Alloy offset, skimming face

[johnny27]

Bought a set of new 15 inch alloy's for my nova. Listing on ebay said that they where ET38 and 6.5 inch wide, which would'nt be a problem as i've used 15 et38 wheels on corsa's and nova's before with no real trouble espically since my rear arch's have been rolled and the car is'nt very low. Problem is that wheels arrived and they are actually et35 and 7 inch wide.

I am thinking about have the stud/hub face of the wheel skimmed to get abit closer to the offset, if i could get to et40 it would be great, or would 5mm removed significantly weaken the rim?
How much roughly would it cost to get the four wheels skimmed? And can most places do it okay aslong as they have a lathe (?)

Would really appericate some advice or ppl's experience with this procedure. I know it would be probaly better to get a better fitting wheel, but i got these wheels cheap and they have a lovely euro look but with not a very deep dish, but just a nice dish and a polished lip

[R1CH]

You should be able to get them machined down to increase the offset, i had some MO's machined from 45 to 49 without any probs.
Theres a local machine shop / wheel refurbisher (sp?) that done mine, cost about ?15 per wheel i think.

Rich

[johnny27]

thanks.

[johnny27]

anyone else have this done and any difference in prices?

[Ash]

i had a local machine shop do mine, tenner a wheel, make me up so spacer (sprigot) rings as well for an extra ?20 for the set.
btw dont go to far, you might need spacers for the bolts, i dunno - that what they were worried about. :confused:

Ash

[Jack]

Depends on the design of the wheel.

[Lee]

Just be wary of how much flesh there is on the flange that the head of the bolt grips to. If you take too much off the face, although the face itself might still haver plenty of flesh, the part the bolts actually hold on to might end up very thin! As mentioned, depends on the design of the wheel.