IPL 370GT

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^ I would love to see your marketing budget. So ironic when a "looking for wheels" or "help me spend money" redicoulus thread pops up... In walks someone from Vossen. I'm not a fan of your wheels but you guys are aggressive salesmen!

I believe the previous question was not answered. I'll ask it for him again. Where are your wheels made?

Robert_K

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Completely agree. They are the best at PR! As mentioned like ADV.1. As a matter of fact I seen Vossen & ADV.1 photos at events and such. Wouldn't surprise me if they are sister companies. Funny thing about ADV.1 is that they are excessively overpriced, they have no in-house production, their wheels are extremely heavy and you have Jordan's history. But taking photos and whoring themselves out they are the best. Just like Vossen wheels. I'm starting to think they find local high-end car owners and cut huge discounts or free photoshoots for more publicity. Because honestly... If I had a $100k, $200k+ car... ANY cast $2k/set wheels wouldn't even be on my list to considered.

I was a fan of ADV1. They are a great looking wheel. But once I dug deep and find out everything, to include wheel failures with no customer service, I was out! I tried to find dirt on HRE and the only thing I could find was a false statement that HRE wheels were banned from a racing series.

OP: Trust me! I've been modding car a LONG time... SAVE, SAVE, SAVE for a true custom set of forged wheels! I wish I did mine first before even building my engine and twin turboing.

imdbd

GT-R Wheels!

DPE G

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Still an unanswered question, guess that part if the marketing dept is slacking.

Mike@Vossen

Here is an exclusive picture inside our factory.

DPE G

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It's ok I found it myself.

Vossen Wheels Inc - Importer Profile | Import Genius

fairladyz34

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the vast majority, if not close to all, cast 1 piece wheels are made overseas. fact.

taviooo

so, no one wants to share where vossens are made?

fairladyz34

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Taiwain, pretty much everything is manufactured overseas nowadays. we american people dont want to spend money so things get outsourced to a cheaper country. its that simple.

and i make that statement simply subjective to where and why most products, not just vossen wheels or any other wheel brand, are made overseas. vossen has established a great reputation for making simple, clean, stylish wheels with a nice selection of sizes and offsets to accommodate most makes/ models of vehicles.

DPE G

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Was just a question, lots of marketing time on the Vossens but never seen anything on the build process or background, just a bunch of pictures/videos of the same thing over and over. Just interested in what makes them...them.

IPL 370GT

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US made, Japanese or German gets my moneys.

fairladyz34

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i feel ya DPE G, i prefer forged monoblock or forged multipiece too. Most consumer dont understand its not a bragging right or cool points, its also about safety. Wheel breaks at speed, car loses control, boop your dead lol

Mike@Vossen

I think its great you took the time to do research on a brand you will never buy or care for. I love forged wheels, I love Volks, SSR, I had BBS wheels on my other GS until this past month for crying out loud. Working for Vossen does not blind me to my passion for great wheels. We have an absolute great relationship with most reputable wheel companies.

It takes 30 seconds to review certain peoples posts here who have a history of disliking Vossen. That is fine. Not sure though why they want to start some sort of witch hunt worried about where our wheels are made when they have no interest in buying them.

We are proud of our factories and we have taken the appropriate measures to ensure quality control. Each wheel has a stamp showing where they originated from, Taiwan or Thailand. We add additional quality control on top of the standard quality control to ensure our wheels are built to the highest standards. Our team also personally visits the plants yearly which a lot of companies cannot say they do.

Thank you. Look at Apple who made everything in America until the early 2000s and they moved production overseas but still hire plenty of employees here. Infiniti themselves built the QX here in Mississippi in the past and the JX is now built in Tennessee. Infiniti is a marketing effort that doesn't exist in Japan yet. Companies do their best to market and advertise, it is a part of any business and not sure why its an issue here.

Maybe some people have not been outside of the states? This world is huge and some countries are better at some business models than others. Something built in Asia does not mean its poorly made, some of those factories are as good as it gets in regards to quality and production (see Apple again).

Not sure why these 2-3 people are so worried about where we are built like their entire lives and homes are filled with things only built in Japan or the USA. If so I would love to see it and I assume they also live in a log cabin cut themselves by wood here.

