Trade show season is always an exciting time for the automotive industry. New vehicle builds are unveiled to crowds of enthusiasts, and the best part is all of the new parts, gadgets, and gizmos that companies debut. Wheels are one of the components that can most drastically change a vehicle’s appearance. We are always happy to see new wheels, and Forgeline was rolling strong at the PRI show with four new wheel designs, including three new beadlock models.
Forgeline displays its wide range of wheels and finishes during the PRI trade show.
Forgeline is a staple in road racing when it comes to designing and manufacturing high-performance wheels used on some of the fastest race cars worldwide. Over the last 28 years, Forgeline has developed and refined its processes to create forged monoblock wheels that are lightweight, strong, and good-looking.
Recently, the team at Forgeline has focused its experience and design capabilities on drag racing. The goal is to take its existing forged monoblock technology, add a single outer beadlock ring, and give us a wheel that can handle the stresses of drag racing and be driven on the street without the issues typical of some other lightweight drag racing-only wheels. Because let’s be honest, many of us like the look of beadlock wheels on the rear and skinny wheels on the front of a car. However, some wheels meant for drag racing are not designed to handle the rigors of going right and left on public streets or hitting bumps and potholes.
We’ve taken all of our experience and FEA technology from years of racing cars and applied it to wheels that will survive on the street. – Steve Schardt, Forgeline
Setting The Standard
For those unfamiliar with Forgeline and what its forged monoblock wheel is, let’s dive into the details a bit. The engineers at Forgeline use computer-simulated finite element analysis (FEA) to test beyond SAE standards with real-world load variables. This extensive testing ensures that every wheel produced meets Forgeline’s standards for strength, safety, and performance. Each wheel design can be tested to the max within the computer modeling software before the aluminum chips start flying on the CNC machine.
Forgeline starts with raw forged-aluminum wheel blanks before whittling them down into its lightweight race-proven designs. Many of the wheels are meticulously finished by hand before anodizing or powder coating.
Because of the testing processes used by Forgeline, it can produce…
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