Carroll Shelby Wheel Company CS-14 Wheel 20"x9.5" Gloss Black Mustang 2005-2023

Bill: We're in the studio today with Keith from Scott Drake. Now, every time you come to visit us, you bring us something cool. Now, you guys know Scott Drake for classic Mustang parts, but they have Drake Muscle Cars, which has late model stuff along with Drake Off Road, but this is a Shelby part. Tell me about this wheel.

Keith: This wheel is called the CS14. It's our introductory wheel for our line of Carroll Shelby Wheel Company, which is now owned and a division of Drake Automotive Group. This one, we really wanted to create a wheel that was, as far as barrier for entry on price point, it was kind of appeal to the masses, and this one kind of hits the mark. This one is offered in a 20" x 11" in the rear, and the 20" x 9.5" in the front, which is-

Bill: Okay, so you have a good staggered setup on it.

Keith: Yeah. It's mostly the largest size you can go safely on the car, and it's mostly for 2015 and newer. We did actually make it for a 2018 vehicle.

Bill: Will this fit an 2005 through 2014? Will it kind of-

Keith: Absolutely.

Bill: Okay, so it will still work on that stock car.

Keith: Absolutely. The rears of the 20" x 11" are a little big, so you definitely want to make sure you get one of your adjustable panhard bars on the back of those cars to center them out, but it will fit the car.

Bill: What is the finish on this wheel called?

Keith: This one is Anthracite in this color. We also have Gloss Black, and we also have Hyper Silver, which has a really neat look to it. When the light hits it, it actually gives it kind of a polished look like a chrome wheel would have without actually being chrome plated and coated, so you get the savings for the cost and you still have a nice polished look for the people that want the bright finish on their wheels.

Bill: You said this is the first one you're making.

Keith: This is the very first one.

Bill:much more coming afterwards as well?

Keith: It's funny, we actually have six different designs that are in various stages of tooling and machining, and this is really one of the first ones we started off and we wanted to go forward with it. We were really inspired by Ford's design on the Performance Package, one wheel for the Job 2 program. When we saw it, we knew we wanted to do a version of it in the larger size.

Bill: So you're doing the new Performance Pack wheel that's coming for a '19 that's finally replacing the original 2015 through 2018 style.

Keith: Correct, yes.

Bill: Awesome. So you have it in the 20 inch, so if you like that style, that factory wheel, you can get it in a larger size.

Keith: Absolutely.

Bill: Now, I know there's a lot of cheap wheels on the market right now. I mean, you guys are new to this market, new to the wheels. What kind of testing is done on this wheel so our customers know they're getting a quality product?

Keith: Yeah, of course, with our name, Drake Automotive Group, and also, of course, one of the most synonymous names in performance, which is Carroll Shelby, we wanted to make sure that our quality was up a notch and that we did everything the right way the first time. These wheels are SAE J2530 certified from the manufacturer, but once-

Bill: That's not easy to do.

Keith: No, no. Honestly, and from the manufacturer, we actually get them here in the States and we test them additionally in STL Labs here in the States to make sure there's no problems with these. Actually, this particular wheel is currently being TUV certified for Europe. So we really want to make sure the wheel passes all the tests, so it's available in all markets and everybody can enjoy the brand and what we have to offer.

Bill: Excellent. We're definitely looking forward to getting some of these in here and getting some on our project cars. Thanks for stopping by. Take care.

Keith: Yeah, thanks for having me, Bill. Appreciate it.

Bill: Take care.

Keith: Yep.