I am also proud to say Vossen has grown and we have added multiple jobs during the tough economy, I am living proof and so is Diego. You know people should commend a company for hiring fellow enthusiasts from a forum. Diego was a huge part of this forum before he joined Vossen and his passion led him to a job with Vossen.

If you look at the Vossen store, all our shirts are made in America by American Apparal. Our bamboo cases are made in America by Grovemade. Our aluminum cases are also made in America. When we can we try our best to support here.

As we ramp up for our Vossen Precision series this product line will be built completely in-house by us in the USA. We are proud of this. Guess what we are proud of our overseas production. We are not going to minimize the great job people overseas, this is a world where we continue to get smaller and companies do business on multiple continents. We will hire more people here as we expand. We are proud of this. It always amuses me to see people just bunch forged together. All forged wheels are not built to the same specifications. Not all forged wheels are built in their own factory, many are outsourced to the same companies. So being "forged" does not automatically make a wheel amazing as "cast" does not automatically make a wheel poor.

I have a better idea, just ignore us. Don't pick and choose what marketing you like or dislike. Enjoy your wheels and don't worry what we are doing.

Mike@Vossen

And I woud like to add does your company support you? We pay a mighty fee every quarter to Internet Brands to help keep this forum running. Our marketing efforts have supported owners here with multiple events and meets. We hosted a "G" meet and we didn't care what type of wheels you had, we fed everyone, we welcomed them to our home and we simply gathered with fellow enthusiasts. We just covered the V2 labs meet with video coverage and its not just Vossen content, it showcased everything hot.

DPE G

iTrader: (19)

Mike, does my company support me? When it comes to wheels yes, but as for events? No, but they are also 2,500 miles away. As far as the JDM guys, I don't think that needs an explanation. But at the same time, does Sky support the community or just the "distribution company"? I'm sure you have plenty of time between shipping to other companies, as you don't even sell to the public. You guys are the middle man at best.

Also I never said my wheels are better than anyones, not once. I simply asked where Vossen was made out of curiousity, I have asked in the past and it is always ignored. From my searching not just myself, or people on this forum, other forums have asked and it always gets side-stepped. I had my assumptions on where they were made but would prefer to know from the horses mouth, and would like to know the build process. You take it as an insult which tells me you have doubts about it, or you would proudly explain it instead of ranting on about people hating on Vossen for wanting to know details about such an involved "company".


You say I would never buy or care for Vossen wheels, let me just go ahead and put up the BS flag and show you something:

Sooo....there is my interest that never existed...

You gave an enthusiast a job? That is good to know vs hiring someone off the street who has no interest, as that would just be bad judgment on Vossen's par. It's not like you did us all a favor by hiring Diego (that sounds bad but not ment to offend you Diego) just sayin'. I'm sure he enjoys the job as he was a Vossen fan before the job. I've met Diego and a bunch of Vossen guys @ ZDayZ, there was no hate towards the wheels, this is not the Witch hunt you want it to be, just further educating myself on what is out there.

I also do what my part as I am a contributing Premier member, and have been for 2 years, out of the 2 years i've owned my car. I'm not spending as much as you guys, but also am not a profiting vendor. Hard to ignore you as well, as every post about a wheel is followed by a Vossen sales ploy.

Vossen loves to make videos, and assures quality right? Why not make a video such as the one below, to back up these claims. You assume that since someone asks where they are made, they are knocking asian companies, which tells me thats why it is never "advertised" since that is the stereo-type.




Now, I will apologize for asking the deep dark secret of where your $2500 set of cast wheels are made, and by whom. And withdraw my question. We will all go about life praising Vossen for distributing wheels, and look forward to the forged line so we can put you in with the great "group" of forged companies that never get bashed like,

HRE
Issues with HRE wheels!!!! - Acura Forum : Acura Forums

DPE
https://www.myg37.com/forums/wheels-...with-them.html

Rennen:
Beware of RENNEN FORGED WHEELS - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums - Camaro5.com

COR
This Guy's Wheel Self-Destructed And The Company Who Made It Is Blaming Him

Even the big guys take a pounding on the internet, it's not just people singling you guys out. But I guess I'll do my best to ignore the wheel gods @ Vossen. Since you yourself said not all forged wheels are equal, I look forward to the quality and track testing of the Vossen forged series, to see where they stand, and that is ment as positive anticipation, not hate, before that gets misconstrued.