Widening stock steel wheels - anyone thought about it?

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v8suprcapric
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Re: Widening stock steel wheels - anyone thought about it?

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Done and they fit like a dream. Going to lower with the H&R springs next to perfect it.

Wheels widened 1" to the inside by Weldcraft:
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25mm H&R Trak+ DRM spacers (part number: 5075670), cut the tips of oem lugs off (unmodified oem wheels will still go on without spacers because I'm really only cutting maybe 2 threads off, the tips on these oem lugs are just unthreaded easy start tips)

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285/35R18x9 (Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position)

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1987 Landau (383 stroker, vortec heads, 700r4, posi rear, Bilstein shocks, Eibach springs, Bassett 15x8, BFGoodrich 275/60, 9C1 speedo)
2011 9C3 (K&N CAI, Weldcraft widened 18x9 factory steelies, Bridgestone 285/35)
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eagle-co94
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Re: Widening stock steel wheels - anyone thought about it?

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Looking good!
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cabledawg
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Re: Widening stock steel wheels - anyone thought about it?

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v8suprcapric wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2016 12:34 pm Done and they fit like a dream...
Does this dude still post?
Was there any more room, inside or outside, for any more width on the rears?

Looking to have steelies widened too.
v8suprcapric
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Re: Widening stock steel wheels - anyone thought about it?

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cabledawg wrote: Sun Feb 03, 2019 12:43 pm
v8suprcapric wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2016 12:34 pm Done and they fit like a dream...
Does this dude still post?
Was there any more room, inside or outside, for any more width on the rears?

Looking to have steelies widened too.
No more room on outside for rears, and not sure about inside. I'll check next time I'm under there. Haven't done much with the car lately but it just went out of warranty so it's gunna be time for some more upgrades/time on the forum.
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1987 Landau (383 stroker, vortec heads, 700r4, posi rear, Bilstein shocks, Eibach springs, Bassett 15x8, BFGoodrich 275/60, 9C1 speedo)
2011 9C3 (K&N CAI, Weldcraft widened 18x9 factory steelies, Bridgestone 285/35)
cabledawg
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Re: Widening stock steel wheels - anyone thought about it?

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v8suprcapric wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2016 12:34 pm No more room on outside for rears, and not sure about inside. I'll check next time...
That would be awesome.

Your sled looks like an M killer.

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