08-06-2009, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by nogoodname
limited production, they are not a full blown mass production company.
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Exactly, we aren't talking about Rays here. Volk has the entire Rays manufacturing facilities to help amoritize their costs. They do more than wheels (a lot more) and have the ability to spread the cost around a lot more. HRE, CCW, Fiske, etc, don't have that type of infrastructure to lean on. $2000 a wheel isn't bad when you start talking low volume true custom wheels. Call Fiske and ask them for the price of a set of their wheels for a 370z...I'll guess it'll be about $3500/wheel.
It's economy of scale and amoritization of costs across a larger customer base that allows Rays to sell Volks at such a low price.
All this is pretty basic and the specifics are lost to me because my last micro economics class in college was over 10y ago... But unlike armensti said in his last post in this thread, this is NOT a get quick rich plan:
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Originally Posted by armensti
ur not missing anything its just a get rich quick skim which does not work. there is nothing extra that goes on expensive rims. just the material sometimes but its still over priced.
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