JDM Center with American Outer lip

[sergofast]

Who on here has installed American made outer lips on JDM centers? I am re sizing a set of Auto Couture Supreme with a smaller lip. The center fits but there is a 1-2mm gap between the center and the outer that isn't present on the factory lip.

Is this safe?

I tried to find factory JDM lips but they are nearly impossible to find in the size lip I need (or I wasnt successful in locating a shop that carried them).

Check out the photos below (please excuse the dirtiness of the center...they have been sitting for a while and I am refinishing.

Factory JDM 5" lip with no gap.



American 3.5" lip with 1-2mm gap between center and outer.

[1badg35]

the only thing that matters is the tightness of the bore size. the machining on the back of your face must fit tightly into the hole present on the lip and barrel and must completely lock into both pieces. Having space outside of the diameter of the face represents nothing other than the design of the wheel half. where they lock into each other is where the bulk of the stress is transferred

[staystetti]

Yeah that's pretty common for relipped wheels. My HRE's are the same.