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Sure Laslo.
Although I don't really want to go making a set of rims for someone.

The outer rim halves are not that expensive, but the centers are going to be hell pricey.

I buy a lot of Aluminium for my CNC so get fairly decent prices.
But the 4 billets alone are going to cost $5,000.00 if I buy here in Australia.
In the USA the billets will only cost $2,500.00, so that's where they will come from.

At the moment the idea is to find a machine shop in the USA that is close to the Aluminium supplier, ship straight to the machine shop, then to OZ.
Reason being is that each billet weighs 75 kg & finished machined is only 6 kg.

I already have the steel flares required to fit the wheels into the body.
Rear flares are GT4, but I'm using GTS flares on the front as I don't want to widen the front wheels outward too far.
Trying to keep good steering geometry.

I must say your black GT4 has been a real inspiration for me.
My car is one of those projects where you take it off the road for a few months, do a few jobs & then drive it again.
If I had the chance to strip it & start from scratch it would be a very different build.

I did contact Dragway where you had your rims made, he quoted over $9,000.00 to make 17" fronts & 18" rears.
But I was not happy with the way he welded the rims together & I wanted deeper dish spokes, (something I feel nearly all of the GT4 rim designs lack).
I also decided to move away from 18” rears as there is no longer a good selection of really wide 18” tyres.
Purchased the tyres ex USA which are:
FRONT: Bridgestone RE050A Pole Position 255/40R17
REAR: Bridgestone RE050A Scuderia 345/35R19

They are really large diameter rears, but I feel the 35 profile will be a better handling tyre than the 30 or 25, as well as look better.

regards,
Tony.