Stock Wheel Modifications

[Robofuzz]

Let's see some pics of stock wheels that have been modded. Meaning polished, chromed, painted, powdercoated, and/or widened. I've seen some pics here and there but a single topic showing what's possible with what GM gave us might be interesting.
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[DEyellowgoat]

http://www.gastiresoil.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=123&stc=1&d=1249516841

heres a recent one. stockers chromed.

[GTO1]

Stock 04s, the rears were widened by weldcraft wheels to 9 inches. Then the were stripped and re-chromed in black chrome by fast foward wheels.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/GTO1/black%20chrome/RussWheelSmall.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/GTO1/Dynoday.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/GTO1/dynoday2.jpg

[Kingsize]

That black chrome looks sweet. Nice ride!

[Youngguns350]

That black chrome looks sweet. Nice ride!

X10 Love them.

[MuhThugga]

Stock 04s, the rears were widened by weldcraft wheels to 9 inches.

How do they fit in the rear with the extra inch?

[Robofuzz]

How do they fit in the rear with the extra inch?
And what size tire are you running?

[GTO1]

How do they fit in the rear with the extra inch?

No problem with fit but I do have Pedders 5/16th raised springs and the body shop that works on my car air hammered the lip flat on the rear fenders. That being said, I also use a 5mm spacer to push the wheel away from the inner fender. They may fit without it ... but it would be close.

And what size tire are you running?

275-40-17 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3

[jworl]

Stock 04s, the rears were widened by weldcraft wheels to 9 inches.
How much was it to widen them? What was the turn around time?

They look great, by the way.

[tom's2005gto]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P4160105.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P4160106.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P4160110.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P4160111.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P3230085.jpg

[Kjhallex]

Polished FTW! I have a ton of time in my wheels but it was well worth it. With my new mods fixing to go on. I'm going to have to sell them or have them widened for more traction.

First pic is the paint stripper at work, Second is when I painted the back sides of the wheels black to make the polished stand out a little more, third is almost done

[GTO1]

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P4160105.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P4160106.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P4160110.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P4160111.jpg

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/camarob4c/Mini%20Tub/P3230085.jpg
Have a shot of the car from behind with those on? What did you have to mod on the inner wall to get those on?

[tom's2005gto]

Have a shot of the car from behind with those on? What did you have to mod on the inner wall to get those on?


http://www.gastiresoil.com/showpost.php?p=4939&postcount=39

[Kjhallex]

Tom that looks awesome, great work!

[Youngguns350]

Can't wait till I get my minitub with the stock 17s done. Y'all are making me want to drive up to E.T.M.C. rite now to get it done. To bad I have to wait a little.

[MuhThugga]

No problem with fit but I do have Pedders 5/16th raised springs and the body shop that works on my car air hammered the lip flat on the rear fenders. That being said, I also use a 5mm spacer to push the wheel away from the inner fender. They may fit without it ... but it would be close.



275-40-17 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3

I have 17x9 ROH Snypers now. I'm just looking for a drag wheel to fit the ET Street bia plys in 26x11.50-17. I know they fit on the stock wheel, but I'd like to have the extra inch for contact patch.

I might wind up getting another pair of ROH Snypers. They're lighter, and probably cost as much as getting the stockers widened.

I would get 15s, but I don't feel like grinding the caliper and bending brake lines to get the wheels to fit properly. Plus, I'm not a serious drag racer.

[jworl]

.... so how much are people paying to get their wheels widened?

[GTO1]

I paid $200/wheel + shipping

[Raymond]

Polished and widen 1". No spacers running 275/35/18's.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4299/widenwheel.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/widenwheel.jpg/)

[cyplandscape]

Painted and clearcoated 06 Silverado truck color, Greystone Metallic

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu227/cyplandscape/rainwheels.jpg

[Youngguns350]

Polished and widen 1". No spacers running 275/35/18's.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4299/widenwheel.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/widenwheel.jpg/)

That looks very nice!

[Lancer-AM]

I stripped and painted these in May of 2008 and they still look awesome.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2092/2472589044_e21e303165_b.jpg

I have even had the tires changed and they still look great. Good painting techniques will make them last.

[BillsMafia]

I stripped and painted these in May of 2008 and they still look awesome.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2092/2472589044_e21e303165_b.jpg

I have even had the tires changed and they still look great. Good painting techniques will make them last.

Your wheels are in great shape! They look like you just painted them this summer.

[ameaglemike]

OMFG!!!! That black chrome is one of the sexiest things I have ever seen!

