Hello All,
We have been anxiously waiting for our wheels to come in and they are finally here. Some of you have seen then on Rusty's car at the SoCal gathering.
Available in Silver or Polish. Wide 5 4.5" and 5.5"
Cost: $159.95 for Silver and $169.95 for polished.
Pics are worth a thousand words. See attached.
Feel free to call me if you have any questions.
Alex
Vintage Motorcars Inc
714-894-1550
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Those are very nice. One more time. Are they aluminum? And how much do they weigh?
Hi Phil,
Yes, they are aluminum and they weigh 12lbs. DOT approved wheel. From what we have compared to a steel rim, they are about 10lbs lighter. They are legit...
We are confident no one will find a better wheel for the price.
Hey that's my car in the photos I want royalty checks.
Thank you. Too bad I've got 4 x 130 Porsche 914 running gear. Maybe on a new spyder. Alex if you ever hear about someone figuring out how to convert Porsche 914 or Porsche 911 running gear to wide 5, let us know.
Those are really nice and, once again, when (or if) I ever build a Speedster or Spyder, those are going right on it. Great job.
Phil - There are steel adapters. Not pretty with extra set of visible bolts but perhaps FiberSteel wheel skinz would cover the old 4 lugs.
http://www.socalautoparts.com/...ug-lug-steel-p-14558
And only $10.00 more for polished!
The drumskins won't cover the lugs from the brakes. I went down this road a couple years ago. Drumskins are incompatible with a setup using those adapters. You could, however swap out the lugs from the brake to just flat head bolts that hold the adapter on. I looked for the right bolts everywhere and even bought a set of what I thought would work from McMaster-Carr, but to no avail.
Hope you can work something out.
What?!?!?!!???? Can I stop by tomorrow?
You guys get the rims and don't tell me? This poophead is poop hurt...
Finally, an inexpensive aluminum wide 5 wheel. 
What's the offset on the 5.5?
Beautiful! Love the look!!,
About how much thicker are the wheels at the wheel studs? ( compared to steel wheels. I am curious to determine if the studs I have are long enough, or whether I would need to replace them.
i ask because in the picture above the stud heads look a little short/ not quite clearing the top of the wheel nut, by what looks like a turn or two ( a couple of the threads are visible).
Sent you a PM.
million thanks,
Luis
Alex, how did you get the baby moon on the rim if the rim doesn't have the mounting tabs- I do not see any? Thanx Michael
Michael B (aka bluespeedster SoCal) posted:Alex, how did you get the baby moon on the rim if the rim doesn't have the mounting tabs- I do not see any? Thanx Michael
If you look closely at the the close up pic without the moon on, there are tiny holes...they hold the clips so the hub caps clip on...
*LongFella posted:Michael B (aka bluespeedster SoCal) posted:Alex, how did you get the baby moon on the rim if the rim doesn't have the mounting tabs- I do not see any? Thanx Michael
If you look closely at the the close up pic without the moon on, there are tiny holes...they hold the clips so the hub caps clip on...
That's correct. One more thing these wheels offer that the the Technomagnesio wheels don't offer. 
Super nice looking wheel you guys!
TRP posted:*LongFella posted:Michael B (aka bluespeedster SoCal) posted:Alex, how did you get the baby moon on the rim if the rim doesn't have the mounting tabs- I do not see any? Thanx Michael
If you look closely at the the close up pic without the moon on, there are tiny holes...they hold the clips so the hub caps clip on...
That's correct. One more thing these wheels offer that the the Technomagnesio wheels don't offer.
Super nice looking wheel you guys!
It stinks, doesn't it, Ted?
I paid 2.5x this much for used rims that were beat pretty badly. I spent probably 30 hrs filing curb rash and scotch-brighting the rims for a perfectly "brushed" finish, then another $500 to get them clear powdercoated to lock that "brushed" finish in.
I'd like to buy half a dozen sets and just sit on them, but what I'd really like is some 16s. Perhaps Alex and Greg can be persuaded.
Alex, I'll have to PM you to find out your hours you will be at the shop say some upcoming Friday. I have a few upgrades in the near future and the wheels are one.
Thanx
Ron O posted:Finally, an inexpensive aluminum wide 5 wheel.
What's the offset on the 5.5?
They come in 4.5 and 5.5 widths. The back spacing it 4".
Lfepardo posted:Beautiful! Love the look!!,
About how much thicker are the wheels at the wheel studs? ( compared to steel wheels. I am curious to determine if the studs I have are long enough, or whether I would need to replace them.
i ask because in the picture above the stud heads look a little short/ not quite clearing the top of the wheel nut, by what looks like a turn or two ( a couple of the threads are visible).
Sent you a PM.
million thanks,
Luis
We offer longer studs at $24.00 for 20 studs and $24.00 for the lugnuts. Chrome longer lug bolts are $48.00 (all are set of 20 price)
Nice little stack ready to go.....
