Really? I will call them tomorrow to find out which wheels are forged and which wheels are cast. I know that some are cast like the Work Equip 01

 

I love Works....they look so aggressive. Especially the S1's.
The Emotions are like the "TE's" more of a racer application.

Everthing else in the Work line are generally popular in the "VIP" crowd with the big lowered luxury cars.

 

There's only 3 forging factories in Japan.

One of them is Rays (Volk), another one is BBS, and the other one is Tanasia. No other Japanese wheel manufacturer can make a forged rim because Rays holds the patent to the machines. Unless they buy wheels from Rays.

 

Rays does make forge wheel for other wheel company..

 

yea they do

 

Sorry BBS is not in Japan, their Locations are in Germany, USA, Italy, France & China.

 

I know you checked their website to post that. But those are their corporate offices and locations of some their manufacturing plants. They also have a factory and office in Japan too.

 

BBS's forging factory is in Japan.

A few euro guys like to pick up the rare "JDM" variants of the popular BBS LM's.

 

I love the red center caps for them

 

Yeah those look killer.

E46 guys rock BBS LM's like most of us rock Volks. It's insane...I guess anything to have a distinguished look.

 

haha..yeah, I rocked the LMs on my M3 tooo..but I switched to two sets of Volks on the M3 after that though.. haha...

 

Don't generalize all Work wheels. It's like saying all wheels by Rays are forged.

The Work Emotion CR Kai are cast wheels.
The Work Meister S2R are forged wheels.

 

Okay, so I didn't have time to call the guys at Work to get the "scoop" although I doubt that they would release that information to me in regards to of course where they have forged wheels made.

However, I did speak to a representative from AKH Trading that gave me a bit of insight quickly as he had to get back to work, but he told me that 80% of their Multi-piece wheels are made in house and others are made by other manufacturers. He did reaffirm with me that there are certain models that are casted and others that are spun forged. He told me that Drifting Magazine will have an article on Work Wheels with a tour of their manufacturing facility in Japan and should have information on how they make wheels.

 

Well I have check and dounble check and all Work wheels are full cast.. spun forge is like how Enkie and Advan make their wheels is not true forge, it call M.A.T. Process. Really All Volk Monoblock are full forge, the GT & SF Series the Rims are Forge and the center are cast. Some Gramlight are "spun forge" but all volk are "real forge".. but if you guy think spun forge are real forge then

 

LOL thank god he didn't have something cheap or he would be fixing more then a wheel.

 

Brian, maybe if you have a second at an event you can explain this to me in person?

 

sure anytime

but for those that want to see how real forge wheels are made...
http://media.putfile.com/manufacturing-process---RAYs