B5m

[Ryan Edwards 2]

I run cut staggers last night and they felt very good

[Aire valley]

Originally Posted by Ryan Edwards 2

Cut them down

How...?

[Origineelreclamebord]

Originally Posted by Aire valley

How...?

Cut away the inside tire bead slot with a Dremel, scalpel or something else sharp or abrasive - do make sure you don't cut away both ribs on the inside, only the innermost one plus the flat part between the inside tire bead ribs. The resulting rim has a similar width to the cut stagger tire.

The inside tire bead is then glued onto the flat center part of the rim, with the inside edge of the tire bead hugging the 'new' innermost rib.

The result looks a bit like this:

[Aire valley]

Thanks for that... seems like a lot of effort and could easily go wrong and unbalance the rim.......surely there is a narrow front wheel available..?

[Jayk]

You can squeeze some slims on those rims have you not tried .

[Aire valley]

Originally Posted by Jayk

You can squeeze some slims on those rims have you not tried .

Yes, I tried but there is no way they will fit......hence the question..

[Ryan Edwards 2]

Cut as close as you can with body cutters then just sand a little on sand paper they work fine

[Origineelreclamebord]

Originally Posted by Aire valley

Thanks for that... seems like a lot of effort and could easily go wrong and unbalance the rim.......surely there is a narrow front wheel available..?

You've cut very badly if it's out of balance because of cutting the part off: The cut you intend to cut off will probably weight 5 grams, so 1 gram of imbalance would mean you haven't cut off 20% of the rim on one side

Imbalance in a wheel will more likely be down to:
- A wheel with a bad roundness or warping.
- A badly seated/aligned tire.
- An out of balance insert (due to dirt, grit, moisture or a worn/torn insert).

In case of front tire imbalance, the front rims are less likely to be warped because the ribs inside the wheel give more support than on the rear (in which a part is unsupported). Low Profile cut staggers (afaik) are usually run without inserts, so if you even get front tire/wheel imbalance, it'll most likely be down to bad seating of the tire.

But to answer your question, I don't think AE offers narrow wheels. Schumacher might as they also sell the narrow tires, but cutting wheels is quite easy and cheap, so why invest in an extra mould, resulting in more expensive wheels?

[Paul68]

Can someone please tell me how many 1 and 2mm blue washers came in their kit.
Think I'm missing a few
Cheers

[Aire valley]

Originally Posted by Paul68

Can someone please tell me how many 1 and 2mm blue washers came in their kit.
Think I'm missing a few
Cheers

Six by two mm and one by one mm.... I think..!

[h0m3sy]

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