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Posted by 85CHP510 (Member # 9690) on :
 
Hey guys so I finally got my hands on a set of 97 gt wheels. What ive decided to do is to widen 2 for the rear and narrow 2 for the front. I belive these rims are 17x8. I at least want rears 17x10.5 but for the fronts Im not sure how much theyd have to be narrowed. I am sending em off tho the guys in weldcraft (unless anyone here in the bay area knows of a good place to do it with quality work) but they need to know how much they need to take of to be narrowed. I am planning on using a m/h 185\55\17...
 
Posted by 70stang351w (Member # 9948) on :
 
i've been researching the same thing for my 70 coupe for the mustang steve brake upgrade. found one place pacificrim in pittsburg but still waiting on a quote there was another place mentioned in hayward on a previous post; but both place have some bad reviews online
 
Posted by 85CHP510 (Member # 9690) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 70stang351w:
i've been researching the same thing for my 70 coupe for the mustang steve brake upgrade. found one place pacificrim in pittsburg but still waiting on a quote there was another place mentioned in hayward on a previous post; but both place have some bad reviews online
Yea ive seen theyre bad reviews....only place with good rep is weldcraft
 
Posted by coupe5oh (Member # 10411) on :
 
memoryfab in union city
 
Posted by 91redmustang (Member # 10019) on :
 
From what I hear this guy is suppose to be pretty good, but his is down here in socal. You can use ontrac.com shipping which will save you some $$$.

http://ericvaughnmachine.com/Home_Page.html
 
Posted by ashyers (Member # 9382) on :
 
Out of curiosity, about how much does this cost?
 
Posted by koupe377 (Member # 13461) on :
 
Eric Vaughn widened my stock Pony's to 9".

Also had him do some GT500 wheels to 10.5"

His work is exceptional!

[ 2014-02-23, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: koupe377 ]
 
Posted by FivePTSlow (Member # 7682) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 85CHP510:
Hey guys so I finally got my hands on a set of 97 gt wheels. What ive decided to do is to widen 2 for the rear and narrow 2 for the front. I belive these rims are 17x8. I at least want rears 17x10.5 but for the fronts Im not sure how much theyd have to be narrowed. I am sending em off tho the guys in weldcraft (unless anyone here in the bay area knows of a good place to do it with quality work) but they need to know how much they need to take of to be narrowed. I am planning on using a m/h 185\55\17...
I used to run these wheels on my fox. The few places I talked to said those wheels couldn't be widened due to where the dip is that allows you to install a tire. Maybe they just didn't want to do the work, who knows.
 




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