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Originally Posted by Rybar
Thoose look pretty sweet, seems like your putting alot of work into this car and only a 10" wide rear wheel? Might as well mini-tub while your there.  |
Those are more of those cookie cutter "made in the usa" wheels that are actually made in China and assembled here. Theres a bazillion Miami and California wheel importers making wheels like that and none are JWL or TUV approved. Be careful with those and inspect them for cracks regularly if you use them.
Some of the companies known to be a part of this are iForged, ADV.1, Cor, rotiform, Strasse Forged, 360 Forged, Sevas, New gen (yes, those too) etc. If you look through all their portfolios you will see the same wheels over and over. Rotiform is actually pretty unique, but you can tell they use the same wheel blanks and construction methods as all the other companies. Kind of a shame because tehyre very nice looking.
This is a COR ("Made in the USA") wheel that failed on a track car:
http://importgenius.com/importers/cor-llc
They import "rim components" from China, despite all their Made in the USA chest beating.
Anyway, back to rotiform, just in case you think Im making things up to stir the pot:
http://importgenius.com/importers/rotiform-llc
Shipper:
SHANDONG CHIRON AUTO PART CO.,LTD
HIGH-NEW TECH ZONE,DONGYIN CITY,SHA DONGYING,,CN 0086531-67808999
Consignee:
ROTIFORM,LLC
6382 INDUSTRY,WAY WESTMINSTER,CA926 WESTMINSTER,CA,92683,US 714372-362
Port of Loading
Ching Tao
Port of Discharge
Long Beach, California
Declaration of Goods
ALLOY WHEELS
Anyway, Im not saying they're bad wheels, but Im saying they're not tested to any kind of standard at all. Just keep an eye on them if you use them for any kind of track use, and dont count on any of those companies taking care of you if something happens. Cor changed their warranty after their infamous failure at a track day (on street tires).
http://jalopnik.com/cor-wheels/
Some very shifty things going on.
Heres some ADV.1 wheels with some really questionable standards:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=717258
Look through all those companies' wheels and you'll start noticing all the similarities. They all come from the same Chinese plant... the same 2 or 3 assembly methods, and looks like most come from the same 2 or 3 blank designs iwth the same "concave"ness to them.
http://www.adv1wheels.com/adv1wheels...on/ADV10DC.php