- I'm not gonna lie.
I'm one of those that saw all the hype
about Elden Ring going on
in the world and thought it would, you know
be a great idea to give it a little shot.
All right.
Looks super cool.
Figured it'd be something a little different
from what I typically play, but it looked fun.
All right, everyone was talking about it.
There was hype everywhere.
However, I have never played a Dark Souls game
in my life before, and I was not prepared
by any means for what this game
was about to (beep) do to me.
All right.
After what I would say about 30 something hours
of game play and about an equal amount of time Googling
just what the hell I'm supposed to do,
I've come to the realization that I really (beep) up.
Apparently you're not just supposed
to level everything up together.
Apparently there's specific builds
you're supposed to do with your character
and different quest lines to follow
and all this other (beep)
that isn't (beep) explained in the game.
No, they just dump your (deep) in limp grave
give you a (beep) butter knife
and a magic horse and say, 'Good luck, pal.'
Now, I know, all right, I know.
all the FirmSoft boys are probably already typing
in the comments about how I should have known better.
All right? I should have known that some games just
don't tell you anything of how to play their game.
I know I'm an idiot
and these games are unlike anything else
and how they're supposed to be extremely difficult.
This isn't Call of Duty, kid.
All right, listen.
A little bit of guidance
would've been nice.
That's all I'm asking for.
You know, 'cause now I'm here
with a character that's kind of barely decent
at just about everything.
And from what I could tell, I just need to start over
and scratch everything because you know
it now costs me 30,000 Runes
to level up one individual thing.
Anyway, I was going somewhere with this. Right.
Wheels, aftermarket wheels.
So you've been there,
you've done that with your first round of aftermarket wheels
and now you're ready for that next step.
Just like I'm ready just to start over
with this whole game that's why I just don't delete it.
You are ready to change it up a bit
and get that next set of wheels.
And if so, hell yeah, we're graduating, baby,
getting rid of your little baby training wheels.
And get yourself into some big boy wheels
or some wheels, you know
more suited for what you're doing with your car.
So if that's the case, which I hope it is
'cause otherwise I don't know why
you'd be watching this video.
Here are some tips on what to look for
for your next set of aftermarket wheels.
Also Elven Ring is a good game.
All right, I'll give it that, but my God.
So the first thing that you need to take into consideration
here is what exactly are you looking to do with your car?
Are you tracking the car?
Are you showing the car or are you planning to use it
as your trusty daily driver that looks good
and can fit into your local shows,
but also functional enough to get you
to where you need to go.
Because believe it or not,
you have wheels that excel
in different areas compared to others.
And if you are on a bit of a budget,
you wanna make sure that you're not overspending
for something that you don't really need
or you're never gonna use.
Not saying you have to stick
to a certain wheel or a specific purpose
but it helps give a good starting point for you to look at.
Or you can just ball out
with a dope set of wheels, choice is yours.
I mean, I don't really care.
For something like a functional good looking daily driver,
you probably have the most options to choose from.
Which makes it pretty nice and neat.
Odds are, for your first set of wheels,
you know, they're something a little more
on the inexpensive side.
Enough to get your feet wet
with everything, but nothing too crazy.
But now, you're looking to step that up a little bit.
Some great brands to start looking
at would be brands like Enkei, Coning, Anovia,
Rotiform and Kansei.
All these brands hover around that same price point
and are what we would consider to be
your intermediate level brands as far as price
as they will typically land you
anywhere between a thousand and $1,800 for set.
All these brands are trusted brands in the industry
and some of them like Enkei and Coning have been
a staple of aftermarket car wheels for quite some time.
When you start to get into this level of aftermarket wheels
you'll start to see that they move past just
your typical cast wheel process or manufacturing process.
In most cases, they move
into additional manufacturing process
with something like rotary forging or whatever, you know,
they've coined that process to be.
This makes for a stronger and lighter wheel,
which may sound like something that
you would really only need
for the track or for performance use.
Which, don't get wrong, is one of the main reasons
as to why that process was developed in the first place.
But it's also not a bad thing to have for your daily driver.
I mean with spring in like sling around here,
those roads are looking a little rough out there.
Could lose your whole car in some of those potholes.
Have you seen those things?
Always good to have a little bit
of extra strength when it comes to your wheels,
it never hurts any.
Overall you're getting a more quality wheel
with original designs. which is what
you should be shooting for when you get into your,
I would say, next set of wheels.
With the addition of what a ever rotary
forgery term each company is coining,
like I said, you get a little bit of extra security
knowing that your wheel isn't going to shatter
into a million pieces.