[BillsMafia]

OMFG!!!! That black chrome is one of the sexiest things I have ever seen!

Black Chrome is very sexy...

[Robofuzz]

Polished and widen 1". No spacers running 275/35/18's.

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4299/widenwheel.jpg (http://img23.imageshack.us/i/widenwheel.jpg/)
Where'd you get them widened and where'd you get them polished and how much? Were they clear coated?

[Kjhallex]

He polished them, he was my mentor when I did mine lol. And I don't think they are clearcoated.

[Raymond]

Thank you kjhallex. Better not to clearcoat. I think clearcoat may not stick to something that smooth. Once you have done them you KNOW the work involved. Polished them myself. About 8 - 10 hours each for them to be done right. There is a write up in the other site. Weldcraftwheels.com widens them. Pm me if you need more info.

[E's GTO]

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c14/emarschang/0512092054.jpg

Check out my sig. Polished 18s. I agree with Raymond. Alot of work doing them yourselves. It took me a little longer than 8-10 hours per wheel for me.

[Robofuzz]

Thank you kjhallex. Better not to clearcoat. I think clearcoat may not stick to something that smooth. Once you have done them you KNOW the work involved. Polished them myself. About 8 - 10 hours each for them to be done right. There is a write up in the other site. Weldcraftwheels.com widens them. Pm me if you need more info.
If you don't clear coat them, won't they start getting dull and pitted pretty quickly?

[Raymond]

If you don't clear coat them, won't they start getting dull and pitted pretty quickly?
Actually they are not that bad to keep polished. May polish them every 2-3 months. Maybe different in the winter months if you live up north with alot of salt. Tennessee weather not that bad.

[BillsMafia]

I think I might widen my CSL Replicas soon..

[bluels2gto]

Wonder how they'd look on an IBM

[Poolshark1321]

Nice variety of good looking wheels...

Black Chrome, Chrome and polished looks great!

Tom your setup looks very nice...

It something I may consider doing later on at my fathers machine and fab shop...

He has nice aluminum push/pull mig welding system and a good sized weld positioner. Looks like they just split the stock rim in half, and welded it all up with a weld positioner.

I wonder how they actually made the aluminum spacer thats added in... theres a couple ways I could think about how they did it. Either machined it out on a lathe out of a bigger piece, rolled a strip of plate aluminum and welded together, then machined it, or cut it out of a big aluminum pipe and maybe mahcined it after. Maybe its something really simple like using some other wheels... cutting them up and fitting everything together. Anyway they did it... theres still alot of fab work involved, cutting, fitting, grinding, welding, grinding...

The welds are very well done you can tell that and I would almost say for sure they were done on a weld positioner. Aluminum disepates heat so fast its really a PITA to weld without a nice setup. If they did it with MIG and not TIG they had to have a push/pull system so the aluminum doesnt kink in the line while heading toward the MIG gun head. System like this have a small motor in the actual head of the MIG gun that pulls slightly harder then the spool pushs through the line. Thus keeping tension the whole time as to not king the very soft metal.

[OrangeGoat]

Anyone got black chromed Stock 18s?

[BillsMafia]

Anyone got black chromed Stock 18s?

I know theres a guy on the "other" site that has them. He has a 05 QSM I believe, and has black chromed 18's. They look pretty good. If my laptop didn't crash I would post some pictures.

[OrangeGoat]

Hopefully someone will chime in with a picture. Thanks

[BillsMafia]

Hopefully someone will chime in with a picture. Thanks

I'll go over there and search for it.

[BillsMafia]

Here ya go:
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/thekingntb/HPIM0218.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/thekingntb/HPIM0217.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/thekingntb/HPIM0216.jpg

[BillsMafia]

Some more, on the other site his name is lowrider28 (or something like that)

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/thekingntb/526244-R1-10-10.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/thekingntb/526244-R1-09-9.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb171/thekingntb/526244-R1-00-0-1.jpg

[OrangeGoat]

They don't look black enough for me. Might just go gloss black

[BillsMafia]

They don't look black enough for me. Might just go gloss black

Yea thats what I was going to do to my stockers. I've always been thinking about changing my Hyperblack CSL's to gloss black. Nobodys ever done it, and I think it would look AWESOME!

[OrangeGoat]

It would look bad ass

[BillsMafia]

It would look bad ass

Yea it's one of those things that I want to do, but I'm not sure when.

[Breze84]

I painted my OEM 18's flat black...... Ill post up some pics soon...