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Forged, Cast wheel manufacturing video
Not exactly Porsche or 911 related, but it's a pretty neat video showing the manufacturing process of Forged and Cast wheels by "Rays wheels"
http://media.putfile.com/manufacturing-process---RAYs
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Very interesting. Always wondered about the different processes. Thanks for posting
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very interesting, thankyou.
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Very cool!
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Awesome video. i wish they had cool stuff like that on tv all the time! I noticed how they showed Volk rims, they are the fuchs of the Acura Honda community!
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I thought it was really cool seeing the centers being pressed out of the billet blank.
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I think at one time I saw something on Speed on the making of Fuchs wheels. It was several years ago.
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Gread video.
The Fuchs looks like it goes thorugh a similar process:  I posted some more information about it in this old thread.
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interesting, thanks!
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