edsasdelli - 2011-04-24 1:46 PM thanks for committment to Vision and the explanation of the weight limitation of the lid.  It makes sense that the weak link is the plastic lid where the four posts rest. 

You're very welcome for both. Glad it shed light on the 'why'.   

Arkainzeye - 2011-04-24 8:22 PM XRsteve - 2011-04-24 7:19 PM Hmm. so you can and will make custom racks ??? Who???

I think he was speaking to me, but for your question before, I just weighed a Retro trunk rack, and all wrapped in bubble it's a hair over 2.6 pounds, so the larger Winged V and Flame would be maybe few ounces more. We use aircraft construction grade 6061-T6 tempered billet aluminum which is extremely strong compared to its incredibly light wreight. A similar rack in steel of the same thickness of ours would be close to 8 lbs, and one even 1/2 the thickness would almost be double the weight.

Now regarding custom racks, I absolutely do offer custom one off designs, so give me a shout on the phone and I'll be happy to go over it with you as to the process, the costs based on the design, and of course the finishes you have to choose from. Most customs we do would deliver in as little as two weeks in powder coat and 3-4 in chrome.  

dr_reloader - 2011-04-24 8:42 PM Mine was suppose to be a custom rack... 

It absolutely is Larry, and the good thing for you is that by my putting it into a production part you saved a few hundred in custom costs from what we were originally speaking of. Plus you actually do have a one off custom as yours is a one of a kind and fully hand sculpted by me by hand without using a CNC. To make production easier I made some slight mods to it to allow me to better get into the corners for radiusing the surface edges (I busted my butt doing yours! ), nothing you'd likely notice, but some openings were a bitch to get into plus I made a tad more room near the rear legs to the edge of the flame to make welding them easier. So you see, you do have one like no other, so Ill see you, and your custom rack in Helen!

dr_reloader - 2011-04-24 9:05 PM I am glad you made the opening a little bigger. I the radius of each flame took some time and a lot more patients than I have, and here I thought working on sub compact handguns were a bitch. Sometimes when I can get what needs to be done I just walk away for the rest if the day and go for a ride (GoFAR)...

Fist off Larry, those had radiused edges ARE my signature, plus if I wrote my name across that gorgeous chrome I'd prolly be lookin' down one of those sub compact barrels as I roll into Helen. LOL! I'll sign it for you there, how's that? But not for a Sharpie award, OK?

dr_reloader - 2011-04-24 9:35 PM just need to know how much money I need to bring and how big of a bag to put on my trunk when I go to Helen???

Let's put it this way... I'll make you a set of those larger feet so we don't punch all four legs through the lid. The weight we add there should balance out by what weight in gold I remove from your pockets. That give you a good enough guesstimation?

wilsondude - 2011-04-26 9:38 AM Just ordered a chrome winged V rack from my dealer(Tri-City); Can't wait to get it. Oops, forgot to mention a code; I'm a bad, bad boy.

I shipped it out right after Jeff placed the order yesterday, so it should be to him likely tomorrow.

As for the code, that is only good if you order direct from us, so I'm sorry butthere's no 'double dipping'  as they are one of our authorized independent resellers and they buy through our dealer program. Good people too.

Thanks for the support and I hope you like it enough to share some photos with us here after they get it on for you.

Git 'er dun yet? If so, let's see some pics!!!