WORK VSXX is a 10+ years old wheel. It's a wheel that was designed many years ago catering to cars that had much smaller caliper. In recent years, much bigger caliper are being supply as OEM caliper and wheels manufacturer are making changes or adding new wheels for the newer cars. For Example, WORK Gnosis, Schwert, Varianza, VS Concept are all new design from WORK Japan that has much better caliper clearance. Thus avoid the use of any spacers.

WORK VSXX is a custom 3 piece modular wheels. The wheel are piece together by picking the center face, then the back barrel and the front barrel. All three together determine brake clearance and offset and the most important LIP SIZE. By changing out either front or back barrel will allow the offset to be adjusted. This is how 3 piece modular wheels work.

Color of the face can be custom to any color range available by WORK Japan line up. "That's YOUR CUSTOM" part.
Color of the barrel can be custom to bronze, black, glossy or flat. "That's YOUR CUSTOM" part.
Bolt pattern can be custom to fit most vehicle, from 5 holes 98mm to 130mm. "That's YOUR CUSTOM" part.
Pierce Bolts can be pick between silver, chrome and black. "That's YOUR CUSTOM" part.
Center Disk can be pick between T,R,A,O,W giving you different offset, different lip size. "That's YOUR CUSTOM" part.

Yes, WORK VSXX are custom. From offset, to color to barrel color, all are customizeable.

The most important part are all the WORK wheels are tested and pass JWL standard. Which is equivalent to the DOT in Japan. Wheels are tested for strength and defects prior to release to the public. ALOT OF Custom CUT wheels offered in USA DO NOT HAVE TO PASS ANY STRENGTH TESTING ! Which means, they can cut the wheels, and make it look good then put it in the market.

Normally, WORK wheels takes 2 to 3 months to deliver. If you buy through a good dealer for WORK Wheels, they will be able to let you know if Japan have the materials in stock. If they do, 1 to 2 months delivery are possible. If Japan doesn't have the material in stock, 2 to 3 months will be the standard delivery time. WORK VSXX and WORK Meister is a bit different because they are old style/generation wheels and WORK Japan usually don't keep alot of stock on the shelves. Meaning a longer delivery time. 3 to 4 months is possible in certain cases where customer request color such as chrome, burning black, etc. If WORK Japan has difficulty producing the wheels and will required 6+ months, (it did happen to us once), we were informed way before that and will ask if customers are willing to wait.

Just some 411 into ordering WORK wheels.

Mark.
RavSpec

Thanks for the insight Mark :tup:

im with others... why order custom wheels and use spacers? thats insane!!!

agreed

3 colors is not custom color choices.

It's called "custom" because it takes so long to get the wheels that it makes you wonder if they are sitting at customs.

not 3 colors ...;)

BKB, Burning Black
CS, Crystal Silver
MBL, Matte Black
MDB, Matte Black / Purple Base
LS, Lighting Silver
MHG, Bronze
MGM, Gun Metal
MGS, Matte Grey Silver
GLD, Dark Gold
XG, Extreme Gold (temporary suspended)
LMG, Light Metallic Gold
M, Chrome
SIL, Silver
BLK, Glossy Black
WHT, White

Just on the VSXX model.

on Varianza and Schwert Model, you can add

BP - Black Polish
MSP - Silver Polish
WP - White Polish

VSXX rivets..

You can use , Gold / Chrome / Black

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8526976...7_2167_2609900
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8526976...7_2167_4220876
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8526976...7_2167_3605764

Center Caps (up to 19" VSXX)

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8526976...7_2167_3496170
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8526976...7_2167_3764811
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8526976...7_2167_3876372

Valve stems (gold or silver)

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-8526976...7_2167_4866168

or, forgot to add.

5x100
5x112
5x114
5x120
5x130 *** limited to certain size

Basically anything 5 holes, 98mm to 130mm Bolt Pattern can be custom.

Or, also T,R,A,O,W Disk, 5 different disk type for different caliper clearance and different lip size.

And for some newer WORK Wheels, Step lip / non-step lip

Did this set before back in 2008

RED Anodized Lip / Glossy Black Face / Chrome Rivets. 12.5" width, Corvette Z06 Spec

http://gallery.me.com/gtspec/100018/...12330765280001

http://gallery.me.com/gtspec/100018/...12297086840001

http://gallery.me.com/gtspec/100018/...12330765480001

:bowrofl::bowrofl:

^HAHA damn, i just saw this while drinking a monster... now my computer is acting weird @_@

it looks like the spokes are actualy shaped a little different and dont have the "bend" in them towards the end of the spoke....

this whole ordeal is super fishy... I feel terrible for all involved...