If you do end up finding one of those street craters.
Now this doesn't mean
that you can only throw these wheels on your daily driver.
That's not the case at all.
I mean, pretty much all those brands we just
listed were intended for some sort of motorsport
purpose to begin with and is why all the time
in R and D and new manufacturing process were put into them.
But here's the thing.
What if you're already there?
If you're like me, I picked up a set of NTO3s
as is my first set of like real aftermarket wheels.
But again, the need
and want was there to kind of grow upon that.
So if you're already there good for you,
you probably picked out a dope set of first wheels
and props to you. Good job.
But still, maybe it's time to switch things up
and give the car good old refresh with a new set of kicks.
So what now? Do you stick with the same kind of brands
and stuff like that?
Or should you move up to something else?
Well, typically, I mean
you could stick with something similar.
It's just fine.
However, you know, a lot
of people want to take that next step,
take a little bit of a leap, you know,
into some more, you know real big names,
moving into the forge wheel category.
Even multi-piece wheels.
Keep climbing that ladder, you know.
Or falling into the money pit
whatever way you wanna look at it, you know
kind of in a glass half full, half empty kind of thing.
Anyway, once you break outta that so-called
intermediate price range, you get into some real heaters.
All right, we're talking wheels like Volk, Work,
Advan, SSR, and so on.
All making some absolutely killer fully forged
mono-block and multi-piece forged wheels.
Now with this comes quite a bit of, you know,
an increase in price. But don't forget
about your wheels you got right now, you dummy.
Don't hang on them as like some garage ornament.
Hopefully you're gonna make like
a table out of 'em or something.
I can guarantee,
you're not gonna make a coffee table outta the wheels.
All right.
It's just not gonna happen.
Sell those things.
Use them as a nice little bump to get you
that next set of wheels that you really want.
Facebook marketplace is a wild place to be right now.
With things going for just absolutely crazy prices.
I saw a plate going for like $30 the other day.
Odds are, you might get more than what you think
for your old set of wheels.
Now, like I said before, you can throw whatever wheels
on pretty much whatever you want.
I mean, it's really your car after all
but when you're spending over three grand on a wheel setup,
you probably want to get the most out of them that you can.
Your mono-block forge options are going to be great
for Motorsports use.
As well as look badass on pretty much anything
that you end up throwing 'em on.
As some of the strongest
and lightest types of wheels that you can get,
it's easy to see why these things are so popular
and a popular choice in, specifically, the Motorsport scene.
And kind of also why you see so many of them
like up for sale, that are used
and they look they've been through Hell and back.
And even though we've seen pretty much every type
of wheel in existence show up on some type of show car,
there are always the ones that seem to
take the cake when it comes to a show build.
And that of course is your multi-piece forge wheels.
The main reason being, is that you can dial these things
into whatever fitment, your little heart desires.
With wheel fitment being the name of the game.
When it comes to a lot of these car shows nowadays,
getting your fitment down to the millimeter
can be absolutely crucial for your overall build.
And multi-piece forge is the way you can assure
that you get the look that you want
without having to run some sort
of crazy spacer. Trust me been there, done that.
It works, not ideal, little bit, you know,
a little bit scary and you always gotta worry about it.
I don't know.
It's kind of a peace of mind thing, especially
with the popularity of wide body kits and over fenders
you know, going on pretty much everything today.
You know you're going to need those crazy specs
with companies rebuilding some older Japanese wheels
to modern specs.
Or even companies like Rotaforum, (indistinct),
and even us, Anovia,
being able with a completely custom build a set
of forge wheels for you and your car,
really opens up some crazy possibilities.
Of course, if you're willing to pay the price,
you can do whatever color you want,
you can do whatever size you want.
You can make, you know some adjustments to the design
and things like that.
You could really go all out, which is super cool.
And you can get a super unique custom set
of wheels that no one else has.
But like it's said, it comes
at a little bit more of an extra cost.
So hopefully this helps guide you in that right direction.
If you're looking to get a new set
of wheels for your car.
Like I said, don't be afraid to sell the wheels
you got sitting around.
There's probably someone out there
that is willing to buy those.
Like I said, if you started
with some like RPF ones, go sell your RPF1s.
There's definitely some 17 year old out there.
That's trying to get a good deal on some RPF1s.
I can guarantee you that.
But otherwise, you're looking for that next set.
Make sure to hit us up over fitmentindustries.com
because we got wheels, tires, and suspension.
And maybe a little bit more stuff coming in the near future
but you can check all that out
over at fitmentindustries.com.
Thank you guys so much for watching. I'm Gels.
We'll see you later.