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Topic: how to narrow rims?

Posted By: acben20
Subject: how to narrow rims?
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 6:07pm

does anyone know the best way to narrow a rim i would like to make them 2 inches narrower how do you do this? thanks~!

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Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 6:11pm

What type of rim Ben? It depends on the profile and type of center.Some are easy some are not.

Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 6:31pm

I couldn't find rims narrow enough to suit me when I started working on the 35WC(front wheels). I bought a set of blank rims and set them up in the welding lathe. I clamped a plasma torch in place of the welding tip and proceeded to cut all the way around the rim. I moved over 1 inch and cut around again. I put the 2 halves together on the welding table and tacked them where I wanted. Remounted the rim in the lathe and welded all the way around. I burned through enough that just a little grinding cleaned up the exposed part and after paint you can't tell they were ever worked on.

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