Aussie wheel tech/discussions

[SebastienPeek]

Oxer and I have drilled 4 barrels and 4 lips, it isn't difficult at all, piece of piss.

In saying that, I'd love to support Craig in my next wheel build. If I can do slant lips through him, I'm happy to pay. I might actually price them up in the next few months and build out my set of RS' I want for November.

[Beware]

I'm happy to do the drilling myself on 4 barrels.....4 barrels and 4 lips would push me beyond my limits. It'll be tedious and annoying, but I'd start with a small bit and then go to the right size using 2 brand new drill bits and a power drill(not battery) and it'd be bearable I reckon(probably over 2 days ). Even just go straight to the full size hole maybe.

[datzed]

yeah apparently there is a place nearby Whitehorse industries (I think called eastern wheel repair) that do the drilling.

Good point regarding VAT. When I'm ready to purchase, I'll look closely at iclair.

I might even try and organize a group buy in a few months through iclair once I sort out my wheel build.

[Beware]

Also, with iclair, the price listed is for locals....so being outside the EU we don't pay their VAT(tax) of 19% and that brings it down to more like $140-$150 per lip for a 2in.

[Beware]

Whitehorse charge $30 I think for polishing so it takes them up to $170, and then drilling 30+ holes(wheel size/brand depending) on each lip, if x4 would be quite tedious and I'm not sure who else would do it for you.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to support local, and will do with my next custom build(need 4 barrels pretty soon), but for off the shelf stuff you can't beat pre-drilled. And if you order 4 lips then freight doesn't work out too bad on the total price, which for me I'm still paying freight from Whitehorse so I factor that in too.

[datzed]

Beware (or anyone else for that matter), is there a reason why you choose to ship lips/barrels in rather than go local?

I spoke with Whitehorse industries (here in Melb) yesterday and got a quote for $140 for a 2inch BBS lip undrilled and unpolished (I forgot to ask how much polishing costs, and drilling has to be done elsewhere), which I thought was pretty reasonable. Inclair.de have the same product (albeit drilled and polished) for $180 AUD (plus whatever shipping might be, which seams to be around $35-40).

[datzed]

dylan8, I think your inbox might be full mate. I've sent you a couple of PM's

[datzed]

^^^Dylan will surely sell you a set you can rebuild at a reasonable price. I'm even more gobsmacked that Import Monster would charge $600 buyers fees/shipping on a pair of $400 wheels!!!!

I think part of the issue was they had a set commission of something like $350, rather than a percentage of sale. So I reckon if you bought 4 wheels, the commission might be the same.

[Beware]

^^^Dylan will surely sell you a set you can rebuild at a reasonable price. I'm even more gobsmacked that Import Monster would charge $600 buyers fees/shipping on a pair of $400 wheels!!!!

[datzed]

I was thinking of slapping together some of my RS to make a set to sell.
if you want a unrefurbed set 17x something 5x114 locally let me know.

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[dylan8]

I was thinking of slapping together some of my RS to make a set to sell.
if you want a unrefurbed set 17x something 5x114 locally let me know.

[datzed]

The $400/1k was for a pair. They had a little bit of gutter rash so weren't even perfect.

Anthony, thanks for the offer mate, but I was after a BBS (or atleast mesh) style 3 piece wheel.

[anthony--t]

I've got some 5x112 17x8.5 bbs rt if that tickles your fancy.. Newly powdercoated and polished haven't assembled them yet.

[Beware]

^^^^Those look wonky IMO, probably a 16-18in upsize.

Bog stock RS' in average widths/offsets(like what you've said) are probably worth about $1000-1200ish in 5x114.3 17in(more for good width good offset 5x120 for example), but you'll spend an easy $2k++ doing them up right if you're widening/painting/new bolts/caps etc. Then they're worth about $3k second hand, maybe a little more or less condition depending....this is from my experience.

$600 for getting them here via sea, holy shite....go Jesse, he'll be more around $300-400 depending on widths/weight and end win value for commission etc. Was that $400/$1k for a pair or set?

[datzed]

Yup, I've seen slant lip builds that look like they have used a 15inch or 16inch center with the end result being much larger.

For instance, the pic below looks like the slants add an extra couple of inches. I'm obviously incorrect here?



I was considering this path, until I found out how much slant lips themselves sell for

Based on both of your comments though, I think perhaps my estimation/valuation on a set of BBS RS's are off the mark.

I would have thought a set (for example, in 17x8 +35 114.3) would easily sell for 2k (unrestored and in average condition). Am I off the mark?

The ones on auction actually sold for $400, and that quote of 1k was from importmonster (via sea container). Could perhaps get it for a little less from someone like Jessie streeter.

This perhaps brings us to an interesting discussion on what a decent set of BBS RS's are worth......