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[SuperCooper]

they are cut from blanks and so will make up pretty much any set you want as long as the blanks match.

Any idea where Team Dynamics are based? Would be good to see what they can offer.

If they can I will be right hacked off, even more so than now.

Got in touch with Team Dynamics/Rimstock 3 times:

Call 1: Yes we can do the rears but the front will be a 35mm offset so youll need a 10mm spacer
Call2: Yes we can do the rears but, 35mm offset on the front? Cant drill it mate as the blanks are designed for 4 stud hubs. Can do you a 46mm offset with a 20mm spacer though
Call3 (The call that ended it): Who told you that you need a spacer on the front? Of course we can do it. Let me confirm with our technical department. Oh sorry, there's no way that we can do those sizes in a 5 stud application it seems.

Just so we are on the same page my enquiry was about 7*16 fronts ET 26 and 8*17 rears ET 36 5*110.

Hope you have better luck than me

Edited by SuperCooper, 26 April 2006 - 01:13 PM.

[VIX]

Just so we are on the same page my enquiry was about 7*16 fronts ET 26 and 8*17 rears ET 36 5*110.

Hope you have better luck than me 

Not sure I can be @rsed given the problems you've had!

Seriously, if I can track them down I might pay them a visit. Any reason why you've gone a half-inch wider than the shop Oz's (and a different rear offset)?

[SuperCooper]

Just so we are on the same page my enquiry was about 7*16 fronts ET 26 and 8*17 rears ET 36 5*110.

Hope you have better luck than me?

Not sure I can be @rsed given the problems you've had!

Seriously, if I can track them down I might pay them a visit. Any reason why you've gone a half-inch wider than the shop Oz's (and a different rear offset)?

The reasoning has become lost in the acid bath of frustration.

I copied the sizes from somewhere, I'll get back to you if I remember

Edited by SuperCooper, 26 April 2006 - 01:24 PM.

[alanoo]

Many french myspeedster.ch users have team dynamics wheels...

I personnaly have a set of them.

(you may see them on my flickr album http://www.flickr.co...s/54435296@N00/ )



Mines are 7x16 ET 30 front, and 7.5x17 rears
Fronts are avaliable at ET 35/30/25...

Price for the set of four... less than 800€

Edited by alanoo, 26 April 2006 - 04:06 PM.

[christurbo]

I quite like them! Nice pic bud

[VIX]

Many french myspeedster.ch users have team dynamics wheels...

I personnaly have a set of them.

Are you using spacers? And are those A048 tyres?

[Robski]

alanoo, Any issues with the 7inch front wheel? IIRC the vxr standard are 6.5.... or am I wrong??? Look good and a nice price..... do you know he weights of the wheels?

Edited by Robski, 26 April 2006 - 06:57 PM.

[Arno]

beware of fcuking compomotive guys.......... i've ordered on August 2004 the wheels,after 7 months were ready only the fronts,then needed a lawyer support(friend) to get my money back,compomotive sended also a non checked money transfer to gain time lying  about the real progress of my order.......

Interesting.. I bought Compomotives for my Elise too and had no problems getting them at all.. Delivery times can be a bit on the long side, but they have a lot of seasonal influences as race teams order many wheels right before the race season starts again and such.

I got them through Sandtler in Germany (actually their dutch representative) and they seem to have a good working relationship with Compomotive.

then my wheels were taken by Verboom(he don't know that these were my wheels ordered many months before!!)
Compomotive = mantapart = sh*t

That's of course possible, but it seems unlikely given how the process went..

Did you order exactly the same sizes and offsets as he did: 16x7.0 ET23 front and 17x8.0 ET30 rear?

I know Mark sent some additional info to Compomotive to get the front wheels made like this in the first place.

When the order was sent, Compomotive contacted the dealer after a while because they were originally afraid the spokes would hit the brake caliphers, so they did not want to make the wheels like this.

Did some measurements and decided that it looked OK and to take the risk and confirmed the original order and offset. Those wheels were then made according to the information provided.

Of course this all took quite a bit of time (bouncing info back and forth), so the wheels came in a lot later than expected.

And this was actually the second 16/17" set they made for him as the original ones were severely damaged in transit when they arrived at the dealer (some steel pipes in the same shipment had punctured the boxes and destroyed the wheels). They made new ones in a few weeks time.

Mark got his wheels end of june 2005. That would make it almost 10 months from your order?

Who is this 'mantapart'? The dealer where you ordered the wheels? If so, then it sounds a lot like they messed up sending your order to Compomotive and relay the feedback to you and were trying to cover their ass by blaming the manufacturer.

If you ordered similar front offset wheels then initially Compomotive most likely will NOT have started production as they did not think the wheels would fit and notified the dealer. Seems like you never got to hear that and thought the order was going ahead.. You were waiting on compomotive for wheels, compomotive was waiting on you for extra information..

