ive got some 16" 6.5j steel wheels off a MOD snatch landrover, plus some brand new mk1 transit chrome caps.
the wheels as they are are perfect offset to be legal front and rear on a mk4/5, but im planning on having them banded to 8" at the rear and running a mk3 axle. the idea of using these is they look nearly stock, have that old skool cool, apeing the 60's rod look, but on a more modern van with cossie power
. was going to lower the van and fit them with low profiles, something like this photoshop, bit crap but you get the idea. i want 16" as they will fill the arches and have the effect of shrinking the van, yet look almost stock at first glance.
i think in the flesh it will look the tits, plus ive got some other ideas im working on to further complete the look.
problem is, they are designed for tubed tyres and im wondering if i can mod them to do what i want, or if its a dead end idea.
on top of that, being designed to survive a war zone, they weigh a fooking ton.
the main issues are that the rims are riveted to the centres, and dont have a bead stop. so im hoping i can have the centres welded and the rivets welded up, and then maybe have a bead of weld run round to serve as a bead stop, looking at the bare transit rim ive got, the bead stop isnt much more than a bead of weld would be.
is this possible? is it safe
please help, ive got sod all idea about tyre fitmens and need to know if its do-able before forking out any more money...
also what do people think of the look
thanks....
With regards to the possibility of doing it, I would suggest speaking to a stock carbuilder, as those guys always band their wheeel rims. Can't see why not tho.... 
50% heavier, hope that aint too much 
