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      03-08-2009, 12:59 AM   #1
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IForged Materials. 100% 6016-T6?

i know that the center wheels are made from 6016-T6 forged aluminum. but is it happen on the same way with the inner barrel & the lips?

i did a small research, some people are telling me that the inner barrel are using a casting process.
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This may have changed but last I checked their barrels were not T6.
We have a Jline (made by iForged) 2pc and 3pc here for comparisons and they are not T6. Also, the 2PC barrel is made from a sheet of aluminum wrapped around a press and then welded (you can actually see the weld point, kinda scary).

With that said, iForged is not positioned as a premium product on par with HRE etc, it's really considered the most popular entry-level forged wheel in the industry.

Let us know if you have any other tech questions about forged wheels (or anything else, for that matter)
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      03-09-2009, 03:37 PM   #3
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This may have changed but last I checked their barrels were not T6.
We have a Jline (made by iForged) 2pc and 3pc here for comparisons and they are not T6. Also, the 2PC barrel is made from a sheet of aluminum wrapped around a press and then welded (you can actually see the weld point, kinda scary).

With that said, iForged is not positioned as a premium product on par with HRE etc, it's really considered the most popular entry-level forged wheel in the industry.

Let us know if you have any other tech questions about forged wheels (or anything else, for that matter)
Agree.

"The 2PC barrel is made from a sheet of aluminum wrapped around a press and then welded" is basically called extruded welded aluminum. A proper way would be using a seamless extruded 2PC barrel but either way it would still be welded.
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Iforged is garbage...
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