Why Are Billet Wheels So Expensive?

Billet wheels are machined from a solid chunk of material. First, a piece of aluminum alloy is produced (or bought from a vendor). ... Of course, billet wheels are also more expensive to produce because some of the original material is wasted and a lot of time is spent machining the original stock down to a finished wheel.

What are billet wheels made of?

A forged billet wheel begins as a solid piece of aluminum known as a billet. The billet aluminum is forged into a plate like form using extreme pressure and heat to form a raw forging, known as a rim center. The forgings are turned on a CNC lathe and machined on a CNC Mill to form the desired style of wheel.

Why are billets so expensive?

Why Are Billet Parts More Expensive? When you start with a block of aluminum or other metal there is a lot of the billet that ends up as recycling from the milling process. These pieces of scrap aluminum are worth pennies on the dollar compared to the cost of the original billet.