PAGE 2: Custom Widened Wheels 19x12 with a 5" lip
PAGE 3: Widebody Installation
PAGE 4: First Car show 8/9/2008 / "Artwork"
PAGE 5: Body Kit items for sale
PAGE 6: Work in Progress/Tech specs for transmission . . . . . . .
Nothing on the rest of pages, for now
Here are my Tein Coilovers , Now installed 6/2008:
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8/01/2009: New suspesion toys!!
The car is lower, and this is causing uneven tire wire, so camber correction is needed.
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Below are the pictures of my custom widened 19x12 , MRR Design, GT-1 rear wheels
Update 1/8/2009 : I have 19x8.5 in front right now. I decided to go with a 19x9.5 to reduce
steering issues. I will have to modify the well splash guards, but nothing major.
Here's the great weld work, and size. Here is a size reference for that 5 inch lip.
Wheels just back from widening, before final finishing.
Much less expensive than 3 piece wide wheels.
Another shot with front and rear wheels.
Tires delivered!
TOYO Proxes T1R 255 30ZR19 91Y For the fronts
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TOYO Proxes T1R 315 25ZR19 98Y Rears
Tire next to my widened wheels
Off to the wheel finisher. Wheels back from the wheel finisher.
Nice fat lip. Lets get these out of the trunk.
Wheel back from mounting tires. Tires mounted on wheels.
Thats over 12.5" of tread width to lay down. Lip measurement.
Photo enlarged to show texture.
Z titanium key and a 5 spot. The line up. Just needed those center caps.
Here are the wheels, put on for a test fit
I sent my wheels out to James at Weld Craft Wheels in Plymouth, Michigan.
He did a great job taking my rear 19x9.5 wheels and adding 2.5" to the front lip for a 5"deep dish. Now they are 19x12 Wide Wheels.
The wheels are now finished (fine sanding and polishing) by the Wheel Doctor in Fairfield, OH; and they look great. I have the tires and had them mounted.
I have the Toyo Proxes T1R. 315/25/19 rears and 225/35/19 in front. I will be making use of my
Tein Coilovers as well so the wheels fit real nice in the wells. :)
The company that widened my wheels is Weld Craft Wheels. The owner's name is James
You can vistit James website at [ [ www.weldcraftwheels.com ] ] My car will be pictured on there after all is completed.
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(Wheel Doctor) The people that did the sanding and finishing of my wheels. The wheels look yellowish now, since they clear powder coated the entire wheel. Overcooked??. I may just have them chromed now.
visit the Wheel Doctor at: [ www.wheeldoctorohio.com ]
Many of you were wondering about the cost...
It was $350 per wheel for the widening ( Individual quotes may vary) , & $80 per wheel for sanding / finishing
I found this to be very cost benificail over spending $7,000 on similar size 3 piece wheels.
Here are some pics of the center caps I had custom made by James Kosowski
If you need some custom caps, email him and tell him XTZ sent you. :)
Contact James Kosowski
Close-ups
Here are my new custom wheel center caps
This is how it attaches via 3 hex screws. Here are the caps on the wheels
Here is what she will look like when completed
