Billet Wheel Rant!

[SactoJim]

Can I get 15 year financing on wheels???!!

Is it just me or are billet wheels just stupid expensive?! I don't have my finger on the pulse of the wheel industry, but I gotta imagine that the margins are pretty fat for most wheels. Hell, it was evident at SEMA this year with all the mega buck displays....anybody else see all that crazy @ss stuff?

I know aluminum and C & C equipment isn't cheap but....Cmon!!

Seems most Billet wheels hover around the $500 a corner price and for that matter even alot of the Amercan vintage style cast wheels are in the $3-400 a corner range!

I can get a whole set of Coy's shipped to my door for $1K and though I am pro "buy american", until someone shows me pictures of 8 yo little chinese (or wherever they are made) kids sweating in front of a pot full of molten aluminum, I will have to consider buying a set.

Oh....and here's another one. Thought I might go with 17" car style rally's cuz I'm thinking something a little more atypical and less expensive....NO! Steel wheels with trim rings and center caps are more than the Coy's!!!...what gives?

If I "buy american" I'll be anywhere from $1500 to +$2000 for wheels.....AND NO RUBBER YET!!

Maybe I'm off base here and someone steer me straight if I am, but holy billet crap batman!!!

OK....I feel better!....just a little.

NOW.....who has the best prices on Billet Specialties Vintecs?....and where can I find someone that will carry the paper on em for 15 years?? LOL!