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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 04:25 PM
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Man, I would be furious if I spent $5k on rims and this happened to me and then the company blamed it on me!

http://www.nagtroc.org/forums/index....heels-warning/

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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 04:34 PM
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never heard of them. sucks though.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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Fug'em
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 04:45 PM
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Anyone who hands Corr forged, systemforged, kranson forged, 360 forged ect...........deserves to lose their 5k. Did i miss any of these boutique wheel makers?

All these fly by night florida wheel "makers" with their fancy photos. Same crap, another center cap.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 04:50 PM
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Forgot StrasseForged.

Would rather roll on Vardogs than all these "Forged" wheel makers.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 04:59 PM
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5,000? He could have gotten a brand name.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 05:48 PM
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I may have to pick up a spare set of wheels.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 06:04 PM
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That sucks for him.

I'll call it karma for driving a Mustang on a street course with 20's
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Wow. That sucks.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Cux350z
Forgot StrasseForged.

Would rather roll on Vardogs than all these "Forged" wheel makers.
Yup, well kinda
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jduet
That sucks for him.

I'll call it karma for driving a Mustang on a street course with 20's
LOL, yea since the GTR's OEMs are 20's they are terrible wheels.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 06:40 PM
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sucks... hope those companies start dying off.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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That sucks.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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This is dependent on who made the forged center faces (aka forgings). Some come from China (obvious questionable quality) some from various manufacturers in the US. You never know who the supplier is, many of the forged companies mix and match or use what's available with varied supply and demand.

I had a set of forged wheels made but the center faces were cut from good ol USDM Centerline forgings which has been around in the US for over 30 years. I purchased the Centerline forgings first and then had a wheel manufacturer with a Haas Mill do the cutting.

The design is also critical to structural integrity, some have little lateral support or lack reinforcement in the spokes.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 07:05 PM
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This is going to spread around the net faster than pics of Lohan's *****.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Cux350z
Anyone who hands Corr forged, systemforged, kranson forged, 360 forged ect...........deserves to lose their 5k. Did i miss any of these boutique wheel makers?

All these fly by night florida wheel "makers" with their fancy photos. Same crap, another center cap.
adv 1? vossen?
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by hellman_x
LOL, yea since the GTR's OEMs are 20's they are terrible wheels.
Your point? We're not talking about a GTR.

By that logic civics should be running 20s at the track too because, you know, the car in question is irrelivent.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 07:45 PM
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this company will self-destruct in 5-4-3....
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Cux350z
All these fly by night florida wheel "makers" with their fancy photos. Same crap, another center cap.
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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bwahahah ill stick to my volkies
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