flipping wheels for wider stance

[sandmouseswife]

anyone try this. i'm thinking cut the old valve stem out and get a new one and flip it to go inside the wheel and drill a hole 180 degrees out on the other side of the wheel to make the front end wider. its too narrow and i dont have the cash to buy expensive a-arms. your thoughts please. thanks.

[ClimbAnyHill]

I've never tried it, i bought the offset rims. But why not many have done it before, I say go for it!!

What rims are they?

[BansheeDan]

I've never tried it, i bought the offset rims. But why not many have done it before, I say go for it!!

What rims are they?

 

 

 

i have a set of yfz 450 stock front wheels and tires that are already set up for being flipped for sale.....they work great

 

 

 

 

Dan

Edited May 2, 2007 by BansheeDan

[sandmouse]

there my stockers. it shows my wife's id on the post because i was on her laptop. sorry about that. the wheels are in my pic.

[nunyabinness]

been done many times. works well. i did it on my 2000 blaster i was amazed at how much of a difference it made. i had to flip them back though when i put my banshee brakes on because i haven't relocated the valve stem. anyway, i say go for it.

[Hollister_Hitman]

yeah I ran offset rims for a year, great way to add stability. Some guys say they wear the ball joints out quicker but by that time you should have the cash for new a-arms. Also it will add more bump steer

[CFM]

I guess I'm the only one who does not like the steering charictaristics after doing it.... so much that I flipped them back and got arms..

[Hollister_Hitman]

I guess I'm the only one who does not like the steering charictaristics after doing it.... so much that I flipped them back and got arms..

 

I think the stability was worth the bumpsteer for a while, but your right once you get the money for the a-arms ditch those rims

[Trick2stroke]

The feedback issues aren't bad, a steering stabalizer will eleminate that all together anyway, it's not the ideal set up but I ran my blaster with offsets for years and had no problems what-so-ever.

[Barrymaxx]

I ran my blaster with flipps also. Since I bought it. Never a problem. I didnt have alot of bumpsteer. Now on my 400 I have flipped rims, and a stabilizer. Works fine. A-arms are the best way though

[sandmouse]

kewl. thanks for the info.

[ThE_BaNsHeE_mAn88]

DO NOT DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bad for the ball joints like real bad puts alot of stres on them.

[Trick2stroke]

It doesn't add near enough stress to worry about.

 

You shouldn't be jumping anything big enough to effect the ball joints with stock suspension anyway, if you do you will probably bend a shock or something else first.

[ThE_BaNsHeE_mAn88]

Bend a shock befor you break a balljoint come on man be real here.

[Trick2stroke]

The only real way I see the balljoints being placed under enough stress to worry about is with too long of a shock which would put them in a bind once they reached their limit. Just adding 2-3 inches of leverage to their same range of travel isn't enough to cause a problem.