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Whilst wandering around the pits at Bathurst I noticed that Tony Alford's GT-R now had 18" wheels on it compared with the 19's he had been running to date. I asked Peter West from the Mag Wheel Centre in Richmond what the go was and he told me that Tony used to run 19s in order to clear the Alcon V8 Supercar brakes he had on the front of the GTR. Peter had now supplied him with new AutoArt 18"s which cleared the supercar brakes...just. I figure if they clear these brakes they should be a shoe in to have a decent clearance with the standard Brembos. And don't necessarily quote me on this but I have the figure of $2800 etched in my mind. I overheard it whilst I was pawing a set but am not 100% on this. Perhaps it was $3800 but at $2800 they would be a serious bargain. I probably won't be looking at getting a set for another 12 months but some of you maye be interested in these as an alternative to the TE37s.

http://www.autoartwheels.com/pages/assembly/assembly.html

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Peter West from the Mag Wheel Centre Richmond would like someone with a standard R35 to go in with his car so he can measure up the calipers/hubs and produce some drawings so that he can determine the best 18" wheel combo for the GT-R. I'm not in Melbourne but hopefully someone local is interested enough to help him out. We would all benefit from this data as it could also be used to compare with other wheels and their brake clearances.

If anyone is interested please contact Peter at The Mag Wheel Centre 15 Palmer Parade Cremorne / Richmond Vic. Ph: 94211266 / 0412 484 972

And they were $3800 a set, not $2800. :)

Edited by fungoolie

V8 Supercars actually run rotors that are 4mm smaller in diameter then std R35s, and i am pretty sure you will find the Alcons that they run hug the rotor a little tighter then the OE Brembos. So no guarantee they will fit over R35 brakes, if they are marginal on a car running Supercars brakes then ..... it would be worst if running the Mines 400mm upgrade etc.

Be interesting to see how they go, I could easily be wrong

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