For optimum handling, lightweight wheels are essential. Heavy wheels tax the suspension, forcing it to work harder to maintain tire contact with the road, and they make steering difficult. Unfortunately, as wheel diameters increase wheels get heavier when conventional casting manufacturing methods are used. Forging is the answer, because the forging process changes the molecular structure of the metal, giving it more strength, and making it more resistant to cracking and bending. This results in a wheel that can be made with thinner metal, and be much lighter than a cast wheel but still very strong.

JOVA wheels are available in different forged styles. Each forged wheels starts as a billet of aerospace quality 6061 aluminum that is heated and then rolled, hammered, pressed, and machined until the piece reaches its final shape. Since it is the “barrel” of the wheel that is most vulnerable to road damage, but at the same time must be kept light to reduce the wheel’s peripheral weight, a rolling process forms the barrel to create its shape and align the metal grain structure for strength. JOVA forged wheels will not only make a