APEX Wheel Design Style Survey

[APEXraceparts]

Whatever new designs are launched, apex they should have that anti tire rotation texture where the tire latches on. Even after killing one set of nt01’s mounted on the wheel they moved absolutely nothing. Those things work!


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Our knurled bead seats! They certainly help to keep the tire in place and the wheel/tire balanced on track and are a great feature.


They are currently available on all of our forged wheels and will likely be more widely implemented with other lines going forward.

-Tom

[Code7rpd]

Completed.

[APEXraceparts]

A bit of a teaser and something of an update to this thread as well: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWB-Vtrt8cA/

More details to come later this week. Big thanks to everyone that has provided feedback thus far!

-Tom

[Tbonem3]

Yay more F80/82/87 generation wheels styles

[CrisSilberGrau]

Looks like were are getting some discount BBS RIAs , I'm down. I went in on the EC7R group buy and they've seen some track time zero issues.

[Nate047]

I just want to see some more original designs that are not blatant knock offs. E is an Advan RG, F is a BBS RIA, I mean I can't be the only one here.

[Casa de Mesa]

A bit of a teaser and something of an update to this thread as well: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWB-Vtrt8cA/

More details to come later this week. Big thanks to everyone that has provided feedback thus far!

-Tom

Great looking wheel from the teeny snippet posted in the gram. Can't wait to see more

[jet_dogg]

I just want to see some more original designs that are not blatant knock offs. E is an Advan RG, F is a BBS RIA, I mean I can't be the only one here.

This is the model chinese replicas follow, no surprise here.

[usdmej]

I just want to see some more original designs that are not blatant knock offs. E is an Advan RG, F is a BBS RIA, I mean I can't be the only one here.

Apex does a decent amount of their own designing but they're limited by what the factory they work with overseas are willing to produce.

if you want original designs you have to find companies that own their own wheel production (Rays/Volk, BBS, Yokohama/Advan)


in any case, the majority of BMW (especially E46) owners don't like to take chances when it comes to aesthetic choices on their cars. the result of the survey says as much

[Albino09]

Really like the new E style, but I didn't select it in my top 3. With spokes that thin, you really gotta have a sexy BBK or at least the cleanest factory brakes you've ever seen.

[Nate047]

Apex does a decent amount of their own designing but they're limited by what the factory they work with overseas are willing to produce.

if you want original designs you have to find companies that own their own wheel production (Rays/Volk, BBS, Yokohama/Advan)


in any case, the majority of BMW (especially E46) owners don't like to take chances when it comes to aesthetic choices on their cars. the result of the survey says as much

There's a big difference between designing a wheel based on a common theme, and literally ripping off a design directly.

[usdmej]

There's a big difference between designing a wheel based on a common theme, and literally ripping off a design directly.

fair point, but for some reason this forum doesn't apply the same level of scrutiny over other companies that essentially do the same thing (Karbonius comes to mind)

Apex's value is in making wheels for very specific applications that fit very well.


for example, an equivalent BBS RIA (18x9.5 5x120+23) comes in at a weight and price that is less competitive than any equivalent Apex has ever produced.
and good luck getting any type of BBK fitment confirmation from BBS or a stocking vendor as well

[jet_dogg]

fair point, but for some reason this forum doesn't apply the same level of scrutiny over other companies that essentially do the same thing (Karbonius comes to mind)

Apex's value is in making wheels for very specific applications that fit very well.


for example, an equivalent BBS RIA (18x9.5 5x120+23) comes in at a weight and price that is less competitive than any equivalent Apex has ever produced.
and good luck getting any type of BBK fitment confirmation from BBS or a stocking vendor as well

The karbonius situation is nothing like this apex situation. Karbonius is bringing a product (and products) that is/are for the most part unattainable (and some products that bmw never even made of their own design) at nearly the same level of quality. The focus is quality, apex's focus is price. The only reason to produce in china is for price. Karbonius even aimed to better the stock airbox where apex makes wheels worse otherwise they'd be priced just like bbs.

Apex's value is purely pricing, fitment is an excuse. You can't discuss apex favoritism without mentioning price. People buy them because they're cheap and they look good, well, because they are ripping off proven designs.

[usdmej]

Karbonius is bringing a product (and products) that is/are for the most part unattainable (and some products that bmw never even made of their own design) at nearly the same level of quality. .

i would argue that Karbonius is 100% a value proposition in the same sense as Apex is. last i checked bmw still stocks an OE CSL airbox but people just don't want to pay BMW pricing for one
for their airbox the claim that they're improving design is just as much of an excuse since their original "revisions" were more along the lines of corrections/fixes.



Apex is making premium forged wheels for our platform and they're US based with undeniable customer service. it's hard to fault them for not making original designs that evidently the community isn't all that hot for

[jet_dogg]

You can argue what you want, none of my points are invalid.

I thoroughly enjoyed the "premium" and "US based" while transferring money to china bit though.