Re: wheels

["jamesrguk" <James_rg@xxxx>]

John,

I see what you mean, sorry I misunderstood, I should imagine that 
this would be incredible expensive to have done.

I have a friend who is a pattern maker of an aluminum casting 
company and the effort that has to go into making a pattern, whether 
by hand or by CNC, is quite impressive. 

Unless you are talking of making hundreds in quantity then I think 
you would be talking serious money per wheel. It's the pattern that 
costs the money to produce, and then the casting is fairly 
inexpensive.

I can see the attraction of having OEM look wheels that actually 
fill the wheel arches; the originals were too small IMHO.

The other option is to lower the car to get the wheels tucked up 
into the arches, my front wheels are OK but the gap above the rear 
wheels is terrible. 

Anyone know if lowering springs are available for the rear??


James RG


--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx> wrote:
> Hey James,
> I get the feeling you are misunderstanding me slightly. I'm not 
> talking about getting a set of wheels to fit the car and to match, 
I 
> want wheels custom built, that will look exactly like the 
originals, 
> but be bigger...
> So, I'm not looking at buying any wheels that actually exist yet!
> 
> Thanks,
> John