17" Spares?

[joedoh]

stockton wheel can take steel centers from 15s and put them in 17" barrels but thats not inexpensive and really its reserved for hard to find wheels like 15" musclecar rallies. not camaro type rallies, rallies like what come on fords and such, the stamped 5 spoke. stockton also "bands" wheels to make them wider.

they use the same process to change offset, the centers are usually just welded in with tack welds, or small stitch welds, grind that weld and you can move the center in and out by force. get an old spindle and some welding wire as a truing stand and get the centers true, then weld them back up. I want to get a set of the camaros and fully reverse them, pound the centers out and flip them, you can get a really low backspace that way.

watch craigslist for 98-03 4x4 blazer partouts. the rear end is the first thing to go most times so you have to be quick! I bought a whole blazer for what the rear end was worth to me, ended up having a good motor so I bought another 98 blazer 2wd with a knocking motor to swap it into. I will do it tomorrow if the rain doesnt stop me. you may have to buy a whole truck too, sellers arent usually keen on taking away the rolling aspect of their partout.

I would sell that 4x4 disc rear I have, but looking at the rpo codes its the optional 3:73 with G80 limited slip, so I dont think I could sell it for less than what they go for, if I did, that would just be leaving money on the table and the buyer would probably just sell it on himself!