Also very happy to get rid of stupid "lightweight/aftermaket/bendy crap". It's *not* a freakin racecar . . !
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As many of you know I'm a diehard Hunter GSP9700 Road Force balancer fanboi. Many(of the few) places that have a GSP9700 will charge extra for a road force balance. Not Cali Concepts, I guess when you're putting 28" rims on Escalades all day you really need this machine.
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So I had the wheels drop shipped from Achtuning, they arrived on Monday and I had the appointment today. I went yesterday to inspect the wheels fully expecting them to be sitting inside the garage door since they were delivered just 2 hours ago. Not so, my rep Noah looked at his computer, and said they're in the wharehouse, let's go check them out.

The wharehouse, neat, clean, organized and literally hundreds of wheels. He picked a lane and went right to my wheels, sort of like a needle in a haystack. I was impressed. Noah also mentioned "shock absorbers" by their real name, "dampeners". I was a bit blown away . . . ; )

I was quoted $385 to roll the front fenders, 4 dismounts, 4 mounts and balance and 1 hour($95) for suspension inspection. I wasn't to happy about the hour for the inspection but I figured these guys need to make money too.

Ended up costing $243! . . . the fender rolling didn't take as long as they thought and they dropped the inspection charge because everything was clearly okay. cool !!!

They also mentioned that the wheels were "extremely true", all less than .002" .

So I couldn't be happier.
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Thanks to Skyler, Hunter and Noah at California Concepts . . .<ul><li><a href="http://www.californiaconcepts.net/">http://www.californiaconcepts.net/</a</li></ul>

 

Shoot some pics my way and we'll get them up on the gallery

 

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S8 or S8 replicas?

 

dunno why they ship 15mm . . . I'd like to narrow the track up front a bit to get some more steering . . .

 

looks great!

 

thanks be to you SIR . . .

 

Wow .... what the hell did you hit to do that to the Volk wheel!?

 

Dampers

 

8mm can also potentially cause vibrations as they cover up too much of the hub, hence the 15mm.