I think that if you choose for 2 size's, you will double the costs of producing them.

is this thread still alive, i'm very keen for some 18" plus wheels.

i'm looking at some bigger wheels to replace my plus wheels but will hold off for a bit if these wheels actually get produced...

I already have more dutchies interested in this.

Salmaan, any strict plans?

Very much still alive. This is the information I have so far:

Safety
Safety certificate: we have passed ISO9001-2000 quality management system, the QS9000 quality system, got the ISO/TS16949 certificate, Japanese VIA certificate and Germany TUV certificate. The products also performance comply with the international standards such as JWL, and TUV and so on

Material
Aluminium GB/T 16474-1996

Prices will be about £700 if we can get enough people involved, and place deposits. I'm concerned about quality, and am actually going to order a set of wheels for my Jaguar first to see how good they are. Once I recieve them I'll post pics etc so everyone can make a decision.

I will also need to source a regular plus alloy to send them, as this will reduce the cost of the moulds, and ensure accuracy with offsets etc.

Any parties interested, please express in this thread. I'll start a new GB thread once I have concrete information and pricing. If we can get over 30 people buying sets the price may drop to £550 - which I think is a bargain. I won't be making a profit through this - just enough to cover my expenses, and I may decide to do this through one of my UK businesses, as there are going to be VAT implications importing from China.

Posting to Europe will not be an issue, so any Dutchies are more than welcome.

Let me know if you have any questions. I would think that we'd be looking at August / September for the first deliveries.

I don't think this will be an issue as they are based in China - Will get my lawyer to confirm.

Anyone in the know advise as to the quality of this alloy? They weigh about 11kg each

I'd still be interested dependant on final design and quality.good work following this through

hope i didn't sound rude in my last post, this is really interesting and as said by others about the quaity.

£700 is quite good for 18's i was going to spend that on a set of 17's

Ill open a topic on the dutch forum! Thanks for the info Salmaan

good idea,if this opens to other forums too may get some huge interest and larger discounts.

technicalities need to be sorted first mind

Given the opportunity you may want to consider changing the offset. If you go ET32 say then it is the equivalent of 10mm spacers.
Also you would probably be better off going 7.5" wide on an 18" rim as that is the minimum width required for a 225/35R18 tyre.

I definately want a set as long as below £800 and will supply 1 of my plus wheels to replicate if needed as long as I will definately get it back

Thanks for the offer, I'll probably take you up on the offer - Where abouts are you based, and would it be ok to not have the wheel for at least 1 month, maybe 2?

Sal

Thats a good point. Any other suggestions that i should mention to the designers?

Im not sure. I collected one other buyer from the dutch forum. So for now, 2 dutchies are up.

Considering the design i would try to make the specs of the rim as standard as possible. This in the means of not doing anything specific, to keep a wide audience for them. (cant find the exact suitable english words, if not clear ill rephrase)

Catterick North Yorkshire but willing to send as long as I get it back

going to have to pull out of buying these cus i need four tyres now for my car.
i may as well just buy some alloys now.
shame though

Hello from France

I think everyone should order 5 wheels. Ok it's expensive, but If you crash one wheel you won't sell the others as spare parts (who would buy 3 wheels ?)...
About design: it should be 7,5" or 8" wide for 215 or 225 tyres.
It would be great to keep original offset (40) as it won't modify the geometry of front track wheel.

cheers

I need new tyres as well before this winter, but i dont feel like this group-buy would be completed within 1-2 months. Ill just buy the wheels and wait until the current tyres are worn. These will be a collectors item!

Hi,

On the french forum too, a few persons are interesting in 18" t20+ alloys.
I posted a link to this topic and people will come here to confirm

hi,

yes in France on interested persons, I am buyer for 18 "T20 + I hope the project will succeed!

david

Am I in the minority who think the original wheels look better than the Plus wheels?

Yes

I've told the designers to make it 7.5" as was suggested by JohnS, and the aim to keep the offset

I hope to start having orders recieved by end of September.

Have we any idea of what sort of weight they will be?

I would suggest if you widen the wheel you should take half the width off the offset so the wheel centres in the same place. Therefore ET36 or ET35. It's up to you but that is best practice

I'm interested - for £550 I'm definitely interested, need new tyres in a couple of months so why not!!

I am going to add this thread to my favs, so when the price, weight, style and other things gets finalised; i will be interested to purchase

No your not eldinho

i think 20vt rims in 18" would look awesome

Really bad example but you get general look, the centre would have to be smaller so the the spokes are made longer for 18"

Oh No You Didn't

I also prefer standard 20VT wheels but like everyone else wish they were just a little bit bigger so I don't have to suffer from "wheel envy"