Modifying steel rims. Any suggestions?

banjojelly · Post by **banjojelly** » April 20, 2009, 11:04 pm

recently i had the urge to take a bunch of my leftover slick parts and use them to make a rat rod. just for fun. i have a late 80's ford crown vic frame and running gear that i plan to set it on. at a swap meet i picked up a set of 16inch steel rims that are off a nissan and share the same lug spacing as ford. (they look like a new style military rim. kinda cool) anyway i know they are the correct pattern but the hub diameter hole in the center of the rim is too small to allow the wheel to go on. i believe the rims have a 2.5in hole but the hub is 2.75

so here is my thought. . . i have access to a lathe and a large drill press (we're talking drilling 8in holes) at work. if i drill out the rims to make them fit, i will lose that curled lip around the center hole. am i losing all my strength by doing this? any suggestions on how to modify them to work? i only paid $5 for them so im not too scared to get after them

any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions are welcome. thanks guys.

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » April 20, 2009, 11:33 pm

if you bored out the holes on the lathe, you could make them fit snug.
that shoul be plenty good.