My MEGA Widebody E30 4DR. Covergae From the SEMA Show+ NEW ESM FORGED INSIDE!

[jaywood]

Also, are these 2 piece? Or 1 piece? The description is a bit confusing....they are 2 piece wheels welded together to make a solid wheel? So they are 1 piece?

Underhood pics?

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[89AlpineM3]

they are a 2 piece wheel, the barrels are welded together and the center is removable.

[10Toes]

I'm confused, what part of these wheels are forged or is that just the name of the wheel.

ESM FORGED Manufacturing Process: ESM FORGED Wheels are fully custom tailored to your vehicle specs and sizes. We consider brakes, backspacing, track width and vehicle weight when building your set.100% made in USA using the finest aerospace 6061, T6 aluminum alloys. ESM FORGED Wheels starts life as a 6061 billet aluminum billet rod, which has been heat treated to T6 strength. Then placed on a lathe and CNC Machine, where each design is transferred from 3D CAD-engineered drawing to exact wheel specifications made by our customers. Once center designs have been milled down on CNC, cleaning all the rough edges and corners will be made once finishing touches can be made for painting or polishing. Once the centers have been either polished or powder coated we then place the centers in a spun aluminum 6061 barrels. Depending on each fitment offset and backspace the centers are placed in the barrels by heating it to expand the aluminum and then weld the centers together with the barrels to make a solid wheel. Using this 2 piece forged and welded technology makes fitments available for almost everything available in the industry today from extreme fitments to standard ones as well. Standard Wheel finish is fully polished with options of rivet colors ( Gold, Chrome, Black ) Any specs can be made ( Bolt Pattern, Center Bore, Offset, Backspace) Available in diameters from 15" - 20" with pricing starting at $700 per wheel.

[JCarp90]

Glad you're finally making your own wheels and not just copying other people's designs anymore. How are they 2 piece? Are the spokes removable or the lips?

Glad you're not a fucking douchebag. Oh wait.

[widebodye30]

Centers are custom CNC forged and barrel's are spun aluminum. They are then welded together this is called 2 piece forged.

Thanks,

[10Toes]

Centers are custom CNC forged and barrel's are spun aluminum. They are then welded together this is called 2 piece forged.

Thanks,

Any pics of a 15" center and do you know how much a 15x7 would weigh.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Could you explain the CNC Forged method for potential buyers? This seems to be a topic I'm not familiar, or well versed in. I'm sure others have the same sentiments.

[widebodye30]

Could you explain the CNC Forged method for potential buyers? This seems to be a topic I'm not familiar, or well versed in. I'm sure others have the same sentiments.

As stated in the 1st post: http://esmwheels.com/access/f01sl-p-175.html

Please contact our sales team for further info.

Have a great day,

[jaywood]

Here's the description from the website.

ESM FORGED Wheels starts life as a 6061 billet aluminum billet rod, which has been heat treated to T6 strength. Then placed on a lathe and CNC Machine, where each design is transferred from 3D CAD-engineered drawing to exact wheel specifications made by our customers. Once center designs have been milled down on CNC, cleaning all the rough edges and corners will be made once finishing touches can be made for painting or polishing. Once the centers have been either polished or powder coated we then place the centers in a spun aluminum 6061 barrels. Depending on each fitment offset and backspace the centers are placed in the barrels by heating it to expand the aluminum and then weld the centers together with the barrels to make a solid wheel.

[E30 Wagen]

So those gold bolts are just for show. Nice.

[IRON-E]

Since we're in the forged topic, why not check with HRE, what makes their wheels forged? Maybe they can direct us to a sales team to explain it to us.

[10Toes]

Since we're in the forged topic, why not check with HRE, what makes their wheels forged? Maybe they can direct us to a sales team to explain it to us.

HRE has the forging process on their site. The ESM forged wheel description is missing the forging part in their process. I think this is what is causing the confusion as to if it is a forged wheel or not.

6061 billet aluminum billet rod, which has been heat treated to T6 strength. This is the part when the forging should take place. Then placed on a lathe and CNC Machine, where each design is transferred from 3D CAD-engineered drawing to exact wheel specifications made by our customers.

[rwh11385]

As stated in the 1st post: http://esmwheels.com/access/f01sl-p-175.html

Please contact our sales team for further info.

Have a great day,

Maybe you can explain how you call a product forged if you have no mention of how exactly it is forged.

[Massimo]

Edit: I should mention I am talking about billet vs forged not billet forged wheels.

I don't see what everyones issue is. They are billet sections CNC'ed to make the centre. I do believe billet metals have better grain structure and strength to weight ratio.

Who gives a shit if it is not a true forged wheel. At the end of the day it is made with better materials then a forged item. The next step up from this would be a complete 1pc billet wheel.

Yes the wheel is welded together but so are my Hartge Japan 16x7. Now I wonder if they can do custom design wheels that would be sick as.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Who gives a shit if it is not a true forged wheel.

I would think someone that bought a set thinking they were forged? Unless FORGED is short for forgery.