Does anyone know of any companies who can make / have made custom lightweight wheels for our cars?
Custom Wheel Manufacturers
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, Jan 14 2015 05:39 PM
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 05:39 PM
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 05:49 PM
Wolfrace would look sick. 
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 06:01 PM
Don't want multi spoke. I'm over the TD style 
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 06:52 PM
spoke to image at autosport and they said they could do me 16x8 fronts at 7kg and 17x9 rears at 8.5-9kg if thats any good
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 07:23 PM
Fixed that for you.spoke to Gashtastic at autosport and they said they could do me 16x8 fronts at 7kg and 17x9 rears at 8.5-9kg if thats any good
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 08:17 PM
Interesting. For what prick? Ett front and ET 30 rear?Fixed that for you.spoke to Gashtastic at autosport and they said they could do me 16x8 fronts at 7kg and 17x9 rears at 8.5-9kg if thats any good
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 08:41 PM
Interesting spellcheck fail (I hope!)Interesting. For what prick? Ett front and ET 30 rear?Fixed that for you.spoke to Gashtastic at autosport and they said they could do me 16x8 fronts at 7kg and 17x9 rears at 8.5-9kg if thats any good
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 09:24 PM
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 10:49 PM
Image wheels...
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 08:53 AM
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 01:36 PM
I'm not talking chavved up split rim nonsense. I am looking into a strong, monoblock, lightweight track wheel with 5 spokes. If one exists.
More like these http://www.pyspeed.c...k-p/bc-rs45.htm
But for less dosh 
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 01:37 PM
Swap to Lotus hubs and discs and fit Lotus style forged wheels.
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 01:54 PM
You could try one of the US billet wheel manufacturers in the US. Being machined from billet you can get pretty much anything you want.
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 01:56 PM
You could try one of the US billet wheel manufacturers in the US. Being machined from billet you can get pretty much anything you want.
Not familiar with these. Can you give me an example?
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 02:06 PM
They'll all be $5,000 or more. Custom sized wheels cost a fortune and even more if you want billet wheels. Add shipping and VAT and you're paying through the nose for not massive weight savings overall.
See what Sector111 have for the Lotus as they normally have some lightweight Jap forged wheels. Exige Cup 260 wheels are probably the cheapest viable option. That or O.Z. Ultraleggera's (or one of their other lightweight options) with maybe wobbly bolts and spacers to correct the offsets where necessary.
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 02:08 PM
You might need to contact them for your own design. Things have moved on A LOT since I was hot rodding.
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 02:53 PM
Bargain price on these from Seriously Lotus. Plus the other forged options. Will need to factor in four new hubs and four new discs though.
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 02:54 PM
I had my Turbo Dynamic 1.3 wheels machined to ET15 and supplied for £700 from RimStock if that's any help.
Image wheels have had issues with the inner barrel bending, so be wary and get a good warantee. Mind you, even one of my TD1.3 bent, so I suppose anything can, it's more about what you drive on and how aggressively.
Edited by Nev, 15 January 2015 - 02:59 PM.
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 05:08 PM
Look at these custom wheels....... really! 
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 05:40 PM
Bargain price on these from Seriously Lotus. Plus the other forged options. Will need to factor in four new hubs and four new discs though.
Cheers. WIll look into hubs and discs.
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