► APEX Wheels | 5 Spoke Wheel Survey

[Rensuhlo]

I am an Apex fanboy myself, but I might grab some forged 5 spokes wheels from Alibaba. The quality of the stuff on there is close to the stuff the big companies buy, bring over and sell to us.

It's the same thing.

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[Timmy_Jones]

It's the same thing.

Took me a while to realize

 

[johnsmither]

I am an Apex fanboy myself, but I might grab some forged 5 spokes wheels from Alibaba. The quality of the stuff on there is close to the stuff the big companies buy, bring over and sell to us.

That's been the whole debacle for awhile around wheels recently. The argument is that you're not getting the QC, safety, and certifications you do with the companies. But with most of them being produced in China anyways you have to wonder if they really even test this stuff, or they're just taxing you.

 

[jmikes]

That's been the whole debacle for awhile around wheels recently. The argument is that you're not getting the QC, safety, and certifications you do with the companies. But with most of them being produced in China anyways you have to wonder if they really even test this stuff, or they're just taxing you.

The benefit is if you snap your spokes on the highway and roll the car into a concrete wall at 80 MPH you actually have a western company you can go after and sue (I doubt insurance will cover a major accident caused by buying chinese modifications.) Buy it direct from China and good luck ever getting a dime from anyone.

EDIT: I absolutely trust and support Apex Wheels and don't intend for this to be shade or or a negative stance against them at all, what I mean is that I wouldn't buy direct-from-China wheels no matter who that factory/manufacturer supplies.

 

[Rensuhlo]

The benefit is if you snap your spokes on the highway and roll the car into a concrete wall at 80 MPH you actually have a western company you can go after and sue (I doubt insurance will cover a major accident caused by buying chinese modifications.) Buy it direct from China and good luck ever getting a dime from anyone.

How tf are you going to sue Apex if a wheel spoke snaps?

lets see what @Apex Wheels has to say about that claim.

 

[jmikes]

How tf are you going to sue Apex if a wheel spoke snaps?

lets see what @Apex Wheels has to say about that claim.

I've never heard of Apex wheels failing either, not saying that their wheels are bad in the slightest in fact I've recommended them to people before. I'm saying that you're taking a risk when you buy "direct from source" even if they're "the exact same wheel" because of how much harder it would potentially be to hold anyone accountable if you happen to get a defective wheel, something that I would never fear from Apex or any other wheel brand made in China, but would absolutely fear if I bought from China directly.

I could have worded that better, probably still didn't come across correctly here tbh, I apologize!

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