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BonnerFX gets up close and personal with the APAC built VAD wide body GTR

VAD Admin
Aug 14, 2018
1 min read

The APAC wide body VAD GTR was completed a few weeks back, and we are pleased to say it went down extremely well, but all car launches need a bit of "je ne sais quoi" and James from Bonner-FX add just that.

APAC Wide body VAD Design GTR GT1, By Bonner FX

The APAC crew are well known for their high quality work, and you can tell just from the images that the guys uploaded on a daily basis across their media platform that this conversion oozes perfection, its their signature quality that the company is renown for, James job was to make sure he captured this extremely high that on film and with the photoshoot, and doing what James does best we would say, its mission accomplished, when perfection meets perfection, magical things happen.

Its been great teaming up with the guys at APAC and Bonner-FX on this build and we look forward to the next one, maybe our Ichiban GTR GT3RR could be the next contender, watch this space.

Auto Performance Aesthetics Centre (APAC) Immense wide body GTR

APAC on the move, James from BonnerFX capture the moment

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Magnesium Forged Wheels

VAD Admin
Aug 13, 2018
2 min read

For the past few months, we have been involved in a rather exciting GTR build, that GTR belongs to our good friend Anthony Gaylard, most GTR, in fact, most car enthusiasts will know all about Anthony's rather epic GTR and his 2017 assault around the famous green hell, the Nordschleife, aka, the Nurburgring, with the guys from Lichfield Automotive and their push to crack the 14.2-mile circuit in under 7 minutes which they achieved.

Although we are privy to the build, we cannot report much at the moment, as the build is being kept well under wraps, plus we have been sworn to secrecy, but what we can talk about is the GTR will be running some of our carbon fibre aero goodies along with our Forged Magnesium 2-piece wheel.

The wheel measures 12.5" in width and 21" in diameter, offsets are bespoke for the build, but we need aggressive offsets to fill out the extra 4" of width front and rear that the new parts give, so we are pleasantly surprised at the wheel coming in just under the 11 kg in weight, the benefit of using magnesium forged wheels.

12.5x21 Forged Magnesium Wheel

Not only do magnesium wheels weigh significantly less than a forged aluminium wheel, the weight is merely the starting point, forged magnesium wheels have superior benefits over aluminium forged wheels, which also include a lower unsprung rotating mass, a lighter wheel is much easier to spin and to stop, due to a lower momentum of inertia, improved acceleration, shorter stopping distance, better handling, longer life for brakes, tyres and all suspension components, as well as better braking efficiency, magnesium wheels also allow for faster heat dissipation which prevents overheating of the wheel and tyre assembly.

This is one GTR we cannot wait to share with the world so if you wish to follow the launch then check back in for updates as they happen next week when the car is released and goes racing.

Our Magnesium forged wheels are available in a huge range of sizes, 18" 19" 20" 21" with a huge range of widths, finishes and applications, we also offer a hybrid 2 piece wheel with forged magnesium centre and a carbon fibre barrel, please get in touch with us for more details on our line up and what we can do for your road or track vehicle.

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KAZE Centre Lock, new designs.

VAD Admin
Aug 9, 2018
1 min read

Our journey with the Revel wheels / Kaze Centre Lock crew started with our interest in their RVL IRA custom forged mesh design, the old school look with the super modern twist was a must for some builds we had lined up and getting hold of a set, seeing them up close and personal for a 350Z that we had built got us further excited for a build that was happening over at our friends at MSL Customs, so it wasn't long before we were ordering up another set for their Porsche 964 RSR build they are constructing, as we assisted with the wider aero upgrades and the 18" centre lock wheels that will adorn the car was a nice addition.

Well they are back with not one but two new designs and they are both stunning, our personal favourite is the VT06F 6 spoke, its a beauty and a very welcome addition to our RVL line up.

The second design SP07F is a 7 split spoke design, which is a classic mesh style. Both designs are available with the amazing patent pending centre lock adapter and available in all the usual widths, finishes and concave configurations, in sizes 17" 18" 19" & 20"