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SharkmanBMW
11-28-2005, 02:42 PM
http://www.jrponline.com/downloads/mm/rays.wmv
632 Regal
11-28-2005, 02:57 PM
6:17 video...cool!

Looks like the plant is in Oaklahoma?
SharkmanBMW
11-28-2005, 03:40 PM
Ever heard of ray's wheels though???
BBS would have been more exciting, but it must be pretty much the same idea!
pyro
11-28-2005, 04:15 PM
tiiight :D



No wonder there so expensive
Incantation
11-28-2005, 05:07 PM
nice link.. i have a hard time believing their process for cast wheels could make them as strong as forged.. but then again what do i know
TheDuke
11-28-2005, 05:14 PM
Nice video, I think they are made in China the CNC machine screen controls aren't in English.
genphreak
11-28-2005, 05:35 PM
Ever heard of ray's wheels though???
BBS would have been more exciting, but it must be pretty much the same idea!They are Japanese, not sure if they have manufacturing elsewhere in Asia though. http://www.rayswheels.co.jp
TheDuke
11-28-2005, 06:43 PM
yeah you're right genphreak, Japan checked their website, they got some good looking wheels...
DueyT
11-28-2005, 10:27 PM
nice link.. i have a hard time believing their process for cast wheels could make them as strong as forged.. but then again what do i know
I thought the narrator said "with the same structure as forged wheels" which I took to mean shape, vice strength. I have a hard time believing a cast wheel, even if shot peened, would be stronger or even as strong as a simliarly configured, forged heat-treated wheel as seen in the vid.

Chris, good find! Better than Mark Tewkesberry and his big sweaters on "How It's Made"! :p

Cheers,
Duey
TheDuke
11-28-2005, 11:37 PM
I think they are stronger then welded rims, that is 2 peace rims.
bahnstormer
11-29-2005, 10:17 AM
rays is quite a good company if not equal to bbs then a little lower on the charts
SharkmanBMW
11-29-2005, 10:42 AM
Chris, good find! Better than Mark Tewkesberry and his big sweaters on "How It's Made"! :p

Cheers,
Duey


LMFAO!!!

i know that show well!!!
Brandon J
11-29-2005, 06:11 PM
I swear I saw that logo before on the bottlecap wheels. I haven't had the bottlecaps for several years now so maybe someone can check.
Scott H
11-29-2005, 06:33 PM
It's a certification that is stamped on a LOT of wheels


I swear I saw that logo before on the bottlecap wheels. I haven't had the bottlecaps for several years now so maybe someone can check.