I Tried Building $6000 Custom Wheels

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Published 2023-11-27
I try building my own set of 3-piece custom wheels for my BMW E30.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Ween3
    James looks way healthier and happier lately, love to see it 🫡
  • @PaganiGaming
    Day 421 of asking James to do and Up to Speed on his Dad
  • @rawalqayyum5128
    6k for filled and drilled is wild. Especially when the redrill didn't line up with the original chamfers.
  • @badjujubeans5836
    James makes me feel comfortable to be a "car person" with minimal car mechanical knowledge and experience lmao
  • @tomquade7686
    James was a prominent member of the VW community in the "baller wheel" era of fitment and style. Dude is more than qualified to walk us through this. Also, James certainly knows his way around 3 piece wheels more than he's letting on here. Anyone from the VWVortex pre-server change community knows this.
  • @petkokrushev3840
    aren't the previous wheels were like 99% the exact same wheels?
  • @Ochumvru
    8:10 Slight correction. Forged wheels aren't cut from metal. They're made from compacting hot metal into a shape, kinda like making a snowball. Billet is where it's cut from a single block, like the Pagani Huayra wheels. 🫱🏾‍
  • @jakewhitman01
    Love you guys, but for real, $6K on Wheels only to hog them out manually at each lug hole? It seems like that would wheels to potentially be off balance? Curious how that worked out
  • @rhouser1280
    14:16 maybe I’m missing something but I barely see a difference? Not worth $6K to me anyways? They look nice dude but, you could’ve dropped in an 600-800hp engine for that price.
  • @Stan_the_Belgian
    It's so refreshing to have James as a solo presenter, loved it, reminds me why I started watching the channel at first!
  • @Adam-nv9zo
    Well, at least we know it's worth it less than 30 seconds into the video because we know he's not getting a Tesla.😂
  • @kobi399
    This might be 50 year old tech but the style is 10 years ahead.
  • @chefcc90
    Adam died a little when he heard the cost lol!
  • @breakrodo
    $6K for almost identical wheels to the old ones 😂 Nice to know Donut has money to spend. Although, I think it would be better a Hi and Low Motorcycle series
  • @erikcollins3598
    To each their own, but 6k to look almost the same with no performance upgrade is crazy.