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So today we're doing another episode of
From The Inbox where I'm gonna be talking
about the differences between your one piece wheels
and your two piece wheels.
What are the advantages, disadvantages,
and everything that goes into multi piece truck wheels.
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So when it comes to multi piece truck wheels
there's actually not a ton of companies out there
right now that are making multi piece truck wheels
and I think that's just because they're not as popular.
And probably the biggest reason why is because of the cost.
So, if you look at who does make them
some of the names that you might recognize are
XD, American Force, Moto Metal, and Fuel
as some of the bigger names in the multi piece
wheel game for the truck market.
Now, in the car world there's a ton of multi piece
wheel manufacturers and there's way more
that goes into car multi piece wheels
than there is in trucks
so it's kind of good cause these are a little more simple,
a little more easy to understand.
Now, when you go to break down the prices
between a regular one piece cast and a two piece wheel
you'll notice that there's usually a couple hundred dollars
if not a $1,000 difference between those.
So your one piece cast wheel is a simple
one piece cast wheel that we've showed you a million times,
where it's just poured into a mold,
that's why it's called a cast.
And then your wheel comes out, it's deburred,
cleaned up, painted, and sent off,
and that's your one piece wheel.
A two piece wheel is made basically the same way,
but they have your outer barrel, and then your
inner face as the second piece,
hence the name two piece wheel.
So the outer barrel is disconnected from that center face,
you can separate those.
Now, why would you want to do that?
A lot of times people are buying the multi piece
truck wheels for the advantages of
being able to have multiple finishes.
So, you can't have a wheel that is a true chrome center
with a black barrel unless it's multi piece,
because you can't put two finishes on one wheel.
Especially if it's in a chrome cause that process
is way different than painting or powder coating.
So that's where a two piece wheel has an advantage
over a one piece wheel.
Now, you will see that there are some one piece cast wheels
on the market that have two colors as part of their finish,
but it's often times two paint colors,
and then you have a tape line so you can visibly see that
and it's just not as clean cause it's not always perfect
and there could be some little jagged edges on there.
And the factories overseas, in China,
don't have that much attention to the details
so that's why you get the jagged edges,
and it's not a perfect line, and there's many
factories that just refuse to do it.
Another advantage of the multi piece wheels
is they're just plain cool.
They're really awesome and that's how these sema trucks
get all these crazy finishes with a lime green barrel
and then they got a purple face or something like that.
Because you have the option to easily take them apart,
paint or powder coat them, or get them anodized,
or do a chrome finish, or do whatever you want on them
without having to do that tape line,
so everything just looks way cleaner when
you have a multi piece wheel.
In the car world there's lots of advantages to
multi piece wheels, more so than in the truck world,
and that's because there's so many manufactures
and so many different styles of multi piece wheels,
that if you wanted to change the way your wheel looks
every season you really could,
because you already have the barrels,
and like if you have a three piece wheel,
we have the back half, the front half,
and then the face that gets bolted in between.
If you wanna change the width or the offset
you can do that just by getting different barrels.
Or the different faces if you wanna get a different style,
so you can always change up your fitment or how it looks.
And there's just a ton of options
when it comes to multi piece wheels in the car world.
Now in the truck world, it's almost a disadvantage
because there isn't anybody out there that'll
sell you just part of their wheel.
You basically have to buy the whole thing
and there's not multiple faces usually for those wheels
so it's just one style.
The other big disadvantages of a multi piece wheel
in the truck world is,
number one, the added weight.
So, they're really, really have because
you're adding all that hardware in there which adds weight
and usually just the way the wheels are constructed
they're a lot heavier than a typical cast wheel
because it takes that much more metal to make these.
So probably the biggest disadvantage of these
multi piece wheels is the cost.
And I kinda touched on it before,
but to give you kind of some perspective,
if you want a multi piece American Force wheel,
rented at *inaudible* four's,
so that alone drives up the cost.
But a multi piece American Force is,
at the bare minimum, like $10,000.
And most of their finishes, in the multi piece world,
are like $12,000.
