Re: machineing wheels for more ET?

["Brian and Mea Jowett" <syncroboy@hotmail.com>]

>How much can you safely machine?  I assume this can vary from wheel to
>wheel, but is 5mm reasonable? 8mm?

Difficult to say... I notice many wheels are cast to accept a wide 
variety of offset and bolt pattern combo's.... I'd say the thing to 
watch would be the thickness of the wheel where the bolt holes are 
drilled.

>Does a wheel that requires a adapter ring to be hubcentric make this 
any
>more difficult?

Any good shop should be able to machine the wheel with the proper hub 
mount.

>I assume the wheels need to be unmounted (no tires) to do this, right?

Yup.

>How much does this generally cost?

More than the wheels are worth.

Brian
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