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Whats the Widest Rim on 12" Wheels?


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#1 RustyFuknut

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 06:06 PM

Does anyone know what the widest 12" wheels you can get is? Looking for something nice and chunky :lol:

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 10:02 PM

only ever seen 6x12's dont think you can buy road tyres for anything wider :smartass:

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Posted 09 November 2005 - 11:38 PM

yeah i had a hard time fitting the tyres to my 6x12's but they look cool all stretched over the rims haha

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 10:12 AM

Streched over the rim? why not just get tyres that fit?

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 10:17 AM

Yea, you should be able to get tyres to fit 6", I know thats the widest road legal tyre though, people do stretch these to 7" though..

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 10:20 AM

same with my 10's i had to stretch 6's over my 7x10's and had to have inner tubes but still grips fine :lol:

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Posted 10 November 2005 - 02:02 PM

It's for the look. The Dub boys do it all the time, for that wide and low stance.




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