Modifying wheels?

Would it be possible to take wheels like these, and weld the 'kidney beans' shut with some filler metal, so there like a smoothie? I like the look of these, just wish they never had the finger holes.

 

i suppose it's possible although with the time you would have in 4 of them and the fact i think balancing them out and the possibility of warping them it would be easier to find a set of smoothies !

 

Yah. Any experienced welder/metal smith could do it, but the painful hours of grinding/sanding would be stressful. As for balancing, spin them up without tires and tack weld a small weight inside then grind the weight until they r perfect (which new wheels are not). Warping or distortion is not a problem if you know what ur doing.....MIZ

 

save yourself alot of pain..run a full hub cap..or go buy ones that dont have the holes

 

Been there done that. Spot weld backup plate behind the hole. Fill with bondo. For a perfect undetectable job, the finish sanding is the hardest part.

 

it's possible, but why.

 

I like the center of the wheel, I haven't found a smoothie with the same look

 

I think the Wheel Vintique and Newstalgia "Smoothie" are very close to that w/o the holes. They are just always pictured w/ the center caps on. I could be way off tho.

 

I have a set of American Racing Wheel Smoothies that look like what you want. Chrome, though.

 

Try this guy, he may be able to build you a wheel with the centers you want in any width or size.

http://www.petepaulsen.com/

 

These are Corvette Rallys if I remember right.

 

http://www.petepaulsen.com/Catalogofwheels/Smoothie%20Wheels.htm