2 to 3 piece wheels? Widening? Help

[Static_gs300]

Hey guys I'm looking at two different sets of wheels and I can't seem to find the information I need anywhere does anyone know if you can take oz operas and make them a 3 piece wheel? I know they only come 2 piece from factory but they aren't wide enough for what I want so I was wondering if and where you could buy lips and barrels for these to make them a real 3 piece and another set of wheels I'm looking at are work vs and they are only 17s I was wondering if anyone knew where I could lips and barrels to go from 17" face to 18" diameter thanks for any help

[BenFenner]

What you're talking about can be done and is being done by a handful of folks on the forum.
The three mentioned in this post can do it I believe: http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...6&postcount=11

[zoo]

Upsizing is fairly common. Have not seen any Operas that were turned into 3 piece.

[Clun9]

OZ Opera IIs are two piece.
You will need to machine the back register an additional 4-5mm to get the additional mounting clearance to keep them facemounted.

[KarlSpackler]

I have done this with Ssr Mesh, OZ Futuras, BBS LM, SSR SP1, and a set of dpe wheels.
Just machine off the old lips and weld on the new ones.

[Static_gs300]

The operas I'm looking at are two piece but I was wanoting to make them 3 piece so I would need to machine the back of the faces down to clear and do you guys know of any lips and barrels that I could buy or would I have to have someone custom make some

[KarlSpackler]

The operas I'm looking at are two piece but I was wanoting to make them 3 piece so I would need to machine the back of the faces down to clear and do you guys know of any lips and barrels that I could buy or would I have to have someone custom make some

The way I look at it is they were engineered to be 2 piece. I would keep them 2 piece. Can you run them 3 piece? Sure you can but why risk it? If you want to ever rebuild them again, do the same process of putting them on a lathe and machining the lips apart from the barrels......... buy your new lips/barrels and weld them back together again.

It isn't expensive. My guy will weld 4 wheels for $100. It is easy work for them.

[Static_gs300]

Thanks it actually sounds good when you put it like that I don't know what I misunderstood the first time lol one more thing would you happen to know where to purchase the lips and barrels? I'm sure I can find them but I'm not sure how many holes they are or anything I'm new into the real wheels world

[Clun9]

The way I look at it is they were engineered to be 2 piece. I would keep them 2 piece. Can you run them 3 piece? Sure you can but why risk it? If you want to ever rebuild them again, do the same process of putting them on a lathe and machining the lips apart from the barrels......... buy your new lips/barrels and weld them back together again.

It isn't expensive. My guy will weld 4 wheels for $100. It is easy work for them.

Why would you need to machine the lips off the barrels? The Operas are 2 piece like the LM. The face is a separate unit from the barrels. To turn it into a 3 piece wouldn't be all that difficult. Machining the back register a little more would simply turn it into something like a brand new face mounted 3 piece wheel.