Widened steelies.

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Widened steelies.

Postby Szemen » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:36 am

A Harddog bar would of been better yea :( I like the headlights ahahaha

Shouldn't you be studying? :P

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Widened steelies.

Postby broady » Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:49 am

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Re: Widened steelies.

Postby Mr nanotech » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:18 pm

What exactly do the diamond racing ones weigh?

edit: never mind, I just googled it. And holy crap, nearly 9kg
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Re: Widened steelies.

Postby GP » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:40 pm

If you saw how out of round and out of true steel wheels are you would never ever consider them(They also weigh to much).
Thought I had heard it all but this takes the cake, There will probably be a post about the new wooden spoke wheels that are all the rage amongst ricers one day. :roll:
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Re: Widened steelies.

Postby luke__ » Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:06 pm

anyone know a place around melbourne that would widen steelies?

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Re: Widened steelies.

Postby GP » Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:44 pm

Apart from the weight issue, Steel wheels are not round. Alloy wheels are machined whereas the steels are rolled and welded and the runout can make it unable to be balanced
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Re: Widened steelies.

Postby Jace » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:26 pm

GP wrote:Apart from the weight issue, Steel wheels are not round. Alloy wheels are machined whereas the steels are rolled and welded and the runout can make it unable to be balanced


as if it'd make a difference with tires mounted and balanced! they're not bloody square!

a local guy here machines steel wheels after re-banding or re-barreling them.

i wonder if you'd winge about people fitting 17x5" bob jane chromies to an MX5...

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Re: Widened steelies.

Postby GP » Thu Apr 12, 2012 1:41 pm

Of course :lol: May as well buy an FJ and be done with it than turn a 5 into one.
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Re: Widened steelies.

Postby mito » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:46 pm

i actually just installed a set of widened steelies and painted on my na6

will post a picture here soon !


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