bulletz Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Is it ok to increase the centre bore on steel rims?? If I was to do this it would mean removing the lip around the hole and I'm not 100% sure that i'm happy about that?? Any ideas?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 could you get it machined and re swaged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 i wanted to do it general consensus was dont milling hub down an option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvin Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I did it, used a hole saw just bigger than the lip in the centre of the rim, you carnt even tell its been done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civic_zr Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 i milled down the hub, its not ideal if you want to change back to other wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulletz Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 Did a bit of digging round and didn't really come across much opposition to this. I thought I would have? I'm looking at doing this for my kombi and as far as I can tell the wheels are not hubcentric so all the lugs will take the load anyway. But in saying that i'd machine them to a good fit on the hub I'd rather increase the bore of the wheels then to take some meat off the hub itself. I'll check with my cert man and find out for sure and let ya know what he says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Speed Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 on a wide 5 lug pattern? or is this something on adapters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 I've been told steels can crack from the stud holes into the center hole if you take out the swage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulletz Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 on a wide 5 lug pattern? or is this something on adapters? na its a '79 bay.. 5x112 I may be onto something. Merc Vito vans have the same pcd/centre bore and come in 16" too. That's all i'm after is 16" or 17" steelies I've been told steels can crack from the stud holes into the center hole if you take out the swage. That's what i reckon as well. So instead of machining them and then adding a new lip i'll give these Vito wheels a bash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Speed Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 yeah 90% sure most lateish merc wheels fit nicely on bays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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