Custom Wheels

[DonkeyApple]

Thanks Mike. I found, last year, someone in Yorkshire who did that conversion but they were under contract to someone we both know and the mark up was somewhat steep. Another option is excellent. Much appreciated.

The project is still on paper but work has been stationary this month so I've re-visited it and went to a meeting yesterday which seems to have cured the problem I have been having with taking control of the gearbox that I want to use.

The real change though is that I'm aiming to productionise the conversion so working hard on costings to confirm if this is feasible.

How are things with you?

[aka_kerrly]

Also worth contacting B-Star wheels, https://www.facebook.com/bstarwheels

[Bish]

All sounds interesting!!!

I am in the process of attempting to put a V8 into my ex military Defender so I can get past this bloody LEZ in London that bans diesel commercial vehicles of various types......my old landy included!!!

Still doing the occasional cars privatley (more lumpy specialist stuff) and now in the property business building and developing in central london.

Keen toi hear how you get on with the ongoing project and the commercialisation of it!

[SV8Predator]

Alloy Rostyle lookalikes on James Bond's Jensen FF:

[DonkeyApple]

SV8Predator said:

Alloy Rostyle lookalikes on James Bond's Jensen FF:

Nearly all the old Leyland wheel designs were copies of American muscle car ones under license.

Those wheels are the modern version of the original AR500 Magnum which the RoStyle was the copy of.

The problem is that AR have 'reinterpreted' the original design and add in the likely changes from alloy to steel and back and they end up looking quite different. Also the bolt pattern is much smaller.

[DonkeyApple]

Bish said:

All sounds interesting!!!

I am in the process of attempting to put a V8 into my ex military Defender so I can get past this bloody LEZ in London that bans diesel commercial vehicles of various types......my old landy included!!!

Still doing the occasional cars privatley (more lumpy specialist stuff) and now in the property business building and developing in central london.

Keen toi hear how you get on with the ongoing project and the commercialisation of it!

Property? London? You need a Sport don't you? It's the law?

[SV8Predator]

DonkeyApple said:

Also the bolt pattern is much smaller.

I had presumed and someone ordering these wheels would specify the application and thus the bolt pattern.

[DonkeyApple]

SV8Predator said:

DonkeyApple said:

Also the bolt pattern is much smaller.

I had presumed and someone ordering these wheels would specify the application and thus the bolt pattern.

Within reason. The RRC pattern is over 6 inches. The ARs don't have any metal out that far. The largest US pattern is around 5 inches and most wheels work around that.

Also, if you look more than casually the slot design is totally different and too modern an interpretation.

Plus, it's difficult to get suitable offsets and back spacing on such a narrow wheel.

[PhillipM]

Used to, there was no money in it.

You might have a design you want to copy, but you still need a designer to to do the blueprints/CAD you're going to machine from

[gt_12345]

Anyone know good companies for forging high-quality custom aluminium wheels?

[SuperPav]

gt_12345 said:

Anyone know good companies for forging high-quality custom aluminium wheels?

Don’t know about forging but assuming Image Wheels are still going, they were always great for milling custom wheels