WORK VS-XX and VS-KF Discontinued!

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sancosys
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As the title says two of the modern classic wheels have been discontinued! For those that do not know which style this is here ya go:

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Not sure what they will be putting in the place of these two great style but how hard is it to keep a wheel mold for future runs??

Sad.



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allenms240
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WHAT!>?!?!?!?! NOOOOOOOO!

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RCA
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Damn.

I have always been a fan of the VS-XXs =(

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Dattebayo
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It's not like any of you were really going to buy some of them anytime soon. Gotta love how broke everyone is around here...

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allenms240
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Just means the price will go up from there...

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MellowZ32
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sancosys wrote:how hard is it to keep a wheel mold for future runs??
wait, what??????
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danshaz82
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MellowS13 wrote:
sancosys wrote:how hard is it to keep a wheel mold for future runs??
wait, what??????
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Work wheels are not cast, they a the barrels are forged and the faces are machined from solid blocks of aluminum
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MellowZ32
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dude is right!

danshaz82
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even still. sucks to see theyre going. but its probably cause they gonna come out with a version 2 or something

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MellowZ32
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work VS- ** are three piece wheels just like BBS
this video shows you how they are built
I suggest you watch it
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq1YyzWS5bw[/youtube]

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I have been without a source for new XR4s for years, wah. :cry:
The used ones are small, curb checked and expensive. life sucks sometimes.

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Dattebayo wrote:It's not like any of you were really going to buy some of them anytime soon. Gotta love how broke everyone is around here...
Preeeeecisely. :sad:

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hitbychance
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i've always like the wheels and wanted them but in reality could never actually spend that kind of coin, especially in a pot hole filled city.

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themadscientist
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I have a set of crimsons with three cracked rims because of that. You just can't have nice things...


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