I admit that Compomotive can really use some 'streamlining' of their organisation, dealers and procedures, but in my experience they do deliver as ordered.

Bye, Arno.

[cicastol]

I admit that Compomotive can really use some 'streamlining' of their organisation, dealers and procedures, but in my experience they do deliver as ordered.

Bye, Arno.

I've explained better to Mark the story........ i've ordered directly from compomotive and after a 7 months waiting were ready only the fronts..... i've contacted a lawyer to get my money back with many calls to compomotive made by a UK based friend.....
They send me a wire transfer not checked by the bank to take time and retard the payment!! ,this is my personal experience\odyssey with the components automotive limited sh*t

P.S. mantapart is another crap supplier of automotive parts in USA ask to Dude or Ricky.

[alanoo]

Many french myspeedster.ch users have team dynamics wheels...

I personnaly have a set of them.

Are you using spacers? And are those A048 tyres?

No spacers needed, and those are effectively A048R tyres


didn't weighed them personnaly, but they aparently were around 7.1 Kg fronts and 8.2 Kg rears
Well, not lotus forged ally wheels but much lighter than stock ones, no spacer needed and cheap...

[Steve Crisp]

Hi Alanoo, The Team Dynamics wheels look just what I'm looking for. I'm worried about buying "specially made" wheels becase if I prang one then there's a problem getting a replacement - so they anwer that particular niggle. What style are they in your picture? TD do Diableo, Driftz, Eiger, Equinox, GTO, Jordan, Megastar, Monza R, and Popstar (from their web-iste). I couldn't see 17 x 6.5 in any of their descriptions. What is the rear offset, and what tyre sizes are you using? Sorry for all the questions! Steve

[Steve Crisp]

Sorry. I meant 7.5 x 17... Steve

[kek700]

I had no problem in bying team dynamic prorace 1.2-7.0 x 16-e35 with 65.1 bore centre for the front. pro race 1.2-7.5 x 17-e37with 65.1 centre bore for the rear. these cost me including delivery :- £434.75 speak to Mark Wain of rimstock 0121 525 6500 i also bought 195/50/16 TOYO R888 front and 225/45/17 TOYO R888 for the rear for £435.00 total weight saving (as measured) 10Kg over standard N/A wheels and tyres. it may not be that much but it is a saving over the large weight of the wheels and tyres on the VX. I may put a 5mm spacers on the front wheels if need be and then it will have 4mm inset which i hope may help eliminate any torque steer effect over the none spacer set up at the moment. this will be done if 9mm inset is to excessive for travelling on the road to events. But i am not in a position at present to test, as the car is off the road. I doubt if even 9mm of inset will be of any real problem on the smooth tracks that the car will spend most of its time, and in the unlikly event of any long journeys on the road, this will be done on the standard wheels and tyres anyway?

[Steve Crisp]

Hi Kek700, Can you explain the term "inset"? I would be using them on the road, so would the 5mm spacer (or a different offset) be preferable over the "1.2-7.0 x 16-e35 with 65.1 bore centre for the front. pro race 1.2-7.5 x 17-e37with 65.1 centre bore for the rear" Steve

[kek700]

i rearlly do not want too get to involved in this type of debate. i know i will regret this... if you accept that the contact patch of the tyre is were the designers designed it for whatever reasons, you then add or subtract (inset,outset) from this you will notice a higher torque reaction through the steering wheel. (Just imagine the wheels being moved out by 12" and how any input to the front wheels would be felt by the driver through the steering wheel). In the case of these wheels they are further in than normal from the centre tyre contact point, this is what i would prefere. It again is debatable that you would even notice a 5mm change But you need to try it for yourself. (remember you can also alter castor, camber and toe) I was once told that the first rule of suspension design is that there are no rules what works best works best so its up to you to find out the difference? (i think you have to add some common sense to this) Also remember that i have lost 4Kg from the front wheels and the diameter of the mass has decreased by 20mm this should improve the feel of the front end maybe even masking the effect of 5mm of inset.??? the rear offsets are okay

[Steve Crisp]

Hi Kek700, That's fine. I don't want to drag you where you don't wish to go! Your explanation was just what I needed. Steve

[paulk]

Hi Guys Below is the reply I got from Mark at compomotive when asking about wheels in VXR sizes We can offer matching wheels in the MO 6 spoke with 6.5x16 front and 8x17 rear. Such a combo would be made to order with a current delivery time of 21~28 dyas Cost: 6.5x16 £141.00 8x17£ 171.00 UK mainland carriage £7.50 per pair all subject to vat. Colour options: White,silver additional cost £8.50 per wheel for black,grey and gold. So £748 for all 4 in white/ silver delivered or £784 for 4 in black/grey delivered maybe not such a cheap option regards to all P