Hey All, I'm new to the forum and just grabbed a 2002 z06. I'm looking to go wider rear fenders and trying to find some CCW's. Are there any people on here that can beat CCW/s 12-14 week wait time for wheels? I'd prefer to order a wheel and tire package right away.

Thanks for the help guys

 

If you want CCWs, and only CCWs, then you'll have to wait. Their wheels are not generally "stocked", and are built to order. Having said that, I seem to recall that 'West Coast Corvette' used to advertise CCWs on their site, and might, by chance, have something on hand....

 

What wheel do you want, if you're after classics you can always buy them used and just buy a new outer lip to extend the difference to the new fender


I think they only stocked the ZR1 C10 tray setup

 

I had my CCW's in 4 weeks after ordering. Granted it was through a local vendor, but still, 3+ months I hard to believe.

 

I was quoted 8-10 weeks and received mine in 7.

Do a search in the classifieds, I believe there was a set of SP500's and classsics for sale but not sure on sizing.

 

I've had 2 sets of CCWs, over the years. The first set was for my '96 Z/28, and the second set was for my C-5. When I bought the first set, around 1999, John still owned the business, and was in the process of "growing it". He was still contracting out some of the machining work for the wheel centers, and his turn around was rather slow. The shop he was contracting to, was doing his work as "fill in", between bigger jobs. Therefore, it took quite a while, for me to get that set of wheels, maybe 10-12 weeks.

By the time I bought my second set, around 2003, John had purchased his own CNC machining center, and his turn around time had dropped, as he was then doing the machining "in house". I got my second set within 3-4 weeks. However, time has a habit of moving on, and John, like many of us, thought it was time to retire. He sold the business, and now that Weld is the owner/operator, things may have changed somewhat. Time will tell.

 

I ordered classics in February(my 3rd set of CCW's) and received them in exactly 8 weeks. I'm sure that time has increased since it is nicer out and folks are in the buying mood. Most vendors have their orders drop shipped from CCW, so I doubt you will be able to shave anytime off. Probably best ordering through them or finding a used set.

 

I bought CCW 505a's 5 years ago, and I know I waited at least 2 months for them. Here in the present, a couple weeks ago....I took those same wheels out to Wheel Concepts in California to have them chromed, and the shop owner relayed to me that just getting new center caps from CCW will be 4 weeks. No other choice except to wait. Being in this Corvette hobby long enough, and you come to accept that good things are worth the wait.

 

yeah, the prices went up and apparently so did the wait times... I do like all the finish options they have now though... I really wanted some rts' right before ccw was sold to weld and I tried numerous times to get them made to clear c6z brakes and everyone I talked to at weld said it could not be done but I felt like they were just giving me the run around and didn't want to take the time to do it

 

You too huh? I'd love a set for "kill mode" with my car. I have a buddy who just left his job and went to Weld and I told him "Hey, tell them to start making the RTS in correct offsets for a C5 with C6Z brakes. There's a freaking market for it.

 

right on, let me know how that works out... I know they can do it and I really don't see why they are making it seem so difficult, with all the different pad options they have and now having acquired ccw and all of their knowledge/resources there really is no excuse

 

To make a long story short , I was also told 8-10 weeks for rims in March. I wanted new rears in a different offset. The solution was just order lips and barrels then use my centers to change the offset and I could have them in 3 weeks. I'm at 9 1/2 weeks and I've only received my lips. Barrels are " supposed " to be here today. I'll never deal with CCW again. They spec'ed the backspacing so if they don't fit I'm fairly certain I'll be beside myself.

 

Using your experience as an example, I'll relate what I was thinking last week, when this discussion first began. When I was in the process of getting my first set of CCWs, the set that took about 10-12 weeks, I had called John Purner, then the owner/founder of CCW, several times, to check on their status.

When John found out that I worked in a factory, it somehow or other, got us into a couple of lengthy chats about getting machine work done efficiently. Because at that time, John was primarily assembling the wheels in his shop, with the lug drilling, centerbore machining, and rim half holes being drilled in the finished wheel centers by a shop John was contracting to, using a couple of fixtures that John owned, but kept at the machine shop.

The problem John was experiencing at the time, was the machining work for him was not a large job for this shop, and the set-up/take down of his tools, took longer that actually running a batch of wheel centers. They started putting off his work until he had a LOT of centers to machine. That was efficient for THEM, but not good for CCW. He was facing a crossroads, and as I previously mentioned, he then made the leap, and bought his own CNC center. This, of course, greatly reduced his turn around time, and allowed him to become more efficient, and definitely grow the business.

One other thing that I learned about CCW, back then, was that a lot of their wheels were used by race teams, and the inner/outer lips frequently got damaged in competition. CCW serviced many of these wheels, as part of their "customer focus". They were a relatively small business, and could easily shift their priority between sales of new wheels and repairing existing wheels, as required. When you called their shop, you generally talked to either John or Chip, who together had a great deal of "hands-on" experience, and could get you the correct size, bolt pattern, and offset wheels, with ease.

I'm not knocking large businesses in general, or Weld Wheels, specifically, but sometimes, when a large, volume oriented business buys up a smaller, niche oriented business, the "personal, customized service" gets lost. Hopefully, this doesn't happen to CCW.

 

I received my barrels just a little while ago but I don't even have time to open the box. I'll play with them when I get a chance . I have bigger fish to fry. LOL

 

Just for the record CCW was bought out by Weld Wheels at the end of 2014 and they moved all production from Florida to Kansas (in 2016 I think). My understanding is that John is no longer part of the business.

 

Interesting.......

While MANY of us knew that John sold the business to Weld Wheels, I think that a lot of us didn't know that the "business" was relocated to Weld's home base, in Kansas.


So much for the "quick turnaround repairs" that the Florida racers were used to...........

 

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