I have a great idea for those of you who haven't been able to speak with Rick V @ VIP .... call him under an assumed name and tell him you want to buy a set of Venaci wheels. He'll call you right back. Responds almost immediately to emails as well. :D

These "Venaci" designs remind me of Radenergie designs, atleast two of them do.

damn these tags are terrible. Mods will clean it up again. I know you guys must be angry.

If you guys/gals don't want the run around give us a call.

I dont know how Rick will replace my VSXX (Extreme Gold) in 2 weeks time since its temporarily suspended... There better be good news otherwise i want a full refund and u can have your non-correct offset vsxx back at your door step... Expecting a PM on updates soon, since Rick promised the new front wheels with the correct offsets will be with him by late July...

Maybe?
 

I finally received a response from VIP through venaciwheels@gmail.com. I have been contacted by a person named Kevin from the retail department at VIP-Status. He said he would handle issuing me a refund for my deposit. Maybe Kevin is the guy that can get things done over there. We'll see. I'll let you guys know how it turns out. To those of you that actually get their wheels, congratulations and I hope you are happy with them.

7-1/2 months for nothing. What a colossal waste of my time, not to mention the aggravation.

I have been emailing them for the past 2-3 months with no answer. I ordered my wheels on Jan 2010 and still waiting. I already bought some used Works and want my money back. I have contacted my bank to see if they can help.

just get your money back and order from ravspec, simple.

I'm not even going to end up installing mine now most likely, all that wasted time :shakes head:

Sorry to see issues still floating around =(

What happened to your wheels bro? Tot ur receiving urs soon...

Supposively I am but haven't heard anything on them. I decided that I'm going to sell my car and go for a GT-R. It's probably going to take me a couple months to find one but I'm not going to put anymore money into the Z. It does frustrate me that I've waited all this time though.

Sorry to rear all this, i wish i had the money to get your TT kit.

Sorry to hear that the wheels never made it to ur Z!! But with the GTR next in line, u know where to get ur wheels....

Rick told me he is going to send out my (corrected) front wheels this Thurs. or Fri. I should have them by late next week,I'll let you know when I get them.

I never heard back from him after he sent me the teaser shot a couple weeks ago. My wheels have supposively been in paint for like 3 weeks now.

He sent me a pic of my wheel when he got them and a few weeks later I got different color wheels:ugh2:

But it worked out good b/c I wanted this color when I ordered but was told it wasn't available so I ordered Hyper Silver.

Yeah I don't know what I got excited for lol, that pic was probably from a wheel they made years ago lol. The only reason I want them now is cause I'm selling my car and said the wheels will go with it but it's looking like the car will sell before I get my wheels. Glad I put my faith into this company.

Just wait till you see the gtr Forged Specialties is doing, all I can say, full carbon fiber car, and widebody:happydance::happydance:

Man, I was hoping this thread would get lost in the server move... :shakes head:

:icon18: :iagree: sorry to say it guys but I have read every page in this thread over the past year and bit as it progressed. I am so happy that I was not in a position to buy wheels as soon as I got my 370, because I was feeling a lot of the wheels from Venaci! I would have probably been in the same situation waiting, especially being in Canada!!!!


To those of you who actually got your wheels! They are HELLA HOT!!! SEXYNESS ALL OF THEM!!!!! To those who are still waiting GL and post some pics if you do ever get them..........

so what is the status with Rick these days?

Like always, unresponsive.
 

I haven't heard from Rick for a month and a half. I was finally contacted by someone named Kevin from the sales department. He said he would issue me a refund on my deposit. Well, another week and a half later, I have nothing. No refund, no contact. I guess I'm forced to start legal action. I will file a complaint with my CC and issue a back charge and also file a complaint with the BBB. I have waited for eight months and have apparently no choice. Anyone have any other advice?

I haven't heard anything in three weeks now either. Just sent him an email so well see if I can get a response.

File complaints with the FTC, and Attorney General. Also, file a complaint with the CA dept of business regulation.

I encouraged everyone involved to get an attorney some time ago. Had that been done, I am confident this entire issue would have been, or at least been in the process of, being resolved for each of you. I honestly can't fathom a reason why you guys haven't sued this guy and his company. ??? :confused:

I just called my bank today and filed to get my money back. The claim has already been put in motion so hopefully it gets settled quick. I'm tired of playing Rick's games. He sent me that picture weeks ago and told me they were in paint a month ago. Now he doesn't answer again. Clearly those weren't even my wheels he had in the picture cause there's no excuse for me not having them yet.

I'm done playing.
 

I'm done playing Rick's game too. I have also filed a dispute with my CC company and issued a back charge to Status Autoworks. I gave VIP and Rick months of time and every opportunity to make this right and received nothing. I'm also sick of all this and this exhaustive thread, but with over 28,000 views at least other people won't fall into the same trap I did. Good luck everybody that is still dealing with VIP.

Such a shame, good luck guys. :(