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Wheels - looking for peoples opinions.


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Hi All

 

Some of you will have seen on our Facebook page recently that we are currently bringing a lot of new wheel suppliers on board.

 

The plan is to put a really good wheel selection on the website over Xmas. The following brands:

 

Japan Racing

XXR

Rota

Varrstoen

Vordoven

Cosmis

SSR

Gramlights

Forgestar

Vossen

 

I'm interested in how customers like to view the information when looking at wheels, do you like to see a single price on a wheel, price for a set of four etc.

 

I guess i'm looking for buyers input as wheel websites can often be daunting and confusing so I want to make sure we get it right.

 

Look forward to hearing your ideas

 

Chris

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One thing to remember - whats the most common question on this forum.....'Will these fit....'

so maybe some way to counter that problem - I.e. If you could get examples of each wheel on a Zed with specs - i.e. 20mm Spacer, x*Camber, Rolled Arches.

I know it's a bit OTT but I think it'd be a good sales tactic considering people spend days waiting to find out if the wheels they want will fit before they purchase, least this way they can just simply see it in the details and click buy :)

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drop down tabs are good, I'll use your example tarmac. Say for arguments sake I don't like the Rota GTR, I don't want to scroll past 100 items to get to something else, or have the GTR every other item. I move to a different site when I get that as it drives me up the wall :lol:

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Have a "Wheel Showroom", where you can pick a side view of a car you supply parts for and then a drop down menu for all the wheel manufacturers with sub drop down menus for the models and sizes.

Then you could preview what which wheel would look like on your car

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Have a "Wheel Showroom", where you can pick a side view of a car you supply parts for and then a drop down menu for all the wheel manufacturers with sub drop down menus for the models and sizes.

Then you could preview what which wheel would look like on your car

 

It is a good idea, the software I use and budget won't stretch that far though I don't think

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put in wheel size o/d ie 18/19 20 etc. put in ya vin number and thats it. Fit - yes / Fit no. if yes, options bla bla bla

 

:-) because of vins, must be a secure part of the site as in payment

Would over complicate it - How many people know there VIN off the top of their head?

 

The only most common issue is people not understanding offsets.

 

ALSO STOP MAKING MY 2015 WHEEL SeT UP AN ASS TO CHOOSE AND IT NOW SEEMS YOU CAN SUPPLY GRAM LIGHTS FFS YOU MAKE IT HARD!!

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put in wheel size o/d ie 18/19 20 etc. put in ya vin number and thats it. Fit - yes / Fit no. if yes, options bla bla bla

 

:-) because of vins, must be a secure part of the site as in payment

Would over complicate it - How many people know there VIN off the top of their head?

 

The only most common issue is people not understanding offsets.

 

ALSO STOP MAKING MY 2015 WHEEL SeT UP AN ASS TO CHOOSE AND IT NOW SEEMS YOU CAN SUPPLY GRAM LIGHTS FFS YOU MAKE IT HARD!!

:wave::lol:

 

 

Also not sure Tarmac would be allowed to or even if its possible to have every cars ever VIN known to man

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Rarerims have the best wheel site out there, the DW one is pretty good as well.

 

I personally wouldnt go overboard with telling people what will and what wont fit their cars, its not that difficult to find out online before they come to you. The Rarerims virtual bay is a nice idea though, would mean people will visit the site more often than just when they are actually looking to buy something.

 

I also dont think there are enough examples of wheels on cars on trade sites, for instance a pic of an Advan RG is nice:

 

advan_rg2.jpg

 

but a pic of a 350Z with nicely fitted RG's actually on it .............

 

img_2310.jpg

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Is must surely be per wheel, rather than per set.

 

Those suggesting Chris goes to the time and bother to find out what will or won't fit every type of car in the world need a reality check. Tarmac Sportz is not a 350Z website, it/he sells to many more marques.

 

As others have mentioned, Driftworks website is great but I'm sure it wasn't cheap but a cheaper/easier alternative is to list each rim style with the lowest price, say for 15x6, then have a PDF in the linked page with prices and size/colour options that the potential buyer can contact you if they wish to purchase.

 

However, the prices will have to be better than Driftworks, because if they aren't, 99% of people will just use the DW site as it's quicker.

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Kyle and Docwra - totally agree

 

To be honest I had planned on doing different wheels, Rota are great wheels and easy to work with and fantastic but competition is just too fierce so we are looking to concentrate on more specialist marks like the Forgestar/Cosmis/Vordoven/Vossen type of wheel.

 

It's such a tricky area this one, thanks for all the input so far guys

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