I've seen sand rail buffs cut out the lug pattern of Jeep rims (with paddles) and weld in the volkswagen lug pattern. When they cut the mounting surface of the VW rim out they just cut it about an inch larger in circumferance so that they can put in two welds (one around the outside of the cut out, then flip the wheel and stuff some rod into the inside of the Jeep rim cut out. This may work on a light weight rail just fine, but would it be to weak to be done in Jeep aplications? Like welding an 8 or 6 lug bolt pattern from junk yard rims on to your 15x10 Jeep rims you like so much so you can mount them right onto your new full width waggy or chev axles. Getting some old chev or waggy rims and snagging the pattern would be alot cheaper then getting new rims all together. *You would of couse have to have to have a large enough mounting surface to accept the new pattern. And if your thinking of welding metal to alloy, go to JU. This concept could even be used to put 16 or 17" wheels on a CJ,YJ,TJ ect.. to try and reduce hopping from a large tire (like 36" or bigger) with low air pressures.
Anyone have comments or experience in this subject?
Shaggy

Thats not a bad idea.
If you made a jig that would keep the lug section section centered in the new wheel, and made sure to perform high quality welds, it should work great.
The center section of both the donor lug pattern and the finished wheel would need to be a fairly solid piece. It would be tough to get the strength needed if there were large spoke patterns. Stock OEM style truck wheels as you mentioned would be perfect for the donors.
Damn the Newbies, are on a roll today,..its gotta be some wierd Christmas thing.