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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Yes, because of insurance issues, they do. J. Jaranson has a good write-up of figuring out wider rims and off-set here: http://www.icbm.org/erkson/ttt/rims.html#custom Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chip, Jamex suspension, 2.25" MagnaFlow exhaust, etc. Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >I was talking yesterday to a friend who's into Chevys. He says >it's not uncommon to take a stock rim to a shop where they cut >it and put >it back together with a band welded in 'round the middle to >make the rim >wider. Bizarre. He says it only costs something like $20 each, if you >can believe it! > > I would hope that they've got special jigs and saws set up to do >this accurately. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>