Alpha Equipt Wheels

Anyone running alpha equipt wheels? Would love to know your experience or see some photos! Seems like they are a bit newer.

 

What’s the hole at the bottom for?

 

@Chris_The_Red

This is what the website shows:

 

Just checked. That’s pretty cool. Dual air valve for checking pressure when airing down.

 

But why only one collar then? Lol

 

Might be my negligence but can you have two valve stems?

 

This video explains.

 

It’s beneficial for folks that don’t have a compressor with a reader. You can run a separate reader while inflating.

 

No I get the gimmick of having two. But why only protect one?

 

Not sure. Maybe they didn’t put much time into the design, lol. I find it weird too that they didn’t put protectors around both.

 

You know what? Now that I think about it, it may have to do with balancing issues. Maybe the valves have to placed like that and it just so happens that one lands on a spoke (protected) and one lands on the inner wheel (unprotected). I’ve heard of people having balancing issues regarding placement of the valve stem on their wheels.

 

Engineer that shit into the design. Make a spoke a wee bit thicker. Plus they're not even 180* out from each other lol

 

Seems about right. They obviously wanted a 5 spoke design and didn’t care about where the valve stems fell. Or, they did it for symmetry. Because that’s more important than function to most people.

OP: Take my advice, these are unnecessary. Look into another manufacturer.

Edit: I was looking at a different wheel on their site. These have more spokes.

 

@Chris_The_Red agreed its a bit overkill....but can you have to valve stems on a tire, that's what I'm no understanding?

 

Yeah super gimmicky. But if they're cheap enough it might be worth it, or maybe not.

 

Sure, why not. As long as they both cut off after you remove the male end of your compressor hose or reader.

 

210$ for the 16x8? I’ll get some Methods if anything.

 

I don't even know what rims go for. I got my sema's for 40% off never looked after that haha

 

Cant go wrong with sema’s. Honestly OEM is a great way to go for wheels. Unless you’re spending big money. I read a whole article a while back comparing OEM wheels and aftermarket wheels. It was a good read.

 

Yes they are. One is at the top and the other is at the bottom.