Wheel Widening

[Noobz347]

New Topic but crosses into the thread about wheel hop:

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/841833-how-eliminate-wheel-hop.html


I post it so that it doesn't get lost in translation but didn't want to derail that thread.

Now... The wheel widening sites that I've looked at so far will widen one of two ways (seldom both)...

They will add the width in the inboard side of the hub --or-- the outboard side of the hub. Adding material to both sides is HUGELY expensive and that's if you can even find someone willing to take it on and then refinish the wheel so that it's smooth.

Adding material to outboard side of the hub is also very expensive for the same reason.

It's much less expensive (easier) to add the material to the inside which brings me to my question (and relation to the wheel hop thread):

How far can I go on the inside lip before I start running into the necessity of removing the quad shocks? How far can I go before it starts to look TehLame or cause handling problems?

I'd like to get out to 9 to 9.5 inches to comfortably fit a 275 series DR? That would be 2 inches to the inside of the hub for a 9.5.

Is this doable?

Is it doable while retaining the quads?

Spacers are the devil!

 

[Mustang5L5]

I looked into this a while ago. I guess it all depends on what wheels you want

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/835410-should-i-get-those-wheels-widened.html

For me, using an Sn95 17x8 with Sn95 rear disks puts the wheel at the edge of the fender lip, so widening to the inside is ideal for me. Still, quotes ranged about $200 per side.

Only way to tell how close you can go is put the wheel you want to widen on, and measure distance to a flipped quad shock and see how close you can get. I highly doubt you can go more than 1" before the quad can be removed completely.

Of course, wider wheels can change the dynamics of the rear axle completely through increased grip. Wheel hop is due to uneven loss of traction as the rear end "crab-walks". Wider, sticker tires may resist hopping back. Who knows.

 

[Noobz347]

Even an 8.5" rim should be wide enough to safely mount a 275. Will have to get in there and look once the GD heat and humidity dies down a bit.

 

[Mustang5L5]

That is true, but at the end of the day i don't know if i want to spend $200 to widen an 8" wheel to 8.5"

I realize the wider i go, the more it centers the 275 on the wheel. I'd really like a 9" wide wheel to really pull the 275 inwards so i don't run the risk of a bulged tire hitting fender

 

[gritchy5.0]

mmmm wide 10 holes..... i would love to do that.

 

[LarsD]

This is interesting. Who does the widening? I found some rims I'd like to get for my Cobra eventually, but they only come in 18x8. Which will look off to me considering it has 18x10's on the rear now.

 

[Noobz347]

The folks that I keep seeing referred to over and over again with no negative feedback (that I've found) is:

Weldcraft Wheels Wheel Widening Wheel Repairs Wheel Restoration

 

[Mustang5L5]

That's who i was looking into