Wheel Question
Melting Slicks
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From: CA
It’s not cost, because they charge $2000 extra for chrome and people eat that up.
lazy?
bad marketing outreach?
poor design/tech coordination with corporate?
too many buyers that aren’t familiar with the crap wheels that come with these?
lazy?
bad marketing outreach?
poor design/tech coordination with corporate?
too many buyers that aren’t familiar with the crap wheels that come with these?
Burning Brakes
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In an earlier thread someone explained it very clearly, I think. The OEM wheels are cheap to produce and the profit is high. People pay extra for chrome because it's glitzy and appeals to a lot of buyers. Putting higher cost-to-produce forged wheels as a standard equipment would boost the base cost of the car without any real curb appeal and it's likely that GM thinks it would cause lower volume in car sales but I doubt that it would. Most buyers would still want a Vette regardless of the added cost of forged wheels which would likely be around $3K MSRP per car. The problem is that on a ZO6, the new buyers are usually completely unaware of the poor quality of the OEM cast units which are prone to cracks and bends on a regular basis...you only find this out after you've had the car for a while and put the wheels on the forced balancer; that's when you see how bad they are after a few thousand miles. The OEM's are especially prone to cracks on the inside rim edge due to the rigid run-flat sidewalls which transmit any real road crack or pothole directly to the wheels like a hammer. In the long run it's best to just bite the bullet and invest in some decent forged wheels but you are looking at $4K or so minimum for a quality set.
Last edited by tertiumquid; Aug 19, 2018 at 11:09 PM.
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In an earlier thread someone explained it very clearly, I think. The OEM wheels are cheap to produce and the profit is high. People pay extra for chrome because it's glitzy and appeals to a lot of buyers. Putting higher cost-to-produce forged wheels as a standard equipment would boost the base cost of the car without any real curb appeal and it's likely that GM thinks it would cause lower volume in car sales but I doubt that it would. Most buyers would still want a Vette regardless of the added cost of forged wheels which would likely be around $3K MSRP per car. The problem is that on a ZO6, the new buyers are usually completely unaware of the poor quality of the OEM cast units which are prone to cracks and bends on a regular basis...you only find this out after you've had the car for a while and put the wheels on the forced balancer; that's when you see how bad they are after a few thousand miles. The OEM's are especially prone to cracks on the inside rim edge due to the rigid run-flat sidewalls which transmit any real road crack or pothole directly to the wheels like a hammer. In the long run it's best to just bite the bullet and invest in some decent forged wheels but you are looking at $4K or so minimum for a quality set.
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I guess thats what keeps us in business, everyone switching out to Forged Wheels. No complaining here, right Carl, lol.
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the forged meet the goals as well but any wheel with the extreme width. They can bend
The only bent wheel I have ever personally found was a Forged wheel . This is after 9 Vettes all most all of them had different wheels installed.
As bad as some roads are if you do bent a wheel I rather to able to obtain a replacement reasonably. I did a curb rub and the wheel it was 325 from a Forum vender.
Actually my last 3-4 Corvette's I like and have been using the cup wheels for about 5 years a lighter wheel than the normal stock ZR1 and stock Z06 wheels.
The stock Z06 and ZR1 wheels are heavier and I don't keep those.
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Burning Brakes
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Of course it is the cost! Gm can make the current wheels that must be meeting the goals for strength and durability much cheaper.
the forged meet the goals as well but any wheel with the extreme width. They can bend
The only bent wheel I have ever personally found was a Forged wheel . This is after 9 Vettes all most all of them had different wheels installed.
As bad as some roads are if you do bent a wheel I rather to able to obtain a replacement reasonably. I did a curb rub and the wheel it was 325 from a Forum vender.
Actually my last 3-4 Corvette's I like and have been using the cup wheels for about 5 years a lighter wheel than the normal stock ZR1 and stock Z06 wheels.
The stock Z06 and ZR1 wheels are heavier and I don't keep those.
the forged meet the goals as well but any wheel with the extreme width. They can bend
The only bent wheel I have ever personally found was a Forged wheel . This is after 9 Vettes all most all of them had different wheels installed.
As bad as some roads are if you do bent a wheel I rather to able to obtain a replacement reasonably. I did a curb rub and the wheel it was 325 from a Forum vender.
Actually my last 3-4 Corvette's I like and have been using the cup wheels for about 5 years a lighter wheel than the normal stock ZR1 and stock Z06 wheels.
The stock Z06 and ZR1 wheels are heavier and I don't keep those.
Burning Brakes
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From: Gainesville, FL
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So, I am buying a '19, and the wheel issues you are all talking about remain? They have to pass rigid strength testing and at least some people track them? Are all the respondents to this thread experiencing this? My car will have the black satin, red stripe wheels. Newer ones made in Mexico as opposed to China, put same poor quality?