The BEST Affordable Wheels On The Planet? 🌎 - All About Aodhan Wheels
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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You ever go to a car meet and are like “damn CR 2P in chrome? Sick!” but then get closer and realize they’re Aodhans? Yep, us too.
While we’ll give them **** for the CR 2P reps forever - seriously, we love you Aodhan, but why, these guys do make some super sick wheels that won’t break the bank.
Who are these guys and wtf do they do
OK so, it’s not super easy to find a ton of backstory on Aodhan. These guys aren’t volk racing, they don’t have a 40 year motorsport history, BUT - here’s what we could find
Aodhan is a division of a larger wheel retailer who has been selling on Ebay for a LOOOONG time - oddly enough I bought my first set of Rota G Forces from them back in the day. Small world
We’re not going to say who these guys are, because we’re not sure if they want to share it, but they have sold a lot lot lot lot lot of wheels over the years.
At some point in time, like most retailers do, they identified a niche in the market where other manufacturers weren’t making a product that fit, and they jumped on it
What are they, how are they made
Aodhans are what we would consider to be an entry level brand for the tuner/sport compact, sport performance, muscle, and even luxury world. Ranging from 800 bucks a set in 17” cast up to around 1300 for 20” flow formed, Aodhans definitely consider budget first.
Most of their wheels are your standard cast wheel, which involves heating up metal real real hot until it’s a liquid, pouring into a mold, allowing to cool
This creates an affordable wheel that can be mass produced.
Aodhan also has some flow formed models, but more on that later.
This is one of the most common arguments we hear about this brand
Sure, some of their wheels are reps, we can’t deny it
Most of them are not. Fake hardware does not make a wheel a rep. A rep wheel is a replica, meaning a copy, of another wheel. Aodhan has maybe 5-6 true rep designs, and the rest are their own concepts. So if you buy a set, be prepared for some nerd living in their mom’s basement to hit you with “i wouldnt buy reps” but rest easy knowing that like 90% of their designs arent.
So Aodhan has 3 lineups
AFF Series
These are Aodhan’s Flow Formed, or as they call it SPF - Single Phase Forged wheels. They’re a relatively lightweight, strong wheel and are actually some of the most affordable flow formed wheels on the market.
They have a few styles that all tend to cater more to the sport/sport luxury market with mesh, concave split 5, split 5, and similar styles. These are cool wheels and definitely a great alternative to some of the more expensive flow formed sport luxury wheels out there.
Aodhan launched the DS series for the stance/wheel fitment market and hit this one out of the park! Their first few designs - the DS01 DS02 DS03 were reminiscent of other designs, but the DS05 and onward are all their own unique styles, and they look great. The dress up hardware adds a nice touch, and you get a solid lip size out of these as well.
The DS-X is their latest model and I’ve got one here with me right now. This is a great looking concave multispoke wheel with a deep lip that comes in a bunch of colors. IMO if you’re building a stance car and are on a budget, Aodhan’s DS series is the place to start.
The AH series were Aodhan’s first product lineup and are unfortunately where Aodhan got some of their “rep brand” reputation from. These are, for the most part, wheels styled after other popular designs that are significantly more affordable. You have a vsxx style, meister style, hokkaido style, but you also have the AH-X which, in my opinion, is the best mesh wheel for the money on the market right now.
Yeah, probably, with a few caveats
If you’re a new enthusiast just getting into the game and you want wheels NOW, great choice. If it’s your daily driver and you want it to look great, awesome choice.
If you’re on a budget, yes absolutely. You can get a set of these with tires, with tpms sensors, with lug nuts, signed sealed and delivered straight to your front door for like 1600 bucks-ish. You just can’t beat that
If you’ve got a drift build and you want a whole bunch of wheels - awesome choice.
HOWEVER - there are some people whom these wheels just aren’t for
IF - you only run “rEaL WhEeLs” - why are you even watching this video, these aren’t for you
IF - you have a more classic 90s/early 00s style build - a lot of Aodhan’s designs are pretty modern. There are probably some other brands that work better for this
IF - you’re going to heavily track your car - Aodhan has their wheels on some weekend warrior type track cars, but doesn’t have a huge motorsport history. Their wheels are fine for a weekend build, but if it’s a dedicated race build there might be some other options
Got a pair of DS02 and let me tell you… I couldn’t be happier with my first set of wheels. Every time I look at my Acura TL-S it puts a smile on my face.
