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wheel spacer opinions
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dreambig
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| Joined: 03/13
Posted: 03/15/13
08:30 AM
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Hellow everyone,I cant believe I never knew about this site/form before,wish I would've seen it b4.Better late then never I guess.Anyways I am trying to get some wheels on my 54 belair and all the bulk wheels sold for the most part have different backspacing then what I need.So I either use wheel spacers which I dont really like or change the rear end which I dont want to do right now.So without get polished more expensive 2,3 piece wheels made to fit what else do I do?
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Posted: 03/21/13
11:41 AM
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there are wheel shops that can move the center in or outward on the wheel outer..
they cut the welds on a lathe.. and usually use a new outer.. press them into the proper depth and then weld them in place..
this has been done for years to change wheel widths or offsets.. within reason..
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pepsi1
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Posted: 03/25/13
07:27 AM
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Yeah the Good wheels are reinforced at the hub. I would look in that area for reinforcing. Thats where the load was when they made hard turns. My dad raced the old Jalopy's back in his day. We found a lot of his stuff when he died.
Even back in the day when drag racing was in its infancy they made wheels like this.
Bob
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