[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Welding aluminum rims is a bad idea. So, I would think, is turning a one-piece alloy rim into a three-piece one.

Remember that steel wheels are made by welding a center section onto a rim. Alloy wheels are made either by casting (Mahle, Pedrini, most aftermarket wheels) or by forging (our Fuchs). They are not designed to be welded as the steelies are. Nor are they designed with appropriate mounting and sealing surfaces to become three-piece wheels.

The 8" wide Fuchs wheels you saw were almost certainly five-bolt 911 wheels. If they were four-bolt, someone did something very bad to them.

--DD