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Category: Alloy Wheels

  • Calibre Launch New Voyage Wheel. Vantastic!

    Leading niche wheel fashion house Calibre has released yet another stunning wheel design into the market place – and this one is bound to get VW and Mercedes owners excited! The new Voyage has been created specifically for the rigours of life on light commercial platforms like the VW T4 / T5 and the Mercedes Vito.

    The 8.5 x20” rim counters the common error that most enthusiasts make when kitting out these motors – that of Load index. Most large rims may have the correct PCD, centre bore and offset, but very few are manufactured to cope with the extreme weight that a commercial or camper van conversion can carry.

    Although the class leading integrity and build quality are reasons enough to splash out on a set, the main reason top invest in a set of the Voyage rims is their timeless style.  A strong, but simple pseudo split rim with an inch-perfect deep lip in high-gloss lacquer finish. Also, despite Herculean strength and a flawless visage, the Voyage weighs in at just £157 + each. Just when you thought that your Mercedes or VW Camper couldn’t get any cooler…

    For more details of the Calibre range, or Alcar’s extensive portfolio of wheel designs, please click to www.alcar.co.uk or call 01622 713800

  • New Alloy Wheel for the GTR from Dotz

    Automotive artisan Dotz has released yet another stunning wheel design into the market. The GTR, their latest deep-dish design, offers a stunning 6-spoke profile, combined with the perfect dish and the all-important deep lip.

    As its Eastern good-looks suggest, the wheel is aimed squarely at the Jap and tuner markets, but its superbly understated visage means it will doubtless be a hit in the VAG scene, with fitments being available for all of the usual suspects.

    Size wise, you’re spoilt for choice, with staggered 18” offered in either 7.5” or 8” widths and 19” diameter available in both 8.5” and 9.5”. All are available from stock immediately here in the UK. Prices start from £118 + VAT for the 7.5” x 18”

    For more details of the Dotz range, or Alcar’s extensive portfolio of wheel designs, please click to www.alcar.co.uk or call 01622 713800

  • Dotz Wheels to Mod Live At USC 2010

    Leading wheel designer Dotz has long been known as the ideal ‘first call’ to improve the look of any car, but for this year’s Ultimate Street Car show at Santa Pod, they’re going one better! Over the three days of the show between the 6th and 8th of August, an assembled Dotz team will transform a stock hatchback into a showstopper, changing almost every part of the car in the process!

    In front of a capacity 35,000 crowd, the Dotz build area will be a hive of activity over the weekend as the chosen ride literally gets reduced to a rolling shell, before having numerous upgrades including interior, suspension, induction, exhausts, brakes, audio and of course, a bespoke set of Dotz wheels. As a piece of literal ‘performance art’ it should be quite some spectacle with the team attempting to fit a week’s worth of work into the timeframe of the show.

    It’s not only the thronging crowd that will get to enjoy watching the team perform under pressure, as the whole show, including the build, is being filmed for a one-hour special going out on Motors and Eurosport in peak-time air-slots later in the year.

    So what car will they use? ‘That’s under wraps at the moment,’ explained Alcar UK Managing Director Kevin Greer. ‘We are still talking to our build and commercial partners to make sure that we all put on the very best show – and the car has to reflect that. The build will be inspirational, informative and entertaining, so bank on it being a core tuner motor – and that we’re going to throw a catalogue of the very best tuning parts at it over the weekend. All being well, if we finish on time, the plan is to run it up the strip to close the show on the Sunday.’

    The build area certainly sounds like the place to be during USC with DJs, Models, wheel displays and Dotz merchandising to entertain the crowds as well as the delicious dilemma of well they/won’t they get it all finished on time?

    ‘We’re quietly confident.’ Smiled Kevin, ‘but that’s an awful lot of work in a tiny amount of time. Join us and find out!’

    For more details of the Dotz alloy wheels range, or Alcar’s extensive portfolio of wheel designs, please click to www.alcar.co.uk or call 01622 713800