Forgeline Wheels Are The Epitome Of American Made

As automotive enthusiasts, we typically have an interest in how the components of a car or truck are made. Wheels may not be at the top of the list but when looking at the types of high-performance and racing wheels available it is interesting to see the technology behind the production of some of the best wheels on the market. Forgeline has been at the peak of automotive wheel performance for 30 years, and they are proud to offer an American-made product that looks great and performs with the best in the world. Let’s take a look at three types of wheels they offer to see how they’re made.

The first type of wheel is probably the one that enthusiasts are most familiar with, the three-piece wheel. It should come as no surprise that Forgeline produces its three-piece wheels from three main components. The center is milled from solid forged 6061 T6 aluminum disks that Forgeline sources in the United States. The solid discs are cut in Haas CNC machines to be one of the many wheel designs Forgeline offers.

The center receives threaded bolt holes that get Helicoils installed in them so the wheel can be disassembled and reassembled as needed with no danger of pulling the threads out. The other two pieces of the wheel are the wheel halves. There’s an inner and an outer half that are spun aluminum shells sourced from California. Forgeline assembles its three-piece wheels using ARP stainless steel hardware exclusively.

The second type of wheel Forgeline produces and is possibly most known for is its one-piece forged monoblock wheels. As the name implies, the monoblock wheels are made from a single forging of 6061 T6 aluminum. These raw forgings are sourced here in the USA and weigh approximately 140 pounds before they enter the CNC machines. The first CNC machine is a lathe that cuts the forging into the shape of a wheel, and the second machine will do the final milling of the wheel to cut the spokes, lug nut holes or center lock hole, and other details.

Forgeline’s forged monoblock wheels can be found on the race cars of the world’s elite teams. “Our goal from the beginning was to always be on the top race cars on the planet,” Forgeline President, Dave Schardt says. “We feel like we’ve gotten there through all these years, and we want to continue to get more teams.” The forged monoblock wheels from Forgeline offer…