Boss 338 Wheels **GROUP BUY**

[brossow]

More pics.

[Wildstreak]

bling bling, those are sweet looking even in the box.

[fast 95]

Those center caps are different than mine, changes have been made for sure.

[brossow]

Might be some disappointed 338 fans out there. Just decided I should check the new hub bore and compare it with my front hubs (assuming the 20x8.5 will have the same bore as the 20x10). Here are the results from my digital caliper:

New 338 hub bore on the front side of rim: 2.682" (68 mm)

Stock hub outside diameter: 2.835" (72 mm)

So it looks like even after all this waiting I'm still gonna get to do some grinding on the hubs to get the fronts to fit. That's really super-duper-uncool, even if it's only 2 mm all around. I thought these had been reworked to fit properly.

(No, I haven't tried test-fitting yet. The chassis is still buried under a pile of parts from winter storage.)

Brent

[k5hart]

Man that's a good lookin' wheel!

[adpostel]

Ole Brown came through today around 4:30 and delivered my goodies......Staggered set of black centers 20x10's and 18x8's........Gotta work this weekend, but will have rubber on them next week.....Man they are sick lookin' I can't wait to get them on....the kids have been in the garage all afternoon looking and polishin' them in the box.......they sure came fast after I recieved the email......

[Sublvr72]

Originally Posted by adpostel

Ole Brown came through today around 4:30 and delivered my goodies......Staggered set of black centers 20x10's and 18x8's........Gotta work this weekend, but will have rubber on them next week.....Man they are sick lookin' I can't wait to get them on....the kids have been in the garage all afternoon looking and polishin' them in the box.......they sure came fast after I recieved the email......

glad to hear you got them safely! Yeah, they do arrive pretty quickly once I'm notified they ship.

And for the rest of you, you probably won't get tracking information for the simple reason of they are shipping from remote warehouses across the country, and by the time the tracking info gets entered into the system you guys will already have the wheels.

[SUBURBANlinoleum]

Wow - I found this thread. Group buy, cheap, etc..

Then a page or so in, "prices had to be removed", "PM ____".
I see tons of peol sying ":I want this or that size"...how'd they find the price. They all OMd you? Can you tell us?

...then it says "okay, the prices are back in the original thread about this".

Linked to it, looked at the last few pages...nope.

20x10, 20x8, I think were available?

CHROME. (now in the later post, you guys got the cart before the horse and got people fired up wanting chrome, then "sales rep says they are going to run colors, THEN all the chrome ones".
Okay...happens...they lied.

Then a "hiccup" in drop shipping is mentioned.

Sounds like the wheel company pronised they do it, people got in line then they changed the game on you.

Q=Is it going smoothly now, or...?

Q=What is the MSRP on the wheels I mentioned?
Q=What is the price you canget them for.

Thanks. Simple.

[Ipaintgrt]

If you check the HID website that is listed on the first page you can see all the prices and all the options. Here is a link to it.
http://hid-solutions.com/categories/Wheels/
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[brossow]

Originally Posted by SUBURBANlinoleum

Wow - I found this thread. Group buy, cheap, etc..

Then a page or so in, "prices had to be removed", "PM ____".
I see tons of peol sying ":I want this or that size"...how'd they find the price. They all OMd you? Can you tell us?

...then it says "okay, the prices are back in the original thread about this".

Linked to it, looked at the last few pages...nope.

20x10, 20x8, I think were available?

CHROME. (now in the later post, you guys got the cart before the horse and got people fired up wanting chrome, then "sales rep says they are going to run colors, THEN all the chrome ones".
Okay...happens...they lied.

Then a "hiccup" in drop shipping is mentioned.

Sounds like the wheel company pronised they do it, people got in line then they changed the game on you.

Q=Is it going smoothly now, or...?

Q=What is the MSRP on the wheels I mentioned?
Q=What is the price you canget them for.

Thanks. Simple.

Everything you need to know is in the first post in this thread. I really don't care for the tone of your message and so I'll leave it up to you to re-read that first post about how to get pricing, then scan the full text of the rest of this thread for answers to the rest of your questions. It's all here if you read instead of pick and choose.

FWIW, the first two rounds of the group buy are done. There's a third, but it's open-ended with no specific order date. Sounds like you might be happier just buying 'em on eBay.

