30 replies to this topic

[Artful Dodger]

MB wheels are great, we use his magnesium 13' wheels on our caterhams. you HAVE to phone him up and you have to pester him a little bit if youre not spending loads with him, he has many many customers and not many people doing work for him!!

[Moon'ed]

£950, bit steep!

[megamini_jb]

Yeah, I really can't see that exchanging hands. Message him in a weeks time, bet he'll still have them

Edited by megamini_jb, 11 August 2014 - 02:30 PM.

[Tomm]

Jez £950 is very steep (in my opinion anyway)

 

I do love the MB.

 

 

Taken at IMM

[Artstu]

Image wheels will work out at around £700 just for 4 wheels dependant on spec.

 

[Moon'ed]

For those that are interested, I rang Mike Barnby (MB Racing) back in August and he informed me that he might make a batch of mini wheels over the xmas period, depending on the level of interest. He has a large stock of the outer rims but it's the centre pieces that need to be made. Unfortunately, when I rang him again yesterday he has had no more enquiries since my last call.

 

If there are people on here that genuinely are after a set then make sure you give him a call or mail (http://www.mb-racing...com/contact.htm), and with enough interest we might be able to get our hands on some!

 

Adam

[Moon'ed]

Please let me know if you do intend to make an enquiry!

[summs116]

I just sold set of mbs 2 nites ago for £600, they were listed on facebook less than a hour and had full payment in my bank. Should of stuck them up for £700, Only sold them to buy a new set of force racing set because I've got 4 sets of force wheel for my miglia race car and wanting the same wheel nut configuration. Make sure mb make the wheel nuts too as the harder to find.

[megamini_jb]

Force racing FTW lol

[Moon'ed]

Yeh they sell really well as we've seen on ebay which is why I thought there would be a lot of interest, they're only around £150 each new!

[Artstu]

Given how well they sell I don't understand his attitude towards marketing and selling the wheels. If I was him I'd just make them, and carry them as a stock product, to be bought as and when.

 

The whole issue of the way MB makes and sells wheels is odd. I wouldn't want to buy four wheels and then find it impossible to get a replacement if one got damaged.

[Moon'ed]

Yes it's a strange one but his opinion was that no one wants to buy mini wheels nowadays.. wouldn't say I agree though he produces wheels for a wide range of cars so maybe the his volumes are much higher for those..

In regards to replacement wheels you have a very Good point that I hadn't considered..

[Artstu]

I really love the 12" MB wheels, and had they been available off the shelf when I was very serious about buying some, I'd have a set now. Wheels like these are often an impulse buy. Ordering, expressing interest etc just doesn't cut it in these situations.

 

If they were off the shelf, I imagine one day whilst in the mood I'd just buy some, and I have no doubt that most of us work in the same way.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Contact ML motorsport, they have worked closely with Mike for many years. Andy often brings a set to shows and has a set on his minus race car. I understand they had one of the very last sets of MB split rims to be produced. As far as I know, Mike who is local to me based on an industrial estate, has stopped trading.

Edited by Mini-Mad-Craig, 18 October 2014 - 08:08 PM.

[Artstu]

Contact ML motorsport, they have worked closley with Mike for many years. Andy often brings a set to shows and has a set on his minus race car. I understand they had one of the very last sets of MB split rims to be produced. As far as I know, Mike who is local to me based on an industrial estate, has stopped trading.

 

I went down that route when I was serious about getting some, the whole situation was a farce and I never got the wheels I wanted.

 

So MB wheels has closed since Adam contacted them in August? well that's the end of that then.