So it's $12,000 for a set of four wheels
and when you're adding that to your already
$70,000 - $80,000 truck that you just bought
brand new off the lot, that's a huge chunk of change.
Plus, in the sizes they offer you're gonna need
a lift kit and giant tires too
to make that all work together.
So American Force is kind of an extreme example
and there's also your entry level multi piece wheels
and Moto Mental is a great example of that.
So many people know Moto Metal as being one of
the most popular names in the truck world simply
because they make really clean, really simple styles
at an affordable price point
and that kind carries over into their multi piece world too.
So everybody knows the Moto Metal 962's.
You've seen it in a thousand of our videos
and you see it all over the internet.
What you might not have seen,
or maybe you have but you didn't know,
is the Moto Metal M0200.
The M0200, or MO200, however you wanna say it,
is basically the exact same thing as Moto Metal 962.
However, it's two piece.
So the one that we have here, in the showroom,
is a gloss black barrel with a chrome center.
And again, that's one of those things that you
just can't do on a regular one piece wheel.
So the two piece variant is about $1,700 give or take,
it depends on what finishes you want,
and what sizes you get.
I used bigger sizes for these examples,
I think 22x12 or 20x12.
And in the cast version of that wheel you're
looking at about $1,100, so roughly a $600 difference,
or $150 per wheel just to upgrade it to the two piece.
And whether you call it an upgrade or not is up to you.
If you like the style and you like the finishes that's great
but there's not really any other big advantages
to having the two piece wheel.
Another huge name in the wheel industry is Fuel.
And again, you've seen these in a ton of our videos too
because it's a really hot name that's out there right now.
And they make two piece wheels in some huge sizes, so a
24 by 14 in a cast Fuel Maverick
is about $2,400.
The two piece version of the Fuel Maverick is about $2,800.
So again you're seeing that, roughly, $100 jump per wheel
to have the two piece variant.
Now, you will also sometimes notice when you're looking at
two piece wheels versus one piece wheels that
the styles are a little different.
And that's also just because of the engineering that
goes into making that center face be able
to bolt on to that barrel.
So if there's some style changes,
or you notice one has a floating lift,
or the spoke doesn't go all the way up to the
edge of the barrel, that's probably a two piece wheel.
And if it goes all the way and connects
and it looks like every other wheel you've
you've every seen before, that's usually a one piece.
If you scroll down on the website,
in all the wheel details where we list
every single spec on it you'll see wheel structure,
I believe we call it, and it'll say if it's
one piece alloy or two piece so that you know
if you're buying a multi piece wheel or not.
One of my favorite two piece wheels that's
on the market right now is actually from XD
and it's the XD Chopstick.
So if you search on the website for the XD Chopstick
you'll see one that's the XD 831
and one that is the XD 2 something or another.
That 2 dictates that it's a two piece,
so if you go and you try to find the Chopsticks
and you're seeing some for $1,800
and you're not sure why they're so expensive,
that's because those are the two piece wheels.
But they offer some really awesome finishes.
My favorite is the black and gray.
Now if you just want to get the cast version
of the XD Chopstick they're significantly cheaper.
And right now, when the video goes up,
there's actually a couple different sizes
that are on blowout right now and you can get them
from anywhere $700 - $900 per set.
But just keep in mind that the typical price for that
is about $1,100 dollars compared to the two piece
which is right around the $1,800 - $1,900's.
Again, depending on sizes and finishes.
So again, I used the big sizes to compare
because that's what seems like everybody
is running these days.
So two piece versus one piece, what's our opinion?
You guys always wanna know what we think.
And if it was me personally,
I love the way a two piece wheel looks
and in the car world I think it's something that
people really should go after just because
it's awesome to be able to change your width
and the offset and the styles,
but in the truck world I don't know if
it's worth saving up all that extra money to spend
on a two piece wheel that looks almost exactly
the same as a one piece wheel.
If you guys have any questions on multi piece wheels,
wheels in general, tires, suspensions, lift kits,
drop them in the comments below
and we will probably make you a video on it
because Cobb reads every single comment everyday.
So that he can tell me what videos
we're making the next day.
Peace.
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