Sorry to hear that. I was considering ordering those... I have never seen a wheel damaged in that way from that little use especially. What I want to know is who the argumentative vendor was so I never buy anything through them. Implying your lying about a defective item is BAD business.
Speaking of Forgestar.....
I ordered these specifically for autocross use. After waiting a month longer than I was originally told by the vendor, I test fit them and drove them around 10 miles initially. I used my stock wheels for daily use and to drive to autocross events, swapping wheels at the event. The first event I used them at was at CMP, where I made a total of 5 runs. The second time I used these wheels, I made a total of 2 runs and found that one was bent after the 2nd run from turning in a parking lot on street tires. Total miles on these wheels and tires would be around 20. Specs were 17x9, offset 42.
Morning of the 2nd event, right front wheel was the one that bent:
2 runs later:
Bad:
Good:
Bad:
Good:
Bad:
Good:
The lip was bent like this at every spoke all of the way around:
Videos from both events that I used them at:
On Forgestars behalf, they were quick to say they would replace it. Not sure how quickly that would have happened though...
Different story for the vendor though.... When I showed the vendor the pictures and spoke with them, he argued that Forgestar simply sent the wrong offset and asked if I expect him to believe that the wheel just "magically" bent perfectly all of the way around.
That said, I don't own these wheels anymore. I was planning on getting some Forgestar CF5s for daily use but that wont happen. I ended up getting some RPF1s from @OAKOS Automotive; eventually these will [probably] get used for daily use and I'll [probably] get another set of 17x9 for autocross over the winter, most likely from @PCA-1 (where I'll be ordering a diff from as well).
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Morning of the 2nd event, right front wheel was the one that bent:
2 runs later:
Bad:
Good:
Bad:
Good:
Bad:
Good:
The lip was bent like this at every spoke all of the way around:
Videos from both events that I used them at:
On Forgestars behalf, they were quick to say they would replace it. Not sure how quickly that would have happened though...
Different story for the vendor though.... When I showed the vendor the pictures and spoke with them, he argued that Forgestar simply sent the wrong offset and asked if I expect him to believe that the wheel just "magically" bent perfectly all of the way around.
That said, I don't own these wheels anymore. I was planning on getting some Forgestar CF5s for daily use but that wont happen. I ended up getting some RPF1s from @OAKOS Automotive; eventually these will [probably] get used for daily use and I'll [probably] get another set of 17x9 for autocross over the winter, most likely from @PCA-1 (where I'll be ordering a diff from as well).
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