Cost involved in Machining out VE Rims to suit Pre VE

[Pickle']

You can get it done for about $20 per wheel. No idea what actually is needed but i wouldnt be going near a dremel.

 

[keeny]

it is just a approx 4mm wide lip around the inner of the wheel where the hub sits that needs to be ground / filed back flush with the rest of the hub, easy job, it can also be done using a file but this involves allot more work but still only about 20 min per wheel

 

[social]

thats not as bad or dangerous as i thought it would have been...

 

[keeny]

no it isnt at all

 

[social]

so if the hub is smaller on the VEs wouldnt that mean pre ve would bolt straight up? even though there would be a small space ring, would the tensile strength of the bolts and studs be enough to hold the wheel correctly?

 

[Troy711]

Do not rely on the studs alone to support the weight of the car.

 

[keeny]

yes exactly, infact most larger rims have a bore size to suit pre ve and tyre shops will fit a spacer ring to the hub when fitting these wheels to a ve, in my opinion the spacer rings are a wank too, the pressure is on the flat surface on the front of the hub, with the wheel nuts torqued up correctly there is no need for the spacer ring, it is only there to help centre the wheel, but the tapered wheel nuts do this anyway

 

[lmoengnr]

The wheel load should be taken by the hub, not the studs..................

 

[wortus]

Exactly what lmoengnr says the wheel studs are only meant to be in tension they are not designed to take the load of the car, the rims are designed to sit over the hub and this needs to be an accurate machined fit that can't be done properly with a hand tool.

 

[stick3]

there a detail thead about this on ls1gto forum in the states fitting g8/ve com wheels to gto/monaro using a router to grind of the lip heres the vid

Cutting your S10 Wheel to fit - YouTube