Source for 16/17/18 inch billet wheels 4 Z

[dogma420]

I don't know if anyone has ever brought this up, but Boyd Connington has a range of billet wheels that they will make for a Z...correct offset, 16-19 inch diameter, also wider than you usually find....7-10 or even I think 12 inch width. A reasonable size is approx. $250 a wheel. check them out, and please let me know what you think, cause instead of panasports, this might be the answer...I emailed them and they said they can make z wheels with correct offset for 70-78s.

http://www.billetwheel.com/home.html

[hls30.com]

I had emailed them when they opened the wheel shop-but at that time they had nothing for us. Now that they do, I am interested, I would like more info/pictures.

I had explored getting the proper materials(6061, Fortal, etc) to make my own wheels, I have a CNC Mill/Lathe-limited to 17" swing over the bed-but the blank cost was WAY Outrageous for buying only 4-wonder if... and what Boyd would sell blanks for...

Will

[Curtis240Z]

dogma420 try and get a quote from them. I just emailed them and they came back with a price for a 17x7 and 17x8 G04 Gotcha Tuned wheel at $346 each.

[Zrush]

I'd rather have Foose wheels, you know the guy who does "Overhaulin'". Anybody know if Foose will make rims for our cars? Just a thought.

Vicky

[240ZX]

Hey Vicky, I'd bet if you through enough $$$ Chips way, he'll do them. I think Chip Foose is outstanding when it come to custom cars....wow, what an artist he is! I'd definitely have him build a car for me if I could afford it. On the other hand, I think Boyd Connington is also very talented, but with the the guy he has heading up his build crew on the TV show.....I think his name is Mr. Know-it-all Dwayne, I wouldn't let this jerk work on my rollerskates!!!! Dwayne's leadership skills are on par with a caboose. Dwayne.....if you're so unhappy with life...end it and save us all the trouble of seeing your sorry arse on TV or go cry to your mommie!!!!

Sorry for the rant......ahhhhhhhhh, I feel better now.

[1 tuff z]

i had the same opinion about dwyane until i began to put myself in the producer/directors seat. hmm, i'd want to create a show that had; good talented guy, bad guy, quiet guy, loudmouth we all boo at, etc. i always wonder about these so called "reality" shows. they only let us see [the show] what they want which can ultimately twist the story into whatever the producer/writer/director wants. the rest winds up as they say on the editing room floor.

i purchased my compomotive wheels from www.usacomp.com. compete custom fit in a nice 17 x 8.5" size, no spacers, no flares, tucked under the stock fenders with my coilovers.

[240ZX]

Hey Dave........I see your point regarding WHAT we see on these shows. And besides, we all know it's about making ratings and putting $$$ into the producers pocket...not the show's ability to provide meaningful content. Shoot, a good 40% of these show are commercials anyway! However, I tend to think the the general populous, who watch the shows, may get the impression that all of us car guys/gals are like Mr. know-it-all Duane. Wether or not Duane is or isn't an Ahole in real life doesn't matter (unless maybe he's a neighbor). What matters is the impression this jerk leaves with the people who watch the show. We certainly don't need this sort of bad example broadcast about our beloved sport. OK, I know....just don't watch it! I,m sure you've watched the show with Chip Foose and his crew........that's the kind of car guy/gal impression I'd like to see people getting. Certainly not the same message as viewed on the Coddington show. Wouldn't you agree? :classic:

[LanceM]

240ZX, I'm with you, the atmosphere they show on these shows would have real people walking quick for the door, and a new job, unless the money was unbelievably good, which I doubt it could be. Another show that I used to enjoy was American Chopper, but the new season looks like forget bike building and focus on abuse, if those people are real they need to get a life, they have lost me as a viewer... Sorry to have helped divert this thread...

[Bambikiller240]

Duane probably devloped his "A-Holiness" as a defense mechanism due to working for the Grand Poo-Bah of A-Hole's (Boyd) Talented, YES, but Boyd's still as big an A-Hole as you are likely to find in the Western Hemisphere.

[LanceM]

100% on that, Boyd carries a complex from his past or something, he should ware a sign around his neck, "I'm not a happy person, ever"...

[1GENZED]

I had emailed them when they opened the wheel shop-but at that time they had nothing for us. Now that they do, I am interested, I would like more info/pictures.

I had explored getting the proper materials(6061, Fortal, etc) to make my own wheels, I have a CNC Mill/Lathe-limited to 17" swing over the bed-but the blank cost was WAY Outrageous for buying only 4-wonder if... and what Boyd would sell blanks for...

Will

I heard hes having financial problems.

ANYWAY BACK ON TOPIC

From what I know the wheels that Boyd's makes are a two piece design

that are welded together.

The rim is a standard part and the face is machined.

It would save huge in scrap material and machining time.

I personnally don't like billet wheels because of the grain structure.

I would much rather have forged wheels.

[dogma420]

hey guys, fill me in...I have no cable/satellite and have bad reception....don't watch much TV...I know about the motorcycle dorks on that chopper show, who is Boyd? I had no clue this was a real person...