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Forged wheels

Wheels have been ordered :rock:

Just need to wait for them to be made now :doh:

Should have them on the car in 3weeks... just in time for Ollie's meet :bannana:

:thumb:
 
Be careful!

I had one off custom billets made for my Camaro......only set in the World! Two weeks curbed them :doh::doh::doh:
 
Rashman said:
Jesus, Phil... Way to keep me relaxed! :crazy:

Lol :D

I will indeed be careful. Cheers bud.

I suspect my over-protective ways are about to magnify! :crazy: :D
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OMG :thumb: Are you keeping them secret until the GTG ?
 
C43AMG said:
OMG :thumb: Are you keeping them secret until the GTG ?
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Hey Peter :thumb:

I'm not intentionally keeping them a secret as such.. just waiting until they're on the car until I get too excited.

They need to be made first. Then I need to drive a long way to first inspect them and then get them fitted. They'll be fitting the tyres for me too.
Decided to go for Michelin Super Sports all round.

I'd love to post pics up of the wheels but I don't want to get to excited yet.

It's going to be 3 weeks or so before they're even on the car :(

What I can say is that they are 19's.. 8.5" wide at the front and 10" wide at the rears.
Deep concave, 2 piece forged. Weighing in at around 9kg each :rock:
 
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Rash, dont get your crayons out this time and colour the michelin man in ;)

look forward to seeing the new rims!
 
Ok, so I place the order for my new wheels nearly 3 weeks ago.

I have been ringing them this week to get some feedback on the expected delivery date.

I managed to speak to one of the guys there today.

It turns out that they had put 2 orders through for 2 CLK 209's.
Same wheels but different sizes and finishes.

They are saying that the manufacturer thought that it was one order and that the first order was corrected by the second order, leading them to only make 1 set of wheels :doh:

This is what I'm told.

The guy at Projex is waiting to hear from the manufacturer to find out which wheels were made - mine or the wheels for the other CLK.

It could be that it was indeed my wheels that have been made, in which case they should arrive pretty soon.

However, if my wheels were not made, I am now facing the prospect of waiting another 3-4 weeks :mad::wallbash:

I'm not getting too razzed out about it just yet as apparently no one knows which wheels have actually been made until they hear from the manufacturer.

I've been told I should get a call within the hour to confirm what the situation is. That was 45 mins ago.
 
brucemillar said:
Rashman. I notice you intend using "forged" wheels. We could have a whip and see if we can get you the real wheels. Forgeries are dangerous young man.
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Lol! Bloody joker :rolleyes::D

I appreciate your humour though bud... Starting to get stressed about the whole deal now :crazy:

Still no phone call from Projex.
They're really not the easiest people to communicate with!
 
Wow this is like sitting in the delivery ward waiting room! :crazy:
Any news yet?
Tony.
 
jotter22 said:
Wow this is like sitting in the delivery ward waiting room! :crazy:
Any news yet?
Tony.
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As is usual with how things are done these days, I didn't receive a call.

So I called them to find out what is going on.

Apparently they still haven't received word from the manufacturer yet.

Told them that I am starting to panic now and that I'd appreciate a call later to day. I've already paid them nearly £2500 because they said they wanted 50% before, and 50% when the work is done.

Nice to know that I've paid nearly £2500 for nothing so far :mad:

50 bucks says I don't get a call.
 
So I didn't get a call.
I gotta tell you, that is one of my pet hates :mad:

So I rang them and spoke to Matt.

To be fair he was very understanding and sympathetic.

Apparently, he said that because there were 2 lots of emails pinging back and forth to the manufacturer regarding wheels for 2 CLK's, the manufacturer thought they were about the same car and disregarded one of the emails/ orders :mad:

The wheels that DID get made were for the other car and not mine! :mad::wallbash:

I told Matt that if the manufacturer can't rectify this and get wheels to us ASAP, I will forget the whole thing, take a refund and consider getting new wheels another time.

If the manufacturer is bothered about this c#ck up and prioritises my wheels to get them to me ASAP, then fine, I'll take them.

But if they say "sorry, it'll still take another 3-4 weeks" then I'll tell them to stick it.

Credit to Projex, they said that if I do go ahead and wait for the wheels, they'll sort me out price-wise.

Properly p'd off with it all.

Wanted the wheels for next weekend :mad:

Now I have to find something else to do on the car to take my mind off waiting for wheels again!

Olly, tell those plums at Renntech to get on with making their new CF intakes!!
That'll keep me happy for a while.
 
Sorry to hear of your troubles Rash, to be fair a few of my friends have dealt with Matt at Projex and he's always pretty decent and sorted good deals out for them. Hopefully the manufacturer will sort everything out for you, by the sounds of the rears 10x19 deep concave rims I'd hold out that little bit longer and get them on the car
 
Dr-Nab said:
Sorry to hear of your troubles Rash, to be fair a few of my friends have dealt with Matt at Projex and he's always pretty decent and sorted good deals out for them. Hopefully the manufacturer will sort everything out for you, by the sounds of the rears 10x19 deep concave rims I'd hold out that little bit longer and get them on the car
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Hey bud, hope you are well :thumb:

Yeah, I hear you.
I really would prefer to have the wheels on the car too.

And yes, Matt has been good about it all so far.

Looks like I'll just have to wait it out :(

I'll see what Matt is saying tomorrow once he's spoken to the manufacturer.

:thumb:
 
jotter22 said:
I feel for you dude keep us informed.
tony.
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Cheers Tony :thumb:

I'll certainly let you know how things go.

I hate waiting for stuff as it is, so being told that they haven't even started making the wheels is driving me nuts!

I'll see what the situation is once I speak to Matt at Projex again tomorrow.

:thumb:
 
lol i am known to my pals as: cant wait wont wait!
 
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