Forgeline SO3P Alternative?

[c.schulz]

Stay tuned. I talked with forgeline the other day and they said a 18" will come in about 6-9 months.

Chris

[DeepBlue68]

That would be awesome, but I imagine they're still gonna be at least $800/wheel.

Bill, I checked out those links you posted. HRE's 545 and CCW's SP500 are both awesome, but the HREs are about the same price as Forgeline, and the CCWs are at least $2500 a set. I was hoping for something in the $250 - $300 a wheel range. Or have I lost touch with reality trying to find a wheel like that at that price?

[Bill Howell]

...have I lost touch with reality trying to find a wheel like that at that price?

LOL, Four years ago, I thought the only wheel out there was 8" chevy rallys with small center caps. I really went outside the box for me and bought a set of 17x8 tt11's. Now that wheel is so common that I want to step up on the new project. I, like you can not believe the cost of wheels, but like everything else, I guess they go up in cost too. My original budget for wheels was $2500 to $3000 and I told Kris who is doing a rendering for me to use wheels in that price range.HA, he probably thought I was an idiot. I think presentation is the most important aspect to my new project and with that said, if looks like I will have to work some overtime to get what I want. The forgelines are still my favorite and if they do make 18" sizes shortly, I will have those on the Lemans. I guess I will be sleeping with the wheels since they will cost a whole lot more than my bedroom furniture- . I have got to find a way to break this to Melinda gently........

NOTE TO KRIS: Why don't you just put a milk crate in the floor for a seat in the rendering, it looks like the interior budget will be spent on wheels...
NOTE TO ALLEN: Thanks alot for showing me the forgelines
NOTE TO FORGELINE: Don't ya'll need a nice 65 Lemans convertible to display the VR3P's at SEMA

[jeffandre]

I hear you Bill,
First about explaining to the wife that my wheels and tires, which would have cost over 6k if I went with HRE/Kinesis and the like, still cost about 3k (CCW 19x13's with 345/30/19's & 19x10's with 275/30/19's). She thought the car looked fine with what was on there...

And as for Allen, he can get you in trouble. I have been lucky so far, but I have a feeling once both of our Camaros are on the road we will hook up at autocross events in the SF Bay Area and I too will be explaining Allen to my wife (j/k Allen).

[USAZR1]

If I had passed on the pin-drive knockoff option,my 17x9 & 17x13 PSE Kidney Beans would have cost around $1700 for the set. Adding the knockoffs bumped the price another $1000.
PS Engineering makes a few cool wheels that won't break the budget.

[DeepBlue68]

TonyL - hey thanks for posting those Breyton wheels. I looked through all the wheels on TireRack.com the other day, but for some reason I must've look over those; I really like them. I might be able to swing $425 or so a wheel, so I'll have to look into those. Maybe I'm just missing something, but once you get to the page about a specific wheel at TireRack.com, is there any way you can see what sizes, widths, backspaces, bolt patterns, prices, etc. the wheel is available in?? On the wheel's page, it lists what diameters are available, but thats it. Am I missing something obvious?

[Bill Howell]

Here is a link but it looks like these are for BMW's.
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/breyton/breyton.jsp
I did not spend too long looking at the entire site so maybe I missed something.