be cool to have a set of empi 8 spoke rims @ 8 - 10 inches wide??

I probably couldn't afford it--or could I??

Posted by: Mueller Dec 11 2004, 03:48 PM

here you go...Compomotive...15x8 (plus some in 16" size)

Those cheap american racing Empi-wannabes are known to crack as is without fooling around with them

I wouldn't trust them any wider than they already are, you'd put even more stress on the center section

You can also get brand new Revolution wheels for our 914s in the correct 4x130 bolt pattern...this is what I did, I like the idea of running brand new never been beaten on wheels instead of "who-knows-how-they've-been-treated-30-year-old-rims"

oh yea, last time I checked into having rims widened, the cost was ~150 each with a lead time of a few weeks to a month


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Posted by: jwalters Dec 11 2004, 03:55 PM

here you go...Compomotive...15x8 (plus some in 16" size)

Those cheap american racing Empi-wannabes are known to crack as is without fooling around with them

I wouldn't trust them any wider than they already are, you'd put even more stress on the center section

You can also get brand new Revolution wheels for our 914s in the correct 4x130 bolt pattern...this is what I did, I like the idea of running brand new never been beaten on wheels instead of "who-knows-how-they've-been-treated-30-year-old-rims"

oh yea, last time I checked into having rims widened, the cost was ~150 each with a lead time of a few weeks to a month

Posted by: Mueller Dec 11 2004, 04:27 PM

about $230 each...expensive, but you get a brand new wheel

Posted by: jwalters Dec 11 2004, 04:30 PM