Speedy rims, buying them new?

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue May 06, 2008 6:44 pm

I am in the market for some 14" wheels and seeing Scorpions are too dear, im gonna go with Speedy Desert Rats.

I went to the local Beaurepairs and he quoted me $90 each

Has anybody done better?

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:08 pm

i think ive heard of much cheaper ones. for some reason $55 a rim seems to ring a bell when i had a look from ian diffen i think. could be wrong tho

Post by **Alex** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:28 pm

nah $90 is right. I payed that when i bought a couple of new ones.

$55 sounds like the stock 13inch ones.

alex

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:54 pm

Ok thanks,.. i'll go down and see if i can get a deal on wheels and tyres if i buy 8 of them.

I was planning on putting on 205/65s but saw an L with desert rats and 185/65s and they were flush with the guards, which means no flares.

I cant decide now, maybe i will go with 195's and be in the middle.

timmo · Post by **timmo** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:08 pm

depends if you value the accuracy of your speedo too i guess

Venom · Post by **Venom** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:40 pm

I've got 185/60/14 on a set of desert rats and they're nowhere near been flush with the guards. They must be close to 1.5 - 2cm past the guards on the front. BTW I got my set of rats, center caps, and tyres the whole lot not even 12 months old for $180 off eBay.

Suby Roo · Post by **Suby Roo** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:41 pm

I got My rims from sparco at $52 bucks each. Havent had a problem with them and they were in stock too.

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:12 am

I recently got some King Wheels, Gannon. They cost me around $70 each. They look very "Speedy-esque"

http://www.kingwheels.com.au/kingwheels/home.htm

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed May 07, 2008 6:17 am

Gannon, whatever tyre you get go for a common size - ie look in the bob jane catalogue and see what sizes are advertised...

Used to piss me off having to order tyres for the RX - fortunately now the 185/70/13 seems to be getting more common - but nothing worse than having an 'off' sized tyre

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:21 pm

What is the offset of the Kings?

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:51 pm

Fang wrote:I recently got some King Wheels, Gannon. They cost me around $70 each. They look very "Speedy-esque"

http://www.kingwheels.com.au/kingwheels/home.htm

Looks like you could get them in a 15 or 16 inch rim... Wonder if they can be drilled to the L bolt pattern?

Cheers

Bennie

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:38 pm

Suparoo wrote:What is the offset of the Kings?

Same as the Speedies im thinking - I got new tyres at the same time - so its a bit hard to tell - but they still stick out.

They are not just re-badged Speedies though - they are subtley different.

Not sure about the 15", 16" options Bennie. Ive only been interested in 14" wheels.

Post by **Alex** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:41 pm

El_Freddo wrote:Looks like you could get them in a 15 or 16 inch rim... Wonder if they can be drilled to the L bolt pattern?

Cheers

Bennie

this is VERY interesting.

might be worth throwing them an email. Wonder how these guys work

alex

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:52 pm

They do reply to emails Alex - only way to find out if they will support the bigger sizes.

Post by **Alex** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:54 pm

sweet, i'll rocket them an email tomorrow at work. I'll let y'all know how i go

alex

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:02 am

The wheels we get (14") are around $70 each now. They look just like the speedy if you want. Also available in two other patterns. Offset is closer to standard than the speedy.

They used to be available in a 15" for an order of 20. Trouble was when we tried to do the group buy not every one could agree on the style.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Thu May 08, 2008 6:36 pm

Hey Brett

Any chance of a group buy of 14"s? I PM'd you a while ago about it.

I'll buy 8, more if need be.

Fang · Post by **Fang** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:26 pm

Suparoo wrote:I'll buy 8, more if need be.

LOL Gannon - storing them for the winter?

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Thu May 08, 2008 9:43 pm

Well i want some, and my brother in law wants some, and if i need to, i can flog some on Ebay. I just want some 14" wheels that arent gonna hang out too far

Cam · Post by **Cam** » Thu May 08, 2008 10:07 pm

Alex wrote:sweet, i'll rocket them an email tomorrow at work. I'll let y'all know how i go

alex

And they've got a distributer in perth, maybe postage cheap?