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Old 02-13-2004, 10:10 PM
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Where is there a place where I can get my rims widened? Anyone know? They are 96-98 GT rims. 17x8. I wanna get front widened to 17x9 and back to 17x10.5
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Old 02-14-2004, 12:04 AM
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a buddy of mine has a rather large truck and he has 54's and they r mounted on tractor rims....the rims were cut down to a mere 22" WIDE(i think)....so i assume if u can have them cut...u can have them WIDENED....right? he got it done at Big Boyz Toyz in tarpon. hope that helps
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Originally Posted by moldyhands
in the immortal words of the very wise Kid Rock, "3 foot tall with a 10 foot dick"

though for me, you'd have to change it to 10 inches, and you'd have to change inches to millimeters, and you'd have to change 10 to 5 and you'd have to change dick to poor excuse for one.
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i was wodering this as well, i wnat my rims wideneed from 17x9 to 17x10.5 in the rear
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There are definately places out there that widen rims, but the rim probably won't be as rigid as it was before.
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whats the point in widening a stock rim? they r heavy, and 90% of the time....not to attractive to start with.
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Originally Posted by moldyhands
in the immortal words of the very wise Kid Rock, "3 foot tall with a 10 foot dick"

though for me, you'd have to change it to 10 inches, and you'd have to change inches to millimeters, and you'd have to change 10 to 5 and you'd have to change dick to poor excuse for one.
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Originally posted by SlowLX5.0
whats the point in widening a stock rim? they r heavy, and 90% of the time....not to attractive to start with.
I wanted to have mine widened because I really liked the look of my stock rims but I love how my car looks with 315's on the back which I cant have with stock size rims it would also make the car appear alittle more stock.
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sell yours and buy an aftermarket wheel of the size that you want...you'll be better off that way..
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