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Larry Hill 12-11-2018 12:29 PM

Deals On Wheels
 
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bry-war 12-11-2018 01:50 PM

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Line/Anderson car in their PRI booth. All the wheels on display said made in China.

jmcarter 12-11-2018 02:32 PM

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Crap...just jacked up the car to double check the BS....thanks for the tip.

X-TECH MAN 12-11-2018 02:40 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bry-war (Post 578395)
Line/Anderson car in their PRI booth. All the wheels on display said made in China.

What is NOT made in China these days ?

Mike Graham 12-11-2018 02:54 PM

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Stuff from China kinda works sometimes for a while.

Larry Hill 12-11-2018 03:25 PM

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Just saw the results of a wheel failure last week, not pretty.The failure was not one of the Race Star wheels. I do not trust the incoming QC of materials made in China. Not trying to be political but, my car, my life and my decision. Race Star did say that they are working on bringing the process back to the USA.

bigshow2966 12-12-2018 01:45 PM

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I just bought a set of Vision wheels for my Valiant. They are Chinese too, and they had a set that look exactly like the wheels that were in the original post. They are nice looking wheels and appear to be well made, but they are not lightweight race wheels, more like street wheels. If you're looking for lightweight race wheels, $99 wheels aren't them.

black88coupe 12-12-2018 02:00 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bigshow2966 (Post 578430)
If you're looking for lightweight race wheels, $99 wheels aren't them.

Yep.

GTX JOHN 12-12-2018 04:46 PM

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Driving back from the Las Vegas Nationals this year ......my crew chief had a Chinese wheel come off on the freeway as some of you may remember from that race.

It went through the windshield of a car going the other way and killed a 16 year old girl and a 24 year old girl just starting out in life.

We spend the money to buy American made Axles and Components for
all the trailers we build.... even though all most customers do not care about
anything except the lowest bottom line price!

Nmbr1GMfan 12-12-2018 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN (Post 578398)
What is NOT made in China these days ?

Pretty sure the $2500+ I just spent on wheels and billet lugs are all made in the USA. I can certainly see why not everyone buys them...hard to swallow that.

Nmbr1GMfan 12-12-2018 08:05 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN (Post 578434)
Driving back from the Las Vegas Nationals this year ......my crew chief had a Chinese wheel come off on the freeway as some of you may remember from that race.

It went through the windshield of a car going the other way and killed a 16 year old girl and a 24 year old girl just starting out in life.

We spend the money to buy American made Axles and Components for
all the trailers we build.... even though all most customers do not care about
anything except the lowest bottom line price!

Very sad.

Keith 944 12-12-2018 09:48 PM

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On the flip side. How many (myself included) have used American made bogarts or Monocoque wheels that split the rim???

Nmbr1GMfan 12-12-2018 11:15 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keith 944 (Post 578449)
On the flip side. How many (myself included) have used American made bogarts or Monocoque wheels that split the rim???

I've cracked the barrels on fronts too. 1 piece forged fronts for me now.

Omegaracer77 12-13-2018 03:20 PM

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Check out Lindsay Racing Products his wheels are made here in USA.He can do any color backspacing your logo or race team name on them. Chad Langdon has front and rear wheels on his stocker.

ChevyII 12-14-2018 09:42 AM

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Very sad to hear about the Chinese wheels flooding the market.

We also use Lindsay racing wheels, front runners and double beadlocks made right in Arizona. Chris is very good at what he does and does everything in house. Check him out.

Mike

Barry Polley 12-16-2018 01:40 PM

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Check out Sanders wheels in So. Cal. Built two sets for us, very nice quality and price.

BRINK 12-17-2018 04:52 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Hill (Post 578403)
Just saw the results of a wheel failure last week, not pretty.The failure was not one of the Race Star wheels. I do not trust the incoming QC of materials made in China. Not trying to be political but, my car, my life and my decision. Race Star did say that they are working on bringing the process back to the USA.

I don't mind being politically incorrect. Thanks for the update. I won't be running any Chinese crap on my car. Made in USA for me, or not interested.

CMcAllister 12-17-2018 05:23 PM

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Regardless how great the guy is selling overseas made parts, he's just selling, not making. He really has no control. The people in the factories (really the government since everything is tightly controlled) are notorious for cutting corners when the person having them made there is not paying attention. It's like Russian roulette.

jmcarter 12-17-2018 06:12 PM

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Good offer on the Sanders wheels on S&W....see link

http://www.swracecars.com/store/WHEE...HEEL_DEAL.aspx

Larry Hill 12-18-2018 03:29 PM

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Just ordered a new set of Bogart's 15 X 10 for the new car. Thank you Mrs. Clause.


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