...theres ALOT of work put into each one!

tour of the RAYS factory.

http://www.jrponline.com/downloads/mm/rays.wmv

 

Nice find

 

I would say "repost" but fug it....

This site moves too quickly and this is a cool vid anyway.

 

oh no way, I searched for "RAYS" and "VOLK" too! This happenes to me way too much lately

 

Nice find, watched it twice. Looks like its pretty automated.

 

so its basically 99% automated.

didnt know so much work went into my wheels. cant wait for spring to put them on. lol.

 

yeah but so much work isnt worth like 600 dollars a wheel...
like total material + labor cost + capital cost for each wheel is like 100 bucks MAX

 

awesome vid... it was like a crash course of a lot of things that i learned in my material science class

 

Yeah, they probably have fairly high margin on each product but the market is paying so good for them.

I only wonder what the dealer cost looks like.

 

Those poor robots are working themselves way to hard. Interesting vid.

 

its all capital... not much labor..
car parts have probably one of the highest marginal profit...

 

At work, cannot see the video. I will take a look when I get home.

 

i wonder if the workers get the hookup

 

I was thinking the same thing, but maybe not for their cars but for ebay, ten finger discount anyone?

 

I remember in Sport Compact a couple years back they talked about visiting the Rays factory and see dumpsters FILLED with wheels that were tossed out for cosmetic blemishes. HAHA, man I would be dumpster diving fo sho!

 

yeah thats what i was thinking.

kinda like alot of the "back door bride seat speacials" ya know what i mean

 

hahaha

 

i would love to dumpster dive too...lol ebay those and then buy some

 

That factory is one thing...

I can see us paying for their R&D and sponsoring those numerous racecars and events to be near the top of the game all these years.

The meticulous work ethic and inspection that goes into these parts are what makes them special.

Even BBS (a premiere German wheel-maker) has their forging plant in Japan.

 

Cool Video, always wondered why it took 6-12 weeks for my wheels!