Wheels Too Wide: Can I make them less wide?

[Stephen]

for reference, the tire was a 215/35 for a 17, the OP was talking about 215/40 on an 18

But i agree, just keep them, some 215s will be squarer than others

[Pudmunkie]

for some reason this sounds like a terrible idea.

wow, just found this pic on that wheel site.

It is done all the time in the domestic world....

Stock Marauder wheels widened:


People also take out material to narrow stock wheels for drag use.

[z31maniac]

My 215/40 Nexen N3000s run wide and are almost square shouldered on an 8" wide wheel.

Use spacers to get to ET 25, and slap 235/40/17s on them.

[daniel]

I am thinking there must be a wheel shop out there that will cut out the middle of a wheel and weld it back together?

for some reason this sounds like a terrible idea.

wow, just found this pic on that wheel site.

[e30_325es]

Just run 235/40's.

No stretch here!

[gearheadE30]

Sidewall height makes a difference int he look though; that's a pretty low-profile pic. Then again, so's 17" on an e30... Get 225s or 235s. With the right offset it can work.

[87e30]

Above picture is win.

[Stephen]

That is a 215 on a 18x8

[87e30]

Will 215 even be that stretched... it doesn't seem like it would be. People run 205s on 9 inch wheels. That's stretched.

fail. So much so that YES I had to post 2 times in 10 minutes.

[Stephen]

Wrong 8"

IS TOO NARROW

[mooseheadm5]

Buy the proper sized wheel. It will cost too much to have them narrowed. It is not a great deal if you have to pay an extra $500. Either that, or run wider tires like 225/40/17 or 225/35/17 (though this one is a little too short.)

[87e30]

Get 225s then. Who de widens wheels?

[mach schnell]

And?
No more than the equivalent on a 16x8.

And I don't want stretched 215's. I want 215's with a normal sidewall.

[PiercedE30]

And?
No more than the equivalent on a 16x8.

[mach schnell]

8 is not too wide. Are they 16's?

They're 17's. And the problem is that the right size 17" tire is 215/40, which stretches a lot on 8" wide wheels.