12' wide wheel prices

[Hoosier]

Why is it the billet Specialties makes 12" wide wheels for a decent price and other companies charge a small forture to make them?

[Roadbuster]

I don't know why Billet Specialties has high prices for wide wheels. Forgeline price increases are modest for going with wide wheels 18x7: $925, 18x10: $960, 18x11: $980, 18x12: $990. from their website.

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They are not cheap to begin with but they do not jack up the price to go wide. Most of the cost is in the center not the hoops. Prodigy Customs has great deals on Forgelines.

Jon

[ProdigyCustoms]

We sell quite a few Billet Specialties, the 12" wheel is a bargain. Because in the 2 piece wheel market, ONLY Billet Specialties makes a 12" wide 18" drum. The 12" wide drum is a proprietary part Billet Specialties has made for them only. All the other 2 piece wheel companies have to get a 10" wide drum widen to 11" or 12" and there is anywhere from $400 to $500 charge per wheel to widen.

So what would normally be a $2500 to $2800 set of 18" X 10" billet 2 piece wheels, becomes a $3500 to $3800 set of billet 2 piece wheels when you need rear wheels over 10"

So as soon as you need 10.5" or wider, if your going to spend $3500 to $3800 on wheels, you might as well get into a $3500 set of racing quality 3 piece Forgelines.

As Jon Mentioned, on 3 piece wheels the up charge is not that much to go 10", 11", 12".