tez162003 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Well as some may know, i do alloy fitting in the evening for a company that specialise in Genuine Mercedes, BMW, MINI, Smart, Brabus etc I do this in the evenings as my second job, but yesterday evening has to be to most worrying tyre fitting job ever! The wheels were 4 Genuine Brabus Monoblock 6's in the special edition 3 piece version, made for the Maclaren SLR. The customer was one of the car showrooms on Park Lane (yep, where all the supercars live) But the car itself has just been bought, and they needed these wheels for this weekend as its being shown off at the Goodward festival of speed. The 4 wheels themselves came in at £19136 plus £1000 for the tyres.... ouch, and theres me thinking HRE or DPE are expensive.. Anyway few pictures to show off the wheels and fitting. Never concentrated so hard in my life!! Anyway if anyone is going goodward this weekend, look out for a SLR on these wheels, if you see it grab a picture for me and ask the owner if he just got it, if so mention the fitter was bricking it while fitting them Link to were you can buy them from just incase you wanted a set http://www.alloywheelsdirect.net/mercedes_alloy_wheels/mclaren_slr_roadster_r199_alloys/20_brabus_monoblock_vi_3pc_wheel_1640 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4XNY Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Oh my god, those wheels are nice, but £20k??? No thanks! Glad you didnt scratch them, good practise for my mine! ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alessandro Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Love them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Would never have split rims on an SLR!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic84 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 thats mad, good job. really dont think id have the balls to even pump them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Thats an absolute joke price Makes me glad the fezza wheels are only £350 a corner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 My god they are :drool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tez162003 Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 oh i agree the price is mental, there not 5k a corner imo, there gorgeous wheels and well made, but HRE are just as good and third of the price. But its Brabus, special edition = prestigious. They will set the car off though, that why id love to see some pictures of them fitted to the New SLR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 oh baby i bet they weigh feck all and i bet you've never been so carefull putting weights on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tez162003 Posted July 2, 2010 Author Share Posted July 2, 2010 weight wise, about average really, well i guess for a 20" they were fairly light, but id rather have some weight/strength in them when its going to have the onslaught of an SLR. Weight were a bitch, had to do a sports fit, so less than 30g on each inner and outer of the wheel, luckily they all did without any need to rotate the tyre to move the heavy spot round a bit. Had to use OEM weights too. No 10/5/10/5 style weights, each weight is a single weight as you can see in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjones6699 Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 Minging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Very nice. At least they'd be well engineered one would imagine being made in Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Absolutely love them, but 20k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEDEBY Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Yo, Nice work if you can get it!!!! .... Obviously I'm talking about what the bloke who bought them does for a living Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-macd Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Very nice! I better start saving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Ja ja, sehr schöne Felgen! Deutsche präzisions arbeit zeigt sich von einer schönen seite. Und wenn die Reifen nicht direkt passen...DRAUFHAUEN MIT DEM HAMMER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkie34 Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 Thought my wheels were expensive. Just a note where do you get 4 MPS2 that size for a grand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tez162003 Posted June 29, 2011 Author Share Posted June 29, 2011 just thought id re read this. the wheels were staggered so it was only 2x 305/25's and 2x 275/30's If i remember correctly. the car itself was this one, (granted partly enhanced by the looks of the image) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Nerves of steel..... OR............Balls of steel... think we all understand why you would be cacking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choptop Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Lovely wheels. Would rather have a nearly new 370z Roadster in the garage though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 20k my god!!! Still, i wish my local tyre fitter took as much care over fitting as you did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Good work dealing with those mate! Although have to say for £20k I was very underwhelmed when the box was opened on the pictures...as people have said they arent actually worth anywhere near £20k but sticking the name on adds a slight premium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Am I just imagining it or are these wheels scratched Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwanageDave Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Would never have split rims on an SLR!?! Why? What did you fit on your's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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