Hi Mark

Just to point out my previous email stating 4000 pcs would be needed was a typo!

I spoke to speedline directly, quite a useful exercise actually.

As suggested the Speedline OEM plant did cast the 20v wheel under license for Fiat – they would be legally bound not to supply that particular wheel to us (its 16” anyway). As an alternative they suggested making new casts for a very slightly different version of the wheel in 17”, design changes just to get around the licensing agreement with Fiat. Basically the tooling costs have to be taken into account. I think 500 wheels would be needed to make this viable to supply a wheel at a sensible price.

Maybe these figures are a bit more reasonable? I don’t know what sort of following the coupe club has but if you can get the numbers/financial backing etc.

I’ll make some calls etc on Monday and try and get a better idea of what 500 wheels would cost. The custom option is still there but again trying to get a design everyone likes in a 3 piece is tricky. Same cost issues if we ask a custom manufacturer to do a single piece.

To put this in perspective, our contact out in Asia produces 16 million wheels a year.

Hope this gives you a little hope!

Regards

William Murphy

Hi

Yes, I can look at colour options depending on numbers, worst case scenario I can get wheels painted in the UK separately if the numbers for say anthracite are small or if you get silly enquiries for a couple of sets of yellow, blue etc (you never know)

I did a production run of Speedline wheels for a VW forum in the USA, these guys wanted OEM style but the originals hadn’t been produced for years. Ok, I was able to get the wheels cast as the moulds were in existence in the sizes required. I also did a small batch of bronze wheels for these guys

Have a look at this thread http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3741669&page=29

Really just a confidence boost for you, your enquiry is a bigger step due to the quantity and tooling etc but it shows we can tackle more unusual jobs.

Regards

William Murphy