They look so good! What color did you get?
@@ThreepieceUs black chrome all the way 😎
That's what I'm saying man! My first wheels will be reps for my first car! Everyone gives me shit for wanting Aodhans but I love them, especially the AH08s. I'm not going to be a cookie cutter sucker and buy RPF1s just because everyone has them bc they are the only affordable performance wheels.
As someone who owns a new pair. And owned several used pairs. Aodhan wheels are worth every penny you pay. No ride quality issues. No vibrations. Doesn’t need stupid amount of weights to balance. I live in an area where the roads are shit and 4+ years later no wheel issues.
We will really stand by what a good entry level product Aodhan makes. They’re a great looking wheel for not a ton of money that is perfect for your daily
The dsx’s would look sick on my frs i think
Got hyperblack AH-X's on an '06 E91 touring wagon; 18x8.5 square on staggered rubber; they look great, are lighter than the stock 18's, they fair well on the daily (325XiT)
The ah-x is such a good wheel for the money!
@@ThreepieceUsg%gĝ😅😅
😢 what is the car?
I've considered their stuff a few times, just wished they offered more styles in 17" wheels
17s are generally being phased out as more new cars use 18s and 19s. We’ve got a huge selection on our website though!
@@ThreepieceUs I was actually looking on your site..decent selection. I wouldn't mind 18s but I really don't want to roll my fenders yet.
@frankdoyle715 shoot our team an email, we can help you get that perfect fitment without needing to modify your fenders.
Damn I bought them as a first set cause my rim cracked and they look fire on my e92 and I think from now seeing ur vid they’re reps but yea they look fire cause most rims look trash on beams
Some of their designs are, some aren’t. We think they make a great looking budget friendly wheel!
@@ThreepieceUs yea they are thanks for some lil background on em 🥂
esr wheels next
Yes!
I’m debating about some ESR but everyone just talks shit about their quality 🥲
@Dabussy88 we work closely with ESR. They makes awesome products, have a good focus on quality control, and make their own forged wheels in house. Company did a total 180* turn from a few years back
What set or brands would you recommend for a Lexus GS 200T?
Depends what you want to do with the car! Use the fitment search on our site to see what you want
Wish I could get these in Europe
We ship worldwide!
What rims would look good on a Chevy Cruze RS
Head on over to our website and use the fitment search to check out some options!
Just bought an Elantra N-Line and I’m shopping for wheels. Are there any good Korean companies making wheels that you’d recommend ?
There really aren’t Korean wheel companies for the most part. We’d recommend Enkei or Konig for that car - both of which you can grab from our website!
Fake bolts are cringe.
Interesting take, why?
@@ThreepieceUs because they are fake. Why add more weight when it doesn’t need to be there.
Dress up hardware is plastic and adds virtually no weight. We do have tons of Motorsport oriented wheels available on our website that optimize for weight reduction whenever you’re ready for a set!
@@Wepen935kyou don’t know shhh about wheels 😂 they add 0 weight I have 4 sets of aodhan the ds08 has them I took them out before plastic no weight you can add real ones why ? To add weight 😂
@@Wepen935kI can somewhat understand where u are coming from. Similar to the fake bead lock style of off-road wheels. It’s all for looks but it does look good 👍
Looking for a new set of wheels for my MK4. Any opinions ?
Mk4 VW or mk4 Supra?
@@ThreepieceUs Supra
@@georgepanagiotou8673 work Meisters of course! Shoot us an email sales@threepiece.us
Titan 7 wont break the bank for sure
The red car is mising 😢'' what is the 🤡 jaja 😮
These things are fucking ass when i first bought my car i was on a budget i bought ah02s in gold with a machined lip i even had the ceramic coating when i bought them through fitment industries lets just say the whole wheel started peeling in a year i barely drive my car it comes out for shows and nobody would do anything with them so i just got them powder coated but my next set will be some volks buy some legit wheels these things are almost like 800 for a full set nowadays its not worth it.
We really never hear that about Aodhan’s finishes, but interesting to hear! Whenever you’re ready for the Volk wheels you know we’ve got you 🔥
Oof, this makes me think twice about buying from you guys... you guys used to stand for quality, non replica wheels 😢
“Anyway I stopped buying food at the grocery store because they carry store brand and name brand” lmao
@@ThreepieceUs str8 shitted on him 😂😂😂