"Re-inventing the wheel"

[rayray086]

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4729309

Basically, the guy wants to make a custom set of wheels for himself, using Gotti 3-piece wheel parts (outers and inners) as a basis. Some highlights:

12.5" x 12" aluminium block - best price he could find was $950USD. This is just the base material!!!








Test mount, tyres have no air, and no load is placed onto the wood cut-out:




One of many designs he mocked up.


His work is still in progress! I am hanging on to see what he comes up with!

[dylan8]

thanks for sharing, not a bad idea i guess if you know someone with the tools and were orginally in the market for something expensive like BBS etc

[Preen59]

$950 isn't a bad price. He's probably using 6061 or something similar.

Pretty standard procedure making wood or synthetic prototype material prototypes. Those blue lines are where 3 separate pieces have been bonded together to gain the width and height needed.

Looks the goods. Looks like he'll be doing the work on a 3 axis CNC machining centre.

[WABIT]

hmmm........ this gives me ideas!

dom

[Whubbsie]

Was talking to Van at Sedfest about wanting to do my own custom wheels awesome thread to see what goes into it.