- Hey guys what's going on-- (punching sound)
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Hey guys, how's it going, junior here.
I'm just kidding.
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We back, Junior here with another episode of
Reinventing the Wheel.
This week we're getting into a company
that actually is reinventing the wheel.
Let's get at it, with Method Race Wheel.
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So, first of, this actually surprised me quite a bit,
Method Race Wheel's has been around since
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(slow motion) 2010.
- He's climbing up windows, he's snatching the people up.
He's tryna hug so you need to hide ya kids,
hide ya wifes.
Hide ya kids, hide ya wifes, hide ya kids, hide ya wifes!
- Guess who, it's Justin Bieber!
(record scratch)
- Now that is eight years and a decent amount of time
but given the name and brand that they hold
in the off road community, I would've expected for them
to be around longer than they've actually have been.
Now I'm talking off road, I'm not talking about
your pavement princesses who have touched
the grass for the first time ever.
I'm talking about rock crawlers, buggies,
trophy trucks, ETV's, ATV's, side by sides,
your grandma's buggy if it goes off road.
I don't know, anything you can think of,
these guys have a wheel for them.
All of these guys require extensive quality and standards,
and you're gonna see Method's name everywhere.
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Oh *bleep*
As a company founded around racing enthusiasts
and drivers, they don't look at the standards at all.
They look at what is demanded by the sport they love,
and they build that quality.
But what exactly makes these wheels any better
than any others on the market?
Well, have I got a story for you.
In the early years of 1643, Germans used
wooden carts to race each other,
and the name Method was somehow just scribbled on
these wheels, and it became a new, I don't know.
Method has six different factories they do business in
with top quality material used to produce
all of the wheels they carry.
They have one piece cast aluminum wheels,
flow formed technology wheels,
and one piece forge wheels that really take a beating
and need to be super high quality.
Now flow formed technology may sound new or fancy to you,
but it's the same thing as the rotary forged,
and compression forged that we've talked about
in previous videos that we have done.
Basically it's a cast wheel poured into a mold
that is then spun spun spun really fast
and the barrel is pulled out and pushed
and flow formed and compressionized.
I'm just tryna use all the words they use to call this,
and pulled to become the width of the barrel of your wheel.
This gives it a higher structural integrity
than like your normal cast wheels
just poured into a mold and it's done.
There's a lot of pressure and technology used
to give it a stronger barrel and a higher
structural strength for higher intensity applications.
There are varying quality levels to this flow formed
or rotary forged technology, and especially in the car world
more than the truck world you see a lot of different brands,
cheap or expensive, using this type of technology
to offer a higher quality wheel to their customer.
Now Method, I would say, is probably on the top,
as far as these different qualities of flow formed range
because the intensity these wheels are put through
and everything have a really high quality control,
and they make sure their wheels are structurally
completely capable of anything they're put through,
before putting them out on the market for sale.
- You're the man.
- [Tape Recorder] You're the man.
- Harvey, did you say somebodies the man?
- [Tape Recorder] You're the man.
- Thanks, appreciate it.
Who's the man?
- [Tape Recorder] You're the man.
- You know it, what did you say?
- [Tape Recorder] You're the man.
- Damn straight.
- [Junior] And obviously if designing
such a high intensity wheel for off road racing
is something Method got on lock,
developing a street truck wheel was super simple
for them to do.
And hey Method, we know a couple guys here at the shop
who would run if you're looking for somebody to hook up.
(Always Sunny in Philadelphia Theme Music) Seriously, I drive a Jurassic Park replica Jeep - Bernardo
Even designed with high load ratings
for your lift or truck applications,
Method basically makes sure that the wheels
that you're gonna put on your truck
are fully capable of doing anything
you're gonna put them through.
What's in the future for Method?
I think they'll be around and still be the name in
race wheels and offroading for many many many years to come,
especially since they were created in 2010,
their quality and applications have them leading
the offroad racing world, and pushing and growing
to fill the street world as well.
There isn't a reason every jeep in America
shouldn't be running a set of Methods.
They're also looking to push and improve what they have
to better their offroad race wheels,
with new technology and development for every enthusiast.
So whether you drive a jeep, or a truck,
or a car or trophy truck, a buggy,
any offroad vehicle at all, Method's
are probably a name you've heard of,
or if you're not, you're hearing about them now
in this new offroad world that you're coming from
and your pavement princess life,
it's like, whoo, we're over here guys, what's up.
We have forces, we have Methods.
I don't know where I was going with that.
What are your thoughts on Method?
Let us know in the comments below,
and let us know who you wanna see next.
I'm Junior with Custom Offsets,
and this was another episode of Reinventing the Wheel.
Peace.
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