Longchamp aftermarket wheels

Good news to those that maybe didn't like my new wheels, the Lenso BSXs. The source seems to have dried up. I need 17x8½, 5x114.3, ET35 (ideally 40-42, 35 is absolute minimum). The wheels I want come in ET15, ET25 and ET35, I have to have ET35 or numerically higher to keep them under my fenders (no new fender flare discussion please).

I've now been in contact with 3 different UK sellers, all said they had what I needed, order placed, and then a few days later, oops, not in ET35. They may at xmas be able to get them, apparently the factory has to have a new production run

So I may wait for that, or may not. So any suggestions on wheels that are avail in that specific size (maybe 17x8 or 17x9 also) and in similar closed design are welcome.

Hi Mikael,
not sure whether you have found anything yet, but Simmons Wheels in Australia make pretty good 3 piece custom wheels to any spec/offset you require. Not sure how easily they could be sent over, but if you need assistance I'd be happy to help. This one looks a bit closed like the one you had identified. They have been used in racing and on Australian muscle cars for many years. They have a range of styles and a lot of sizes.
http://www.simmonswheels.com.a...l=17-inch-simmons-om

Thanks Oz, and that's a beautiful wheel. But 3 piece from around the globe, will be too expensive I think. Currently I'm waiting for Lenso to be bothered to produce the ET35 wheels I need. Maybe at xmas they say.

Hi Mikael,
there are a few Longchamps in Australia, and I just found these shots of a few together at recent all ford day.
regards
Peter

and another

final one

Thanks, I like the first and third picture, but need to keep wheels inside narrowbody fenders, that's the challenge.

Finally got my wheels from Lenso. The offset I needed was a not so much used apparently, because it took them 3 month to have a production run on them. Well got them, had special size spigot rings made in the UK, and then had to have them amended locally also. And of course the right size tires.

For all the measurements and all that, this tool helped me a lot:

Not driving weather, but had to move it from one garage to the other

Wheels are 8.5x17, 5x114.3, ET35, tires 245/45x17

Had considered wider back/narrower front, would maybe look better, but it would upset the perfect balance DeTomaso engineered in I think. When I first got the car, the old rims had quite old and quite slippery tires. I remember driving a little too fast in a roundabout in the rain, and it just slid slowly on all four wheels, no oversteer, no understeer, no drama. So I chose same size on all four wheels

IMO they look ok'ish to a classic car, except for the tire profile they look vintage enough to me. Glad I didn't do 18".
Need a a DeTomaso thingy to glue to the center cap on top of Lenso script

I of course hope they drive better, have always felt that the high narrow tires were the bottle neck for performance. But first we need to get rid of the snow, have the salt washed of, and the roads dry. Can be a while...

Why wait for spring, Mikael? Come to California!

Those wheels look great. Of course they are a little too "mod" for my style, but they will fit just right here in hot rod country.

I'll be happy to show you some nice twisty mountain roads and great beachside bars.

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Those wheels look great

Thanks David. Of all the people in this forum that might have found time to say some kind words, I hadn't guessed you'd be the first.
And I'm sorry if the mod is too much for your sensitivites

Big of you. And thanks for the invite. With or without the Longchamp? Mike Drew flies a C5, I'm sure he could fit it in.

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Originally posted by No Quarter:
Mike Drew flies a C5, I'm sure he could fit it in.

I've already asked him that and he said no. Some nonsense about not using government property for personal use...

Regardless, the wheels look great — even with those big snow tires you have on them.

Mark

Each to their own, my first thought was oh a De Tomaso disguised as a BMW...

Right Joules. Doesn't it kill you when people mess with their original wheels and tires?

Finishing touches so Joules doesn't get confused...

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Some nonsense about not using government property for personal use...

I thought that in the US the government was there to service the people? As opposed to my country, where for sure all born individuals have one aim in life: serve and fund the government and the public sector

That's interesting. We've always been told that - to quote CNN

"Denmark is the land of high taxes, generous government services and stubbornly happy citizens."

In Canada we have only figured out the high taxes part.

In the US they seem to have have the stubbornly happy citizens - the rich ones, that is. The poor, as in any nation anywhere, are on their own.