machining alloys?? to diff ET

[pie]

has any one don this ?

im sure benn might have, could be wrong though?

any info on this would be great :thumb:

[mowgli]

as long as you are happy with removing metal and think it will still be strong enough, then it should be ok.. its probably worth a call to the mfr (or their british agent) though.

[pie]

this is why im asking mike

making sure its safe and wont make the wheel weak

thanks

[L14MNP]

Pic of the wheel in question, pie?

Most OEM wheels have loads of spare meat on them, so are well suited to it. http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/59151

There was a more recent thread on the blue forum where a few company names were mentioned too. I can't find it on a quick search, but it's worth reading imo.

[pie]

its not an oem wheel buddy

atm its sits at ET38, am i right thinking trimming it will take it into the 40's?

thanks :thumb:

[mowgli]

this is why im asking mike

making sure its safe and wont make the wheel weak

thanks

a lot of these aftermarket wheels will definitely have plenty of extra meat in them so they can create the different offsets & only have to use one casting mould, its purely an economic decision, as above, pics please

[pie]

wheels are not around me atm mike

will try get some snaps of the inside if the mounting face later though :thumb:

id like to get close to 45 if possible

thanks

[novalew]

Sorry to hijack but has anyone ever done this on r10's

[deneil_gsi2000]

As said any wheel can be machined. As long as there is enough metal to work with.
A mate of mine took a good 6mm from a set of bbs a few years ago.

[Benn]

I had center bore machined out. But have looked at et maching too. You'll really want to take said wheel to a machineest and let then look for how much metal is there to what they can remove.

[pie]

it worked out ok in the end , just had to run a different size tyre

wheel was ET35 and now runs 195 40 17