Alright guys time for a late Friday afternoon update.
A couple weeks ago we decided we wanted to run a bigger rim in the back of this project. The 19 was just not doing it with the ride height we had. We got the car way down on the ground. But the Formula 43 wheel we liked was not available in a 20" wheel. So we started looking around at other wheels. It is a never ending task. At that point in time Ben Hermance was unveiling his new Grip Equipped wheel line through Forgeline. I sent some pics of about 5 wheels I thought the customer might like. A few days later he flew over from Vegas for Lunch and to drive his LS9 57 Chevrolet home for the winter. We looked at the 5 choices over and over and really liked the Laguna wheel. The vinyl top on this car really kind dirties down the vibe of the car. So some of the other styles of wheels we were considering where not lining up. Plus we really thought the Laguna in a dark gray center would be our accent or 3rd color in the pallet. Black, Chrome, and Dark grey with a red ox blood interior.
So I contacted Ben to discuss the wheels. He told me about the complexity of the design and all those kinds of things. I told him I needed to get my stuff together because I was going to Hawaii for 2 weeks over Christmas and we planned to display this car as a fabrication display for our frames and what exactly needs to be done to the body to fit our chassis's with the lowest ride heights in the industry. We got that squared away. I went to Hawaii and had my fun time.
Well I'm getting ready to get on the plane to fly home and txt or email Ben to just check and see how things are going. He says good but the guy who orders materials has not returned his emails and he is not sure if this is good or bad. Sometimes no news is good news and sometimes it is not. Well we found out that the guy he emailed to order these special center forgings for the Laguna wheels was on vacation also. Slacker... :D :D
So now we have a big scamper to try and pick up the pieces. OK PAY ATTENTION, This is where a guy is a good vendor. Ben knows I want to display this car at GNRS the end of January, and we are 3 weeks away from the show and 4 weeks from getting these special blanks. So he tells me to get me out of a bind he is going to build me another set of rims that don't take a special forging to build and send those to me for the event.
That right there is the way it is done. When things happen because something always will. Do what you can to fix the situation. Then they 2nd day aired the wheels to me to be sure we can complete everything in time for the event next weekend.
So enough sappy happy vendor story crap. Check out these Drop Kick wheels from Grip Equipped.
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http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ps4763331c.jpg
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The Centers look more bronze then they are in showing up in the pictures.
I hope to have the car on the ground and finish up some loose ends on Monday to do a full on the ground stance shot.
Thanks Ben for doing all you could.
Also if anybody is interested in these wheels we are the newest West Coast dealer for them.
http://www.forgeline.com/products/grip-equipped-series/
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