Widest stock wheel?

[deronmoped]

1) What is the widest stock wheel they made with the wide five pattern in 15".

2) Can a wide five wheel be purchased aftermarket that allows you to use the stock hub cap?

3) Has anyone welded the center of a wide five wheel onto another rim?

Trying to come up with a wider wheel that goes on a wide five pattern and uses the stock hub cap.

Thanks, Deron.

[ned]

My buddy took his stock Nova rims and had them split and widend. Is that spelled right?

[durfeec]

there are a ton of ppl that take their stock wheels to a shop and have the centers cut out and put on a wider barrel. there is actually a place in california that everyone there seems to love but idk the name. someone else will though im sure.

but yes its pretty common now.

[SGKent]

[SGKent]

P.S. If you are going to widen wheels, better make sure you have the correct width tires to go on it and the correct load range for a bus. It is a utility truck that has quite a bit of weight in the rear. The guy who sold me my CJ7 in 1982 put a set of wide Enki rims on it. They were beautiful but the first rain storm I was all over the place like a hockey puck on a skating rink. The tires were pulled so that they were U shaped and had very little footprint. Wider tires solved the issue but it was pretty scary for the first few weeks while I figured out what was going on. You don't want to widen them until you know the optimal width for the tires you are going to buy.

Here is a chart from online. I cannot vouch for its numbers but it is probably good. Normally the optimal wheel width is 1/2 way in between the allowable range.

http://customwheelsmarket.com/rimwheelwidth1.html
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[Desertbusman]

Sure, centers and rims can be taken apart, switched, and welded. Also the rims themselves can be cut and a insert welded in.
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[Mr. Loaf]

Stockton Wheel Service in Stockton, Ca. is who you need to talk to. They have a site and are very good at what they do. I remember a Friend with a '55 Bug and it had rear tires on it that looked to be 8 inches wide. Stockton did the wheel and they looked like stock VW.
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[Wildthings]

I agree with aiming for the center of the acceptable widths. Too wide and your wheels will be what scuffs against a curb or bangs a rock and too narrow and you may have issues with keeping the tread flat. For good handling it is usually important to keep the offset close to original.

If you run a 215/70R14 tire on either a 5.5" wide rim or a 7.0" wide rim, so long as the rims have the same offset the tire will run with about the same clearances. While if you go with a different offset you may have problems even if you don't change the width of the rims.