15x8 6UL gen 4 released
07-29-2014, 10:49 PM
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15x8 6UL gen 4 released
Now accepting pre-paid orders for the late October 2014 15x8 6UL shipment. Visit the website to place order, see or get a shipping quote.
Low pressure cast, T6 heat treated, flow formed monoblock construction
+36 offset
11.4 lbs
4x100
67.1mm center bore
550kg max load rated
Cap included, color same as wheel
Silver with machined lip
Low pressure cast, T6 heat treated, flow formed monoblock construction
+36 offset
11.4 lbs
4x100
67.1mm center bore
550kg max load rated
Cap included, color same as wheel
Silver with machined lip
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07-30-2014, 03:33 PM
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Most of the industry has adopted BBS "flow formed" nomenclature for this process. Also known as:
spun forged
rotary forged
flow formed
Technically, rotary forging is a bit different than flow forming as the blank and drawing process are done more or less at the same time.
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07-30-2014, 03:40 PM
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I think I misunderstood your previous post. My mistake.
https://www.miataturbo.net/wheels-ti...2/#post1118437
I guess "rotary forged" is not the forged I was thinking of.
https://www.miataturbo.net/wheels-ti...2/#post1118437
Gen 4 6UL's wil have rotary forged rims and probably cost less than gen 3's, be significantly lighter and have a load rating 10% over industry standard. We'll call that standard spec949. Catchy? We are hoping to have 15x8's and 9's towards the end of this year. Far too early to take orders, estimate ship dates or provide any specific technical details. Yes, it will look the same save for a few detail difference from the diet the wheel is being put on.
On one hand, I'm flattered that an entire cottage industry has popped up around the unique fitments I pioneered 6 years ago. OTOH, it sucks that I have to battle for market share with other companies using my innovations. What's cool now is that rotary forging has become so affordable that I can add that neat tech and not need to raise the price on the wheel.
Many more sizes on the horizon. Not one of which I will announce before we have tooling ready and certification complete. Learned my lesson after having every single fitment I have done copied by at least two other wheel companies, some before I even got mine into production. doh
The only weapon I have to combat this relentless copying of unprotectable information is to continue to innovate faster than it can be copied. So that's what I'll do.
On one hand, I'm flattered that an entire cottage industry has popped up around the unique fitments I pioneered 6 years ago. OTOH, it sucks that I have to battle for market share with other companies using my innovations. What's cool now is that rotary forging has become so affordable that I can add that neat tech and not need to raise the price on the wheel.
Many more sizes on the horizon. Not one of which I will announce before we have tooling ready and certification complete. Learned my lesson after having every single fitment I have done copied by at least two other wheel companies, some before I even got mine into production. doh
The only weapon I have to combat this relentless copying of unprotectable information is to continue to innovate faster than it can be copied. So that's what I'll do.
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07-30-2014, 04:39 PM
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It's easy to be confused by that. It's why we decided to stick with "flow formed" to describe the process and stop mentioning "forged" anything. I don't want to be lumped in with the likes of the Konig cast copy of a die forged RAYS Volk CE28N that has "FORGED" and "RAVS" stamped on it.
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Props for that.
08-01-2014, 07:54 AM
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Emilio,
Do you have any full wheel pictures of the other colours, particularly tungsten and bronze please?
I will be ordering though your UK distributor, MOT motorsport, but I am finding it hard to visualise the wheels in the other colours. The bronze looks gloss in the picture in your first post, rather than the matte finish in the previous generation.
Thank you,
Martin.
Do you have any full wheel pictures of the other colours, particularly tungsten and bronze please?
I will be ordering though your UK distributor, MOT motorsport, but I am finding it hard to visualise the wheels in the other colours. The bronze looks gloss in the picture in your first post, rather than the matte finish in the previous generation.
Thank you,
Martin.
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08-01-2014, 11:48 AM
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Emilio,
Do you have any full wheel pictures of the other colours, particularly tungsten and bronze please?
I will be ordering though your UK distributor, MOT motorsport, but I am finding it hard to visualise the wheels in the other colours. The bronze looks gloss in the picture in your first post, rather than the matte finish in the previous generation.
Thank you,
Martin.
Do you have any full wheel pictures of the other colours, particularly tungsten and bronze please?
I will be ordering though your UK distributor, MOT motorsport, but I am finding it hard to visualise the wheels in the other colours. The bronze looks gloss in the picture in your first post, rather than the matte finish in the previous generation.
Thank you,
Martin.
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08-01-2014, 04:27 PM
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It's easy to be confused by that. It's why we decided to stick with "flow formed" to describe the process and stop mentioning "forged" anything. I don't want to be lumped in with the likes of the Konig cast copy of a die forged RAYS Volk CE28N that has "FORGED" and "RAVS" stamped on it.
They were "forged" alright. RAVS ENGINEERING.
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08-01-2014, 05:50 PM
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I imagine the tungstens are going to look great and be a really popular choice, but my imagination isn't as good as I'd like so I still went with the bronze/gold like I'd been originally planning. There's nothing classier than gold wheels on a red car. I'll probably have to change them out when I repaint it white and pink like a barbie car but that's a problem for future me.
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