WIDENENED STEEL WHEELS FOR 122S

[iain]

Does anyone know of a company that can weld new steel rims onto Volvo steel centres? I want to use 6" wide rims on my 122s to give better support for the tyres but retain the appearance of the original steel wheels and hub caps. I saw an article from a guy in New Zealand who has done this successfully and wondered if anyone in the UK has done the same?

[steve_l]

Iain,

You can buy new one's from Nordicar in Holland, they are about 46 Euros + tax each, you can view them at http://www.nordicar.com/ukindex.html ,go to online parts page 1 and scrowl down.

Regards

Steve

[iain]

Thanks for that Steve, are you sure about the price though? I got them to quote me a price for 4 wheels - 616 euros + 100 for delivery. Does this seem reasonable? Anybody out there know of a cheaper UK supply?

[wellshj]

The price was for a set of 4 rim embellishers I think, no the rims.

As I understand it UK legislation now prevents the welding of bands into the rims to widen your wheels. You therefore have to go abroad or find a specialist who can replace the entire rim with a wider one.

A few tips though, try Scandcar in the Netherlands for a quote - www.scandcar.nl as I know that they supply these rims too. Also have a chat to Andy Rowlands (He runs the Amazon register for the club) as he was trying to find a way of acquiring some widened rims recently and might have a supplier by now.

Please feed back with progress as I will be needing a set myself within the next 12 months.

Good luck

Harvey

[steve_l]

Yeah, you're right Harvey, however they do sell the 6" wheels, these can be seen on page 4 of the Nordicar parts pages.

I don't know the price of these though.

[volvoadventures]

I am that guy from New Zealand and you can see my Amazon restoration page here: http://volvoadventures.com/amazon.html It may be useful to read the section at the bottom of the page about offset....