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07-26-2018 #1Registered User
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Most affordable custom forged wheels with high hat clearance for big calipers?
Hello all,
We are on a super tight budget at this point, as our professional big-name built Oldsmobile 455 engine had some major issues that had to be resolved before we even started it.... Long, expensive and sad story, but just another challenge like many items on this build have been.
I am working with my retired, disabled-Vet Dad to get this 1967 Cutlass done as fast as possible so we can get out and enjoy it together and with my son as well, before my Dad loses too much of his memory and brain function (he has frontal- lobe dementia that has been progressively getting worse and will turn into full-blown alzheimers eventually at an unknown date). This will be his last car we get to do.
We have the nice Brembo CTS-V brakes with the 6 piston/4 piston calipers, ZL1 Camaro rotors (barely used, like new), the LSX concepts adapter brackets, the Wilwood hubs and 1/2 studs to go with them, and the Flynbye 12 bolt rear Brembo caliper adapter brackets
I have acquired some new Nitto 18 inch 555G2 tires and some new 20 inch Nitto 555R drag radial rear tires that I would like to fit onto the car.
So, I would like to find anyone who could make some custom 18 inch/20 inch wheels with enough I.D. clearance to clear the 6 piston fronts and they must have high hat spacing to clear the caliper bodies from the hub-out. Finding a thin I.D. 18 inch wheel has been very difficult to find, aside from the Weld RTS-S71's (which we like, but we can't afford). The rear end has been narrowed slightly and will likely require a 20x10 wheel with only 3.5-4 inch of backspacing, which has been very hard to find.
Does anyone have any suggestions or brand recommendations? We really cannot afford to spend $2700 on a set of wheels...... If that is the lowest price we can find, I will be listing all of the big Brembo stuff for sale and we will have to go back towards a stock setup, which will really not fit our goals with the car, but such is life.
I would rather put the car together with something than have it continually sit on jackstands because we are always out of money with another unexpected cost or setback.