Widening Wheels thread

[PoorMans180SX]

Thank you! Don't know why I couldn't find that!

[MarcD]

Any good contacts for chroming faces? No one will touch them over here..

[e30gangsta]

Originally Posted by MarcD

Any good contacts for chroming faces? No one will touch them over here..

Id suggest sigining up to the wheel whores forum. They are based out of the uk.

[ezza]

After reading about vr wheels and wheelflip not responding i just thought id post up that i just ordered my second full set of lips from vr wheels and so far the customer care has been pretty good.

If it goes south il be sure to post up lol

[Roscoe.]

Anyone know where I can find some 18x2.5" lips for Weds Cereberus 2s? After reading all these reports of Wheelflip and VR I'm hesitant to go through with them, especially with the shitty job VR did for me on these wheels in the first place.

[OBEEWON]

Originally Posted by ezza

After reading about vr wheels and wheelflip not responding i just thought id post up that i just ordered my second full set of lips from vr wheels and so far the customer care has been pretty good.

If it goes south il be sure to post up lol

Yeah, I ordered hardware and lips to rebuild my equips and it came on time and response was good. Would bone again.

[StefSpec]

can vr get lips for blitz 03's? i was planning on using wheelflip as i know they've done blitz lips previously but the feedback in here has me thinking again.

[br0bath]

VR has done two sets of wheels for me and the customer service was great. Would/ Will go through again.

[Island_DC5]

Had two sets built through Wheelflip, first set was good - work quality wise. Hard to get ahold of though and took longer than original timeframe quoted. Second set was not built to spec agreed upon, and again, hard to get ahold of unless called directly. My $.02

[Sumslapper]

Does anyone know if nismo lmgt1 can be reverse mounted? As in the face mounted from the inside of the barrel, instead of sitting on top of the lip.

[wacko2]

where can i buy some 12 point sockets

[joshg51]

Is the bolt male or female? They are triple square 12 point not a standard 12 point.

[wacko2]

it male, my bad. i need a standard 12 point.

Originally Posted by joshg51

Is the bolt male or female? They are triple square 12 point not a standard 12 point.

[joshg51]

Well if it's a male like mine then you should pick up the fancy rounded spline drive sockets that are designed to be able to remove any bolt such as the one on the left which is what I used to remove my triple square male bolts from my wheels. I used it with a small impact gun and it worked perfect. I tried to take them out from the backside with the 10mm nuts but in the pic you can see they have ridges to prevent them from backing out let alone me removing them. Almost stripped two of them. They left an imprint on my barrels so they were definitely not coming out from the nut side.



Pic of box set to help you find them.

[20 til 3]

Craftsman just released a line of sockets that looks just like that and works great.

[dazed]

2 Questions:



1. My wheels came in and I got a little excited and went to autozone and got their spline drive socket set (for the 12 point bolts). The first wheel I tried to remove the bolts on, (35 hole faces) I got every one off until the last one which I stripped.

What can I use to remove the stripped bolt? I'm gonna hit up the local hardware store or see if they have an extractor of some sort. Thing is, most of the extractors I see are meant for bigger bolts than a little 8mm. Just seeing if someone could link me to a good extractor.

I know it's my fault for using the shittttty ass autozone socket set. I got excited.


2. This seems like a stupid question, but what are you guys who have actually taken apart wheels using for a 12 point socket? I'm not going to cheap out and get a nice one this time, any suggestions (seen a couple other people on this page asking the same question.

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....roup_ID=674833

Was thinking about giving this Snap-On 8mm 12 point a shot, just cause it's snap-on. Would a deep 8mm be better?

Thanks





These have a long road ahead of them.

[joshg51]

I got the sunex one from a matco tool truck i believe and works pretty well, basically the only time it's ever seen use. As for the stripped bolt, my friend stripped one of his on his vs-kf using a standrad 12pt socket and the safest way to get it out without damaging the chrome was sending it a reputable machine shop that drilled it out i believe.

[Sumslapper]

I take wheels apart and rebuild them quite often. I found that 5/16 fits tighter than 8mm. I use a mid-depth snap-on socket. It has worked perfect with no issues on Work wheels, Stern, Panasport, BBS, Linea etc.. The only wheels I hate rebuilding are Weds. They require a 12 point Torx bit.

This thing has built countless wheels for me.

[dazed]

Originally Posted by joshg51

I got the sunex one

Originally Posted by Sumslapper

I use a mid-depth snap-on socket.

Perfect info guys, thanks. Was just looking for other options than craftsman, etc. Really hoping to avoid going to a machine shop even though I know the local one won't charge much. I'll post back if I find something nice to remove the stripped bolt.

[Sumslapper]

Though I don't really recommend it but it does work, I have taken a 12 point socket that is slightly smaller than 5/16 and hammered it onto the stripped bolt head. Just tap it on until it reaches the bottom of the head and slowly work it loose. There are kits you can buy to extract stripped bolts or just take it to a machine shop

[starfireS14]

Great thread.

[iRONDONkey]

i have a set of weds cerebus II in 19's and i'm looking to replace all the wheel bolts because the nuts to them look old.

anyone have any idea where i can purchase them, and in what size? i see some results in wheel flip, but not exactly sure what thread pitch it should be at.

are there any sites that sell colored wheel bolts?

[iRONDONkey]

i thinking about getting these bolts and nuts-

i want to run gold hardware, and it's decently priced

http://store.blackforestindustries.c...bsrsboand.html

[nativG20]

Its been a long time coming but im finally getting around to working on my wheels. I will post more pics once complete

Original Spec 18x8 +43

Installing freshly polished Work 2.5 inch lips. New specs should be 18x9 +30

Taking them apart, getting rid of those nasty 1.5 inch lips



New 2.5 lips mocked up to the faces

[ezza]

thought id post an update of my situation

went to work on them with a grinder.

Untitled by ezza_9000, on Flickr

Untitled by ezza_9000, on Flickr

Untitled by ezza_9000, on Flickr

Untitled by ezza_9000, on Flickr


has anyone ever widened vs kf's and not welded them back up?

[theStig880]

^^^^^^I haven't done it personally but Ive heard of people not welding up their vskf's and them being fine. I mean Equips and VSXX's werent welded and you people dont have issues so Id say your good. Just make sure you put sealant between the lips, then torque it, then again do sealant. Ive never had a leak doing it that way.

[white_is]

Wheel Flip recommends drilling and tapping the back side of the face to add two extra bolts per spoke (so 10 extra per wheel).

So the bolts actually come in the opposite side (don't drill through the face) and are never seen

[joshg51]

So im tying to order some new lips and is it okay or the bore of the lips to be a tad bigger than the edge on the back of the face where it sits? Like you could move the face around a bit. My wheels use a full forty bolts if that matters.

[Sumslapper]

Latest set I did. 17 to 18" step lip and polished outer faces.

BEFORE


AFTER

[g_mac530]

^ I've never done a step lip before, but I've been on the hunt for Blitz 03's and it seems like there are more 17" sets than any other size. I would like to stay with an 18" wheel on my car. When you run a step lip, do you also need to change the barrel?