Widened stock steel wheels?

[Matthew Abate]

I was looking at some photos in a JDM gallery the other day and saw a roadster with stock steel wheels that had been painted gold. It looked damn hot, so I am considering doing something like this.

But...

I also want wider and larger diameter wheels than the stock rims. I know people widen domestic steel rims for American muscle cars, so I am curious if anyone has any experience with this.

I've seen huge (12" + wide) 14" diameter Datsun wheels on stance and drift cars, but nothing closer to what I see around here.

Can you take the stock win up to 15x7"?

Is the cost close enough to the cost of buying new rims or is it crazy expensive to do this?

Ideally I'd end up with 15x7" up front and 15x7.5 or 8 in the rear with 0 offset all around.

I'm intending to have a stock suspension without flares and dropped 1 to 1.5 inches.

Edited October 19, 2015 by Matthew

[SteveJ]

I have 16x7 wheels on my car. I know a guy running 15x8s, though I don't know if it has an offset.

[Matthew Abate]

Widened steel Datsun wheels specifically? Do you have pictures of them?

Edited October 21, 2015 by Matthew

[SteveJ]

No and not readily available. Chris used to post on here, but it's been quite a while since his last post.

[Chickenman]

1985 and 1986 Mustng SSP ( Police special ) had 15 x 7" steel rims with a 4 x 4.5" stud hole spacing that should fit our cars.

 

You can get these widened fairly easily at shops that deal with widening wheels. Fairly common on the East coast in the land of Nascar.

 

http://www.sspmustang.org/parts/wheels.htm

 

You can also look at Circle Track suppliers who make steel wheels. They can provide and width and bolt pattern. 15" is a common size in Circle Track ( Dirt and Asphalt ). You can also get 14".

 

Companies like Diamond,Basset, Bart etc all service the Circle Track market and can make just about anything you want. probably going to be a custom order, but they are surprisingly cheap.

 

Basset makes their popular " D " hole lightweight series in many different 15" sizes with just about any back spacing and any 4 or 5 wheel stud pattern. Widths in 7", 8", 10", 11", 12", 13" and 14" .... is 14" gonna be wide enough??

 

Link to 15"  steel " D Hole " series:

 

http://www.bassettwheel.com/dhole_lightweight.html

 

They also make 14" rims in limited widths, but could probably custom make something.

 

http://www.bassettwheel.com/14x7_14x8_dhole.html

 

Edit: They also make 15" DOT legal rims. These are made of thicker rim material to meet DOT Street legal standards ( IE: New York potholes!! )  and as a result weigh more. If you're really worried about that sort of thing.... 

 

http://www.bassettwheel.com/dot.html

 

Edit-2: Summit Racing and Jegs sell Bassett wheels.

Edited November 11, 2015 by Chickenman

[NVZEE]

Take it one step farther - 14" hubcaps on 15" wheels:

http://www.imperialclub.com/~imperialclub/Repair/Wheels/convert/index.htm

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/384577/how-to-attach-a-14-inch-hubcap-to-a-15-inch-rim.html

[John Coffey]

There's also Diamond Racing wheels.  We put 15 x 6 Diamonds on the P2P 240Z.

https://www.facebook.com/p2p240z/?fref=ts

Edited November 11, 2015 by John Coffey

[Matthew Abate]

I know this is an old thread, but I started it, so

 

This is what I'm talking about, but not so wide:

 

Not Nissan/Datsun, but the same idea:

Edited July 7, 2016 by Matthew Abate

[Matthew Abate]

Also, I saw this steel Nissan wheel on ebay from a 1979 Nissan 200SX, which could be pretty fresh if made into a 15x8.5.

 

 

Edited July 7, 2016 by Matthew Abate

[sweatybetty]

http://www.stocktonwheel.com/

[Matthew Abate]

38 minutes ago, sweatybetty said:

http://www.stocktonwheel.com/

Rad.

[Patcon]

Are you gonna run stretched rubber like some of those pictures?