Brent

[sweetnlow67]

yea the way I see it is sublvr is doing us a favor, he doesn't have to spenf all of his time trying to get these wheels fort us at such a good price so if you dont like how its working out then go to a wheel store and dont screw this up for the rest of us that apprecciate a good deal

[brossow]

Originally Posted by sweetnlow67

yea the way I see it is sublvr is doing us a favor

To say Sublvr72 has done us a favor is a massive understatement. There's virtually nothing in it for him except a bunch of good karma and a lot of headaches and hassles that I'm sure he didn't anticipate when he volunteered for this.

[smith2481]

yeah if you are going to complain about this sweet deal then go pay about 200 300 dollars more

[sweetnlow67]

agreed!

[NORCAL SS]

[fast 95]

Norcal, how's the old man like it?

[brossow]

Originally Posted by brossow

Might be some disappointed 338 fans out there. Just decided I should check the new hub bore and compare it with my front hubs (assuming the 20x8.5 will have the same bore as the 20x10). Here are the results from my digital caliper:

New 338 hub bore on the front side of rim: 2.682" (68 mm)

Stock hub outside diameter: 2.835" (72 mm)

So it looks like even after all this waiting I'm still gonna get to do some grinding on the hubs to get the fronts to fit. That's really super-duper-uncool, even if it's only 2 mm all around. I thought these had been reworked to fit properly.

(No, I haven't tried test-fitting yet. The chassis is still buried under a pile of parts from winter storage.)

Brent

Posted this in the other thread but thought I'd share here, too, since not all of you follow both threads. (And am I the only one not getting notifications anymore from this board when a reply is posted in a thread I follow?)

Originally Posted by brossow

Better yet, I might drag a rim to AutoZone and see if they'll pull a stock HD rotor for me to test-fit. That'd be a helluva lot easier than trying to get at the chassis. I think I'll go throw a rim in the back of my car right now.

Just got back from AutoZone. BAD NEWS. The stock rotor does not fit into the -3 rim. I forgot to bring my caliper to measure, but from what others have reported it seems to be the same issue as with the old revision, bottoming out about 1/4" short of sitting flush. Honest to God, what the did they change in this revision?!

I'm going to be making a call to the regional AEW office tomorrow and let them know what's up. It's not the regional manager's fault they effed it up, but at least he can pass it up the chain.

Unbe-effing-lievable.

Brent

[Sublvr72]

That's correct, the bore changed but it still isn't enough to clear the larger rotor. The only options are to trim the rotor or use a small spacer. It's only a few mm off.

[brossow]

Originally Posted by Sublvr72

That's correct, the bore changed but it still isn't enough to clear the larger rotor. The only options are to trim the rotor or use a small spacer. It's only a few mm off.

So why did they bother changing it? Curious as to who benefited from this change.

Whatever the case, I just ordered a pair of 1/4" spacers on eBay. At $17.95 shipped, then $1.44 instant cashback via Bing, it's cheaper and a lot less hassle than going to a machine shop, and on this project I'm not gonna just take a grinder to my hubs. If they work, great. If they don't, it's not like I invested a fortune in 'em. Until the chrome fronts start shipping it's not an issue anyway. (To be honest, if I had known that after all this waiting they still weren't going to fit right out of the box, I'm not sure I would have bothered with all this.)

[NORCAL SS]

Originally Posted by fast 95

Norcal, how's the old man like it?

likes is alot truck handles great with the suspension set up i went with.

[mrh33916]

Originally Posted by Leviticus

Ok, guys,

A little redneck machining aka a grinder and they slid right on!! Looks like the fronts are solved, now onto the rears.

Before and after, you only have to take a little off, not much.

Havent tried the new revised center cap yet but will let you know in a few.

Leviticus posted this on page 7,

If this is all that's needed I can live with a little grinding,

[smith2481]

that is what I am going to do with my hubs when I get my wheels

[NORCAL SS]

[brossow]

Originally Posted by mrh33916

Leviticus posted this on page 7,

If this is all that's needed I can live with a little grinding,

Just very irritating that after all the hype and all the wait we STILL have to grind the hubs or use spacers. I don't get it. If everyone is happy to grind away, why didn't y'all do it six months ago instead of waiting for the revised rims?

[*Dylan]

Because to my knowledge this group buy wasn't going on six months ago?