Anyone running the Budnik
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Was wondering if anyone is running this Budnik Fontana Dish wheel. Would love to see pix. This is my latest favorite wheel. I'm thinking the 18 x 9.5" variety on all four corners. Now I just need the will to drop 3+ grand on wheels and tires.
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<img src="http://www.wideopenwest.com/~arcticformula/BudnikFontanaDish.jpg" alt=" - " />
<small>[ March 15, 2003, 06:43 PM: Message edited by: ArcticFormula ]</small>
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Arctic, I am a big fan of the Budnik wheels (especially the Tiller Fat Lip) and almost ordered a set, but they couldn't build me the sizes and off sets I wanted. But their wheels are sweet and look even better in person. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" />
The style you picked (Fontana Dish) will not fit a late model F-Body due to their high positive offset. You could get the regular Fontana wheel but remember the "dish" will be minimal and maybe not the look you are wanting. When I talked to Budnik they could only do a 1 3/4" lip on a 10" wide Camaro wheel. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> Far from the deep dish look you picked above.
IMO two things can make or break a wheel, first is off set and how the wheel sets in relation to the outer fender lip. Second is the overall dish or Lip the wheel has. As an example I saw a T/A the other day with a set of Boyd Coddington Furry wheels that looked like crap as they were almost flat without any dish or lip at all. <img border="0" alt="[barf]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_barf.gif" /> But if you look at the wheel on Boyd's site it looks sweet with the deep dish profile, it just won't fit on an F-Body like that. <img src="http://www.billetwheel.com/Wheels/Gotcha/furylarge.jpg" alt=" - " />
So be sure to ask lots of questions here but also call the manufacturer directly as they can give you all the specs to be sure you get the look you desire. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
The style you picked (Fontana Dish) will not fit a late model F-Body due to their high positive offset. You could get the regular Fontana wheel but remember the "dish" will be minimal and maybe not the look you are wanting. When I talked to Budnik they could only do a 1 3/4" lip on a 10" wide Camaro wheel. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> Far from the deep dish look you picked above.
IMO two things can make or break a wheel, first is off set and how the wheel sets in relation to the outer fender lip. Second is the overall dish or Lip the wheel has. As an example I saw a T/A the other day with a set of Boyd Coddington Furry wheels that looked like crap as they were almost flat without any dish or lip at all. <img border="0" alt="[barf]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_barf.gif" /> But if you look at the wheel on Boyd's site it looks sweet with the deep dish profile, it just won't fit on an F-Body like that. <img src="http://www.billetwheel.com/Wheels/Gotcha/furylarge.jpg" alt=" - " />
So be sure to ask lots of questions here but also call the manufacturer directly as they can give you all the specs to be sure you get the look you desire. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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are you pricing them from budnik directly?
if you are your gonna pay full price, call www.dealerssporttruck.com you should be able to get alot better price from them! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
Budniks are very very good wheels, had a set of the Trilogy III's on my Z before my IForged wheels.
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if you are your gonna pay full price, call www.dealerssporttruck.com you should be able to get alot better price from them! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
Budniks are very very good wheels, had a set of the Trilogy III's on my Z before my IForged wheels.
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I've been looking at some various Budnik wheels, as well. If you do purchase some, be sure to keep up posted!! I definitely DO NOT want that deep dish look, so I'm not worried about it. Fat lips look great on some cars (like my old GN), but I'm certainly not a fan of it on the camaros.