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Old 10-24-2012, 11:16 AM   #61 (permalink)
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as an FYI.. cus everyone seems to be taking this out of proportion...

think about how many of these aftermarket wheels have failed.. compared to how many havnt.

Put that into perspective of how often your new car breaks down.. or anything else you own or have.

The failure rate is extremely low.. granted a wheel breaking is more serious than your windshield wiper motor.

Point is.. not everything is gonna be 100% and no company is going to always produce a perfect product. What people should be concentrating on is how they handled it.. which is absurd.

(P.S we have seen oem wheel on the Z fail too..)
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as an FYI.. cus everyone seems to be taking this out of proportion...

think about how many of these aftermarket wheels have failed.. compared to how many havnt.

Put that into perspective of how often your new car breaks down.. or anything else you own or have.

The failure rate is extremely low.. granted a wheel breaking is more serious than your windshield wiper motor.

Point is.. not everything is gonna be 100% and no company is going to always produce a perfect product. What people should be concentrating on is how they handled it.. which is absurd.

(P.S we have seen oem wheel on the Z fail too..)
I agree. I've heard nothing but great things about COR up until now. What I don't like is how they promoted their wheels for "the track or the street", but all of a sudden backpedal and even change verbiage on their website because of this incident. All this bad publicity is not worth a $1200 replacement wheel.
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W.O.W. You have out done yourself again. Too bad Strasse cuts their own wheels with their own tooling. Ohhh and they also design their own wheels and have them tested before they bring them to market. That is why they only have a few designs... not because of lack of creativity but because their designs are proven and have not failed... And as the original article says the COR wheels warranties are void when in competition... That is COR not Strasse Forged... Also, Strasse Forged Hosts Track days for its customers both drag and HPDE's. The wheels are proven to be reliable on and off the track. My original set of strasse wheels are on their 3rd or even 4th vehicle and still look brand new! I am on my second set of wheels from them. I have sold over a dozen sets of wheels and have had ZERO problems with both customer service and the product itself.

You are making an attempt at a strawman argument. Everyone appreciates you linking the thread about the wheels and bringing to light the situation. HOWEVER, I and Others do NOT appreciate you lumping in other companies because YOU THINK YOU KNOW how their business is run.


This really sucks for the owner of that car, just a good thing no one got hurt!!

With respect to the quoted message however, theres a couple of things that should be noted...

1.) As a dealer on this forum, and someone deeply bedded in the Nissan aftermarket parts scene, the way that you approach a regular forum member is absolutely out of line. As someone who consistently deals with people, diplomacy and eloquence with the way you speak should be second to none. That is not at all what you've exhibited within this thread. Extremely unprofessional.

2.) I'm not sure if you've ever been to the COR manufacturing facility, but I have. I can tell you without so much as a hint of doubt that Strasse Forged is made and finished by COR. The COR facility is littered with Strasse Forged wheels and there is constantly people from Strasse there picking wheels in boxes ready to ship. Strasse is made by COR, with COR's components, COR's forgings, COR's hardware, etc... As for designs, with the exception of a couple of them, they are just slightly altered designs from companies that had already been producing those designs, but then again, what wheels now-a-days arent similar to one wheel or another.


To each their own though, if you like COR, Strasse, or Saca-Moco down the street, its your own responsibility to do your research and choose the right product for you.

This seems to be an isolated incident so lets hope it stays that way! If I were COR I would have immediately handed the whole situation over to their insurance company and had them handle it. Thats what the insurance they pay for every month is there for.


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Another reason why I stick to RAYS, SSR or Enkei

So much misinformation everywhere about all of these other brands
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Another reason why I stick to RAYS, SSR or Enkei

So much misinformation everywhere about all of these other brands
FYI. ive seen ENkei fail and rays too.

as stated. its gonna happen to every company out there. No product line or person or anything is ever perfect. What you should be looking at is how they handle the situation after it happens.
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Turns out there is more to the story... Details are parsed out over several forums...
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Thanks for getting the word out on this, I think its safe to say I'll be avoiding these companies like the plague.
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I'm with Dai, this is true as manufacturers doesn't always make a perfect wheels and such, even my friend's brand new Z broken down. it's running too rich from the factory. Same goes to wheels, i've seen the oem wheels fail too.
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Turns out there is more to the story... Details are parsed out over several forums...
I'm not finding these details... link?

The more I read about all these wheels brands, the more it all points back to just a few companies making them or supplying the key parts.

A few years ago I had a new furnace and humidifier installed in my house. A friend was doing the install as he worked for a company that allowed him 2 "friends and family" installs a year at cost plus 5%. My friend gets ready to install the humidifier and hands me a little bag that was inside. He said to pick which manufacturers name plate I wanted. I recall there were at least 6 name pates by some well known brands.

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Just google search the title of the original thread.

From what I gathered online the company was working to make things right from the failure up until the customer brought their lawyer involved. Once that happened all the game changed and now COR was doing what was best for them. Having said that the customer would have most likely had everything paid for by now if the lawyer wasn't brought in from the beginning. If the company completely refused to do anything about it then yeah the lawyer would have been the right move.
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Just google search the title of the original thread.

From what I gathered online the company was working to make things right from the failure up until the customer brought their lawyer involved. Once that happened all the game changed and now COR was doing what was best for them. Having said that the customer would have most likely had everything paid for by now if the lawyer wasn't brought in from the beginning. If the company completely refused to do anything about it then yeah the lawyer would have been the right move.
I guess I gather differently than you do. The customer would not have had everything paid for by now. I read, "Prior to the involvement of legal counsel, the client was offered a full refund, regardless of any specific warranty considerations." How does that fix the damage to his car?
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Bringing in a lawyer is the right thing to do, as you said COR is doing what's best for themselves in the short term which is almost always the worst course of action. I view this now as COR admitting to making inferior products and being more than willing to throw customers under the bus. Pretty much cements my opinion that if you do business with COR or any company COR produces for you are rolling the dice.
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Just google search the title of the original thread.

From what I gathered online the company was working to make things right from the failure up until the customer brought their lawyer involved. Once that happened all the game changed and now COR was doing what was best for them. Having said that the customer would have most likely had everything paid for by now if the lawyer wasn't brought in from the beginning. If the company completely refused to do anything about it then yeah the lawyer would have been the right move.
The lawyer was brought in to protect the interests of the customer.

How could any reasonable person think that is wrong thing to do at that point and time?

Also there were damages besides the wheel. A lawyer was only choice for customer to be compensated and put back to the place he was before wheels fell apart.

Again I commend your loyalty to COR but don't let that stand in the way of logic or reason.



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