Speedwells Wide Body Supra, by Sean Reid

Over the past couple of years, we have seen the speedwells wide body aero kit for the Toyota Supra gather some momentum, since we have added the aero to our website we have had lots of interest, it helps when current owners like Lawrence Duckers are out and about with his amazing Black Wide Body, which seems to look better every time we see the car across various media platforms, Iby certainly built a stunner when he put this one together and it’s good to see that Lawrence is putting his own stamp on the build, adding more power with a turbo install, and we are sure there is more to come from this particular Supra.

There is a new build happening and we have been privy too and it’s a beauty, Sean Reid is the man responsible for yet another UK build and from what we have seen so far we are excited by this one.

Sean's Black Supra before the mods

The base car he sourced was from Ireland, a beautiful black example which before he purchased had just had a fresh coat of paint and it was a stunning example, many people would be asking why cut up a perfectly good base car, but when your friend is Iby from Speedwells it all starts to make sense, let’s just say when it comes to modifying cars he is a bad influence, and Sean himself is no stranger to the modified scene, his daily driver is a lowered Murdered out Audi Avant, sitting on super wide concave wheels , so the Supra didn't stand a chance of a standard life once it come into Sean’s life, but as we always say at VAD, a stock car is a boring car.

The reason this build caught our eye was colour choice, which is a classic Grey from the Porsche colour range, its very reminiscent to the Lamborghini Grigio Telesto or the Audi Nardo Grey, which we like, especially now this colour is adorned on his wide body Supra, this is one colour that will show off all of the details that can be hidden by a darker colour.

Speedwells Supra

Speedwells Supra

Speedwells Supra

Speedwells Supra

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Sean's Build process of the Speedwells Wide Body Supra

A special build needs a special wheel and as reported in our previous email Sean has decided on our very own VAD VM1 mesh style design, its and old design now, but like all good mesh designs get them right and they are timeless, and this is one build we can wait to see fitted with our design.

Sean is a man after our own heart when it comes to colour for his wheel set up, as he is going with a matte black centre with gloss black barrels, chrome studs, in sizes 10.5x19 front and 13x19 rear, this is one beauty we just can’t wait to see all finished down the camera lens.

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VAD Forged VM1 + Speedwells wide body Aero for the Toyota Supra = Perfection

We thought some of our older forged wheel designs has started to reach the end of their life cycle, but our customers seem to disagree. Our old VM1 wheel design has seen some mileage over the years, being fitted to various cars around the world in various finishes, the wheel design that adorned our original VAD 997 RSR has done us proud, it’s still going and still in demand.

Over the last few months we have been following a build belonging to Sean Reid who happens to be a very good friend of Iby from Speedwell alloy wheel re-finishers, Sean ordered the full wide body Supra aero pack and has put together and absolute beauty, what caught our eye was the colour he has painted the Supra, which is a classic 60’s Porsche grey, which suits the conversion really well, and a colour we have yet to see on this particular wide body conversion, a choice we like ... a lot.

The wheel of choice for Sean’s build are our VAD VM1 with the concave profile, matt black centre with gloss black barrel, in sizes 10.5x19 front and 13x19 rear, its one car and build we are very much looking forward seeing this build come to fruition

13X19 VAD VM1 custom 2 piece Forged wheel, Matte Black Centre, Gloss Black Barrel

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Speedwells, The Alloy Wheel Refinishers

If you’re from the west midlands and into the car scene, then you would of heard the name speedwells, one because he drives a very famous Red 800+ bhp widebody supra, and two because they are one of, if not the finest wheel refinishers this country has to offer, how do we know this, well we have been in the wheel industry for over 20 years, and we have used most companies that are supposed to specialise in the refinishing business, but have never been 100% happy with the finished product and neither have our customers, and as there seems to be a refinisher opening up weekly, we thought it was time to educate and help people with a great option on where to take your alloys for that high quality finish.

We have already covered the supra on many occasions in our blog, if you want a recap hit the link and read up on the finest home grown Supra this country has ever produced.

Read all about this beauty from our previous blog post.

https://www.vaddesign.com/single-post/2016/11/01/Speedwells-Wide-Body-Supra

His build shows not only his meticulous attention to detail, but also his extremely high quality standards, this standard is mirrored within his refinishing work, but you don’t have to take our word for it, the trophy haul from many shows across the country show that, to win the collection of trophies Iby has stashed away, it has had to be the best, and his wheel refinishing and workmanship qualities are no different.

Wheel refinishers, there are many around the country, as a wheel wholesaler / retailer we have possibly used them all, and what we can say is none of them come close to what Speedwells can do with a wheel, the added bonus is he can refinish or refurbish any wheel, own a 3 piece wheel and struggling to get it refinished properly like we have done so many times in the past, well not only does he specialises in the 1 piece wheel, but the 2 and 3 piece wheel too, no matter what the wheel, he will return to o.e. m quality standards, if not better.

There aren’t many people within the wheel refinishing industry that want to get involved with a 3 piece wheel, as its time consuming and not as easy as stripping a 1 piece, you have to be pretty meticulous and know what you are doing, and this is where Speedwells are a cut above the rest, he has 3 piece wheels on every car he owns, so he understands how they are put together, and what you have to do to repair or refinish, he is the only company we would let anywhere near our refinishing , and he is the exclusive VAD refinisher for all of our used wheels, we couldn’t recommend his workmanship and quality standards enough.

So if you have a 1, 2 or 3 piece wheels, that need bringing back to life, and you want a high quality job, then look no further, tell them VAD sent you, we can assure you of one thing, you will be happy you did.

www.speedwells.co.uk

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