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I have just been given some factory 14" steels and was just wondering what sort of pricing and who is a good company to deal with for widening them.
Cheers, Chris.
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I have just been given some factory 14" steels and was just wondering what sort of pricing and who is a good company to deal with for widening them.
Cheers, Chris.
Originally Posted by domn8r
i think they are called steel surgeon in auckland and maybe around the $400? depends on what your wanting (how wide)
Found it
http://www.thesteelsurgeon.co.nz/
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EK3 D15B-T 14.6s @ 159.9kmh l EG5 1600ZC 16.8s @ 134kmh l FD1 CIVIC l lHATERS.
Cheers mate, will look into it. Are these guys sweet to deal with?
Hey Chris any engineering shop will be able to do it. I know there's a place that widens em for about 80 a wheel. Do your shopping, should be much easier to source one in Auckland than Welly
FTP. Disturbin da peas. Sinista Krew hard botz. Mad tekka bro
i havent used them personally as ive never done widening of steelies.... but when i was thinking about it a few people on here recommended them, and said they were all good. Once you know what your wanting done i guess you just ring/email every engineering shop around for a price.
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EK3 D15B-T 14.6s @ 159.9kmh l EG5 1600ZC 16.8s @ 134kmh l FD1 CIVIC l l
Any engineering shop will be able to widen them, but it's the balancing that counts. No point if they're untrue and shitty. Steel surgeon come recommended in Akl by many people I know who have used them. For those of you in Wellington, use Howat Engineering.
Old cars. Oh yeah.
not sure of pricing but i know Brugar Engineering on the north shore are good too and have done a fair bit of wheel work.
Only heard good things about steel surgeon. What car you thinking about them for chris?
Its so much more fun to drive a slow car quickly - Jay Leno
Built, Not bought
2c worth, pulled all the wheel nut centres out of a set of widened steels on my Mini.
All the wheel nuts stayed bolted to the hub. The steel around them tore and the wheel went away. Would not ever again use widened steels.
Was this a set of wheels with repositioned centers? If it's just a basic widen/band then the engineer won't even be touching the wheel centers... sounds like you had an experience with some shoddy workmanship.
Old cars. Oh yeah.
No, not repositioned centres. The basic widen / band.
That seems like an issue with the wheel centers rather than anything altered by the widening process though?
Though I suppose the alteration to the wheels' original offset would have resulted in more stress around the hub mounting... but I usually thought that was an issue that affected wheel bearings on the car, rather than the wheels themselves?
Its only one man. He's the man! he doesn't muck you around either. got my tank done from him he charged me 40 and a box of beers.
(converted my carby tank into a efi tank, ef sedan tanks were hard to find).
That is a good price, the steel surgeons price keeps going up because of how popular they are getting
I will be storing the wheels in Auckland till I sort myself out, then get them made up here. Haven't got a car yet as I am moving to the South Island, but will do soon in the next couple of months. So many clean Hondas in the South Island!
Hey Matt, am looking at buying a straight, povo spec EF hatch or sedan and getting them (the steels) made to suit.
The car was fairly hungry on wheel bearings and ball joints too. I also thought it was the change in offset that was loading up the wheel contributing to the ultimate failure.
How wide were they to start with, and how much were they widened?
Just out of curiosity, I should say - I'm considering looking into this and I think the maximum for wheel diameters you'd generally use (10" or larger) is 3"?
some shops will only want to widen 15s or larger, thats what i found
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