If i get the GT4lm's Nismo wheels for the Z can i put a Lip on every one of those wheels???

and how is that done? how much would it be to do 4inch deep lips in the rear and 3.5 in the front...

 

are you asking if you can put a lip on a wheel that doesnt have a lip??? doesnt seem like that would be feasible. just get a rim that already has a big lip if thats what you want. if thats not what youre asking, ignore my response

 

Try these guys: http://www.rimedies.com/repair_refinishing.htm I have never used them but, they calim to have a lifetime warranty...

 

thx but they dont do lips...

 

no you cannot add a lip to a rim, you cant add anything that I know of. perhaps if it was a 2 or 3 peice rim they could take the rim off the spokes and offset it or extend it in the middle, who knows, but the nismo wheel is a 1 peice rim, they cant just add to it.

not possible.

 

damn...GT4's would look insane with a big lip.

 

Wheels can be widened. The link I listed is to a shop that does just that. How they do it is another story. The last set that I saw that were widened was done by cutting the wheel bead off of the rim and welding in a piece of flat stock aluminum between the bead and the rim and then re-machining the wheel and balancing it. This should get you a wider lip.

 

NICE!

thx for the info!

 

sounds like a lot of dough...on top of what are already expensive rims...

 

Please excuse my "newbishness". What exactly does a lip do? Is it so you don't scrape your rims on the curb?

 

yeap and their easier to repair than the actual wheel...plus you get the looks.That some people like...thats about it...i think it saves a good load of weight too...

 

having a lip on a rim is for looks only.

 

yea its all for looks...

 

yeah only for looks, lips are really just a side effect of style, for example mine dont have a lip, but the same rim with a 12 offset does have a lip, just cause the spokes are the same but the outer rim is moved out, creating the lip.

if you cut off the bead and welded in a band, while yeah thats possible, youd be wasting your money on a set of forged rims, as theyd have more weight. and I would think strength would be drasticly reduced.

 

I don't think those nismo LM4 are forged.. they are only cast wheels.....

cheers,

richie

 

nismos are forged, theyre made by rays