WOW - Gotti wheels like John Corbani's

I sent an inquiry to Gotti wheels in France about availability of Gotti wheels similar to John Corbani's and got the following response:

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Hello Mark,

Thank you very much for your message.
We can manufacture for your Ferrari Dino GTS 8 X 16'' wheels with our model J 55 B ;
We have the technical information regarding the offsets of the wheels ;
We can make the color you want for the center : gold, black, red, silver or whatever you like ;
Our delivery time is about three weeks ;
The price for one wheel is : 395.00 € ex vat ;
We can allow you 10 % discount on that price : 355.50 € each net ex vat ;
I remain at your entire disposal for any further information ;
Best regards.
Michèle.


MJL GOTTI SARL
Z. I. LES SERRES
F 26600 LA ROCHE DE GLUN
Tél. : 04 75 58 59 71
Fax : 04 75 57 00 28
web : www.gotti.fr

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This sounds interesting - I have emailed them back to see if the price includes shipping.

 

The sender may be a man, although I'm not sure yet. I also found out that the prices quoted did NOT include shipping.

The weird thing about the Gotti website is that the English and German links are both switched AND not functional. The only way to get into the website is to click on the French flag.

Once you get in, the style of the wheels shown are not the same as the wheels on John Corbani's Dino. In addition, the J55B was not listed on their website. I was able to find the J55B when I Googled "Gotti wheel Alpine" (Alpine referring to the great Alpine Renault A110 - I may have added "France" to my Google search) and found an Alpine specialist company that had several Gotti wheels listed, including 3 hole wheels for your Alpine!

I sent Gotti a photo of John's wheels, along with some of the links to John's postings on FCHAT regarding some of the problems that he had with them - such as the cracking and the fact that the wheels didn't center on the Dino's hubs. John had a tire and wheel shop in California make aluminum spacers to center the hubs for only about $50.00 each and he posted that they worked great. I drove his car and it handled and road very, very well. It seemed more planted and stable in tight and high speed curves - not as prone to snap oversteer as several others I have driven. Here's a photo of one of John's wheels:
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