Lead times on wheels?

[Ammoholic]

I completely understand that it takes a good amount of time to make quality, long lasting products at a reasonable price. On the other hand, my car is awaiting a new set of wheels and tires (will be completed within a week or so.)

My question is: Which wheel manufacturers have the shortest lead-times for a custom wheel? I've heard anything from 6 weeks (at the soonest) to 12 or more weeks.

I personally cannot make wheels even if I were given 6-12 years to do it, but are there any manufacturers who stock pro-touring style wheels regularly? I guess I could wait for the proper wheel and workmanship, however my shop charges quite a bit if my car isn't picked up within 2 weeks after the job is done.

Anyone in SoCal want to let me borrow a set of wheels to drive my car home? Haha


I'd really appreciate any leads into online retailers stocking wheels on the regular, or knowing of any wheel gurus who have less than 2 or 3 month lead times.


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(Pick 2) Fast and good!

-​ Jim

[TomsResto]

Good luck, I had some question/concern ... was told I'd see them in 3-4 weeks a little over 8 weeks ago

[ilikeike]

I understand, I'm 4 weeks into most likely a minimum 12 week wait for my wheel order. That's how it goes I guess.

Buy some cheap craigslist rollers to get your car out of the shop.
Or go by one of those tire shops on the other side of the tracks and get some used rollers.

I'm rolling around on skinny 17"x 7" TTII's with a half inch wheel spacers on back and weathered old tires just to go around the neighborhood and work the bugs out of my build until my wheels show up.

[Schwartz Performance]

Forgeline has been the quickest we've seen.
4 weeks in most cases.

Any of the cheap one piece wheels are usually in stock (American Racing, Foose, US Mags).
Two piece, three piece and custom backspace wheels always take longer.
-Dale

[SD67]

Agree with Dale, my Forgelines were 4 weeks. Great customer service and worth every penny.

[no_go nico]

Forgeline RB3C's took 4 weeks. Go on CL and buys some cheap donut wheels/tires - could get 4 for $100 total.

[Forgeline Wheels]

Forgeline has been the quickest we've seen.
4 weeks in most cases.
-Dale

We're pretty consistent around the 4 week target, on three piece wheels. We're still backed up on one piece forged monoblocks, so the monoblocks have been pushing 6 weeks for awhile now. We're trying to speed that up. Unfortunately, everything about the monoblock production cycle takes longer. And on top of that, we're selling a lot of them. Not that we're complaining... :)

[Ammoholic]

Thanks for the responses! I may have to get a set of some cheaper wheels so I can drive my Nova home, but then I won't mind as much waiting the 4 weeks or so.

Thanks everyone!

-Jim

[Forgeline Wheels]

are there any manufacturers who stock pro-touring style wheels regularly? I guess I could wait for the proper wheel and workmanship
- Jim

The issue in most pro-touring applications is that each combination of chassis, suspension, hub, brake, fender/body mods is unique. We never know what chassis combination and unique customizations we'll see, on the next first gen Camaro. So this is precisely where a custom made-to-order wheel becomes valuable. It would be difficult to make one fitment that could accommodate every possibility, and doing so would require fitment tradeoffs that would limit tire options and/or require spacers/adapters for too many customers. So by custom building wheels to your measurements and chassis component selections, we can deliver the optimal fitment that can usually max out your tire sizes and avoid the need for spacers or other compromises. Not to mention the finish combinations; these pro-touring cars are forms of artistic expression, so the custom made-to-order three piece wheel allows the buyer to get creative with inner/outer/center finish & color options.

We do have dealers who stock more predictable fitments, like C7 Corvettes, 5th/6th gen Camaros, and Porsche Caymans. (It is a pretty safe bet that somebody is going to sell a set of 19x9/19x10.5 GS1Rs for a Cayman GT4 tomorrow.) But nobody buys the exact same pro-touring wheel. There is just too much variability.