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Offline Lotus supplies

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Twin cam original wheels
« on: Friday,February 14, 2020, 12:56:31 PM »
We are looking at having a batch of original style twin cam wheels made.Would anybody be interested as we want to make sure there is enough call for them before we go ahead, they would be around £175 a wheel would ideally like to sell them as a set of 4.

Offline Pfreen

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Re: Twin cam original wheels
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday,February 19, 2020, 11:53:44 PM »
Are you interested in making 15” Lotus alloy look wheels? The garage forum shows the reasoning behind it.

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Re: Twin cam original wheels
« Reply #2 on: Thursday,February 20, 2020, 08:51:20 AM »
How close will the painted finish of the new wheels be to the finish of the original wheels? Much of the charm of the original wheels is in the subtleties of the colour and texture of the hammertone finish.

Will the new wheels feature improvements such as machining of the backside of the centre hole to better accommodate modern wheel balancers (my biggest complaint with the Lotus brand wheel)?
The Twin Cam plays the symphony whilst my right foot conducts the orchestra. At 3800 rpm the Mad Pipe Organ joins in.

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