Simmons wheels no more from 20th/8th/09.

There was an ad on GraysOnline a few weeks ago for equipment from Simmons Wheels, but it suggested that it was 'excess to requirements'

Strictly speaking this is still correct if they are now closed!

 

Wrong date.

 

You would imagine so, it has equipment and designs and the like... are there any makers of wheels still in Australia since Castalloy fell over with the Ion Ltd implosion?

 

I see your mate in the first pic Rob? Ask him in for a cup of tea did we?

The problem with the wheels, well, a set of 18" in an off the shlef size for say a 911 was close to $5K. There are enough genuine used ones around and it wasn't far off the price of a set of forged BBS. Added to that the ageing machinery and the death of the Commodore market (A set of 18" at Bob Jane for under a $1,000 from China) and that was that.



Regards,

Carl.

 

gee...a post from Carl at 8.20am! he must have wet the bed again.

 

Silly, I just got home!

 

Carl, can you email me the wheel alignment settings you put on the car when I bought it ?

I was adjusting some suspension and think the alignment needs doing

thanks

 

still be hard to compete with the Chinese labour rates in manufacturing

 

looks like we've just discovered Moretti's next excuse!

 

nope, I've got a million better ones than that

 

I hope you didn't get wet as well or were you already out of bed.

 

Sure John,

12 PSI all round

Front:

1 meter of toe in
zero caster
5 degrees of positive camber

Rear:
1 meter of toe out
2 degrees of positive camber

Put the larger wheels on the front and use Diesel fuel.

Love carl xxxxxxxx

 

Yep, used your line Big Boy "The Brett gets 'em wet."

Worked a treat!

 

ok, that's the current settings so all is well, thanks

finding it hard to keep the diesel topped up in the sump and my 6 volt battery keeps dying

 

It can depend upon how the owner has been running the place for quite a while. If he has a lot of vital information in his head that isn't something that can be transfered easily when the cheque for the business is sold off.
Then again you could have someone like my former employer who openly said that the business dies with him. Strange but some guys choose to do this. Yet another reason to quit considering my boss was 70 !

 

Hi John,

I printed out the settings on your car today, can post to you if you like, no access to scanner atm, sorry.

Regards,

Carl.

 

Better make that express post! The Rally is on soon!

 

I post once a month, he'll get it early October.

 

Good man!