ACE Flow Form Wheels
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ACE Flow Form Wheels
I bought 4 wheels for my 2019 GS. On a trip to the Ozarks in June, with 12 other cars, we hit a couple of pot holes in Missouri. This bent all 4 of my rims! All the cars drove over the same areas and no one else had a problem. Only 4000 miles on the rims. Not a very good product!
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Flow formed wheels are only slightly better than full cast wheels. So, you're taking your chances by running ultra-low-profile tires on them, especially in the extreme widths on the Corvette GS. Run flat tires also beat the crap out of your wheels, and the car's suspension.
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"Flow Form" and fully-forged are two vary different processes, with equally different product characteristics, as you've unfortunately found out. That's why the pricing is so different, as well. 
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Missouri doesn't have potholes, we have craters. Sorry about the damage to your wheels.
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