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Are American Eagle wheels any good?
I've been looking for a set of budd wheels and have come across some really good deals on American Eagle wheels. Most of the time low price means low quallity, had anyone had good or bad experiances with this brand?
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
I'm looking at the Series 025 in a 22". They sure look nice.
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
I've had 3 sets of them on different trucks over the past 8 years or so. They have all held up great. If you shop around you can usually find someone that sells blems for $15-$20 cheaper per wheel.
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
I think this is my area : ) I worked at Discount tire for a while and I do like the AE. The polish has gotten even better the older the company got. Keep in mind even if you find some not so nice AEs they will polish right up with the best of them (sometimes they look better than the big names when you're done). I've never had any bad experiences with a customer coming back unhappy with their set.
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
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never used the budd version but my old K/20 had 16.5 x 9.75s and i hauled 3 yards of 3/8 pea gravel---1 1/2 yards in the truck and 1 1/2 yards in my trailer-- about 45 miles. i never had any trouble out of them and now i have a set of 15 x 8s on my blazer.
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
They make a nice wheel. The difference between them and the more expensive wheels like Budnik, Billet Specialties, Intro, etc. is that the AE wheels, like many other popular brands are forged aluminum whereas the high end wheels are billet aluminum. Forged wheels are made in a forged casting and the metal is melted down and poured into the casting. Billet wheels are cut from a solid "billet" or block of aluminum, then the hoop is welded on to the face. Billet wheels are usually lighter, and when brand new or freshly polished they shine up brighter, but require more effort to keep them looking good as the metal is generally more porous. Hope that helps.
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
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The strongest and lightest is a forged wheel, the forging process is similar to the casting process in where molten aluminum is pored in to a mold but in forging this is done under pressure creating a more dense material, which is stronger alowing for less aluminumto be used creating a lighter wheel, and it takes longer to make. Most drag wheels and racing wheels are made in this method, anything Weld wheels makes is manufactured in this process, hence why they are so much. A cast wheel is the most common wheel out their, OE aluminum wheels are made in this method, as well as most of the 20's + that you see people putting on their suv's the majority of chrome wheels are cast. It is the easiest, and fastest method of manufacturing a wheel. These are usually the chepaest as well. Lastly would be a billet wheel. Billet wheels are a solid chunk of aluminum that is placed into a CNC mill and cut into what ever shape that is designed, billet wheels are usually 2 piece allowing for different off sets and custom bolt patterns since each is individually maid to the customers specs, this is why the cost so much. Hope that helps. |
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
The one thing I noticed about aluminum wheels is that a lot of the 8 lug wheels do not have a high enough weight rating for a lot of 3/4 & 1 ton trucks. Of course this only matter if you haul a lot.
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
I really like my Eagle polished wheels, They've been on the truck a few years now & they still look nice & shiny!
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
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The process of forging is quite a bit more complex than I made it sound, there are several ways to do it, just google forging process and you can find plenty of info on how it is done. |
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
i like mine too
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is it fast ? it has a lighting bolt donut? B___H please, I can remove 90% of your so called "beauty" with a kleenex Last edited by fastwillie 696969; 02-23-2008 at 08:34 AM. |
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I have had both forged and billet milled wheels
and the only thing I can tell you for sure is that the forged aluminum was much heavier than the 3 pc billet milled ones. It could have something to do with the fact they were 3pc wheels (SUPER expensive)! The centers were the only actual part of the wheel that was "billet."
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
Yeah 3pc wheels are a hole different story.
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
Forged wheels are stronger than steel and lighter than cast. My K10 wheels are forged mickey thompsons. The Wheel Vintiques on my C10 are supposed to be some kind of cold forged billet (whatever the devil that means!).
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
Is American Eagle the same as Eagle Alloys?I think we are talking about the same company
They are basically a cheaper knock off of Mickey Thompsons. Here is my Eagle Alloy 186 (I think...)Series 16x10 rims on my 71 shortbed Last edited by 1969k10stepside; 03-22-2007 at 04:13 PM. |
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
I have been looking at the Center line Wheel specials 20X8.5? That is not much room for alot of rear tire. What is the largest width tire you can put on a 20x8.5? Does anybody have some pics?
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Re: Are American Eagle wheels any good?
I would like to know this also as I couldnt help myself and ordered a set.
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