oem wheels

[twilightprotege]

hey

i have no idea about this so i thought i'd ask. can alloy wheels be widened? i'm pretty sure they cant, but i dont know for sure. the reason i ask is that i'd love to widen the wheels to 7" (instead of the stock 6" on my P5) so i can fix 215/45/16 falken azenis tyres on it.

any info would be good.

oh i should add, has anyone put the 215/45/16 azenis tyres on the stock rims? how are they? how do they look/handle? got a pic?

later

 

[derrick1623]

widened???i do not think it is possible, i mean, aren't rims forged, or something like that, how would you attach the extra metal, although, with money, ANYTHING is possible...good luck.

 

[dominoy2k1]

custom mazda wheels.....

 

[Sir Nuke]

the STOCK OEM alloy wheels are CAST aluminum wheels....NO you can't widen them....

if they were STEEL wheels then YES you could.

 

[EXA4DRIVER]

hey

i have no idea about this so i thought i'd ask. can alloy wheels be widened?


Don't know about the factory alloys. But when I was in the Philippines a few years back, there was this one wheel shop that widened factory black "steelies" off of an AE86 Tureno. I have no idea how they did it, but it was pretty damn impressive.

 

[twilightprotege]

yeah i didnt think they can because they are alloy...it was just a shot in the dark...would be great if i could, but oh well

i'll just have to consider buying new wheels....not what i wanted to do

later