Ouch man!! At least you're ok! Went looking for you at the track but were these ever powder coated?? My rpf1s that were powder coated cracked after one track day :/

 

Holy crap. Now this worries me. I've been seeing corvette guys the past few weeks running the F14's with no issues. Heavier car, more grip and more power. Now I might be scared to put these on my car

 

Yes, the finish on all of the Forgestar wheels are powder coated.

 

Interesting...my rims (rpf1) had hairline cracks in the same area after powder coat...one day too. Id only coat a Volk I think at this point

 

A lot of light weight wheels have specific heat treatment post casting to strengthen them.

949racing ones specifically state if you want to change the colour to wet paint only.

But forgestar wheels standard Manufacturing process is to powder coat them...

 

thepoi, are you going to contact Forgestar about the failure? Would be curious to see what they say. Hopefully it's an isolated issue and they take care of you.

 

Will do a more thorough post later, but it was fatigue cracking. Looks like all the spokes had preexisting cracks from the backside of the spokes.

 

Yes. I do paint only.

949 paints their wheels from the factory.

I recently picked up some Gen I 17x10 949s, had the colored changed via paint. I will not powder coat any wheels.

that said, all cast wheels are prone to this sort of failure and should be inspected on a regular basis.

 

I don't think they are powder coated. I have destroyed a Forgestar wheel and the finish chipped off like it was painted not powder coated.

 

From their website http://www.forgestar.com/wheels/technology/