New generation of forged wheels
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New generation of forged wheels
There seems to be a bunch of new forged wheel companies popping up lately. Heres 2 more. While I wouldnt compare these wheels to HRE as far as quality and presitge is concerned...I have to give these companies credit for taking chances with new designs. Specifically Cartelli. Makaveli seems to be mainly knock offs.. with not alot of attention to detail. Check out the rivets, they bleed into the design and they're not symmetrical
http://www.cartelliwheels.com/products/index.html
http://www.makaveliwheels.com
Just put those rivets anywhere...why measure them out and make sure they look symmetrical
http://www.cartelliwheels.com/products/index.html
http://www.makaveliwheels.com
Just put those rivets anywhere...why measure them out and make sure they look symmetrical
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Not feelin' the first two...the third one I kinda dig....looks like a Brabus Monoblock
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Originally posted by Seize
Not feelin' the first two...the third one I kinda dig....looks like a Brabus Monoblock
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Not feelin' the first two...the third one I kinda dig....looks like a Brabus Monoblock
-Seize
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Another manufacturer of quality forged wheels - Kinesis...they now offer 20"s fitments and 19s" with reverse lip applications
IMO they make some very nice wheels
IMO they make some very nice wheels
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Originally posted by Seize
Another manufacturer of quality forged wheels - Kinesis...they now offer 20"s fitments and 19s" with reverse lip applications
IMO they make some very nice wheels
Another manufacturer of quality forged wheels - Kinesis...they now offer 20"s fitments and 19s" with reverse lip applications
IMO they make some very nice wheels
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Mr. Who - The rivets in that Makaveli are actually symetrical. There are exactly 5 evenly placed rivets between each of the 6 spokes. I do, however, see where you got thrown off... The top two and the bottom two spokes, as seen in the picture you posted, have 2 rivets at the very end of them. The left and right-most spokes have only one rivet at the end of those. So, there are an even amount of rivets between each spoke and each spoke that span the diameter of the wheel have an even amount of rivets in them.
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The rivets in that Makaveli are actually symetrical. There are exactly 5 evenly placed rivets between each of the 6 spokes
FWIW, I hope most of those newbie wheels have passed test... (c'mon now, the black one...?). I don't want to see anybody out there getting hurt!
The Kinesis stuff is good-to-go: they are heavily into the road-racing scene. The company that cuts their centers for them does a commendable job!
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mr who
[B]There seems to be a bunch of new forged wheel companies popping up lately.
Mr Who, Here's the story, Since Boyd Coddington the king of billet( and he's suppost to be a *****) filed bankruptcy and then reorginized, a lot of his guys left and started their own wheel companies and also the amount of Aerospace CNC machinest that were out of work have been pick up at these wheel manufacting places and that's why these companies are poping up all over California and other states.
[B]There seems to be a bunch of new forged wheel companies popping up lately.
Mr Who, Here's the story, Since Boyd Coddington the king of billet( and he's suppost to be a *****) filed bankruptcy and then reorginized, a lot of his guys left and started their own wheel companies and also the amount of Aerospace CNC machinest that were out of work have been pick up at these wheel manufacting places and that's why these companies are poping up all over California and other states.
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