Luke - can you clarify, please
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Luke - can you clarify, please
There is a vicious rumor that SSR is bankrupt, & presumably going out of business*. Is there any truth to that? Also, IIRC, you guys had a desire to be the sole distributors of wheel lines that you carried. Is that still true? If so, why carry lines like TIS & gramlights? & what do you think of the Firestone Wide Ovals?
* https://www.i-club.com/forums/vendor-group-buys-specials-146/ssr-professor-sp1-sbc-last-set-ever-made-93617/
* https://www.i-club.com/forums/vendor-group-buys-specials-146/ssr-professor-sp1-sbc-last-set-ever-made-93617/
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...my ditto to that
I found this in english:
http://www.tsr-net.co.jp/english/b_news/day/05jan.html
Seems that the company(s) who make SSR (Speed Star Racing) wheels are in bankruptcy. Good news (rumor?) is that the organization is restructuring.
I found this in english:
http://www.tsr-net.co.jp/english/b_news/day/05jan.html
Seems that the company(s) who make SSR (Speed Star Racing) wheels are in bankruptcy. Good news (rumor?) is that the organization is restructuring.
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Even if SSR does actually go out of business, somebody will buy the rights to the SSR semi-solid forged manufacturing process and continue to make them. SSR Comps will be around indefinitely.
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How is that known? & even if that does happen, who is to say that company will still make Comps & the GT1/2/3s? Why is there a new SSR wheel (the GT10) if they are not financially sound? LUKE - Respond Por Favor!
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This SSR issue does raise a lot of ????. Remember the holiday is not far off and a lot of people take time off around now for spring break. Luke may be out waiting for the Easter bunny 
I suspect SSR will be back in production but can't hazard a guess as to when. Then I got to thinking about how long it takes a factory to start producing again after a shutdown and the shipping time needed to get the product to distributors.
Since I have the SSR Comps on my WRX, I went ahead and ordered a fifth wheel so I'll have a spare. Playing it safe if I need a wheel during the summer and the SSRs are out of stock. It's good to have a spare around. I never could go down to the wheel shop and buy one off the rack. No down time that way. I bent two alloy wheels during the 12 years I drove my old Eclipse GS Turbo. Since I put $$$$ into my four SSRs, I'm protecting my investment until the company gets back on its feet.
I suspect SSR will be back in production but can't hazard a guess as to when. Then I got to thinking about how long it takes a factory to start producing again after a shutdown and the shipping time needed to get the product to distributors.
Since I have the SSR Comps on my WRX, I went ahead and ordered a fifth wheel so I'll have a spare. Playing it safe if I need a wheel during the summer and the SSRs are out of stock. It's good to have a spare around. I never could go down to the wheel shop and buy one off the rack. No down time that way. I bent two alloy wheels during the 12 years I drove my old Eclipse GS Turbo. Since I put $$$$ into my four SSRs, I'm protecting my investment until the company gets back on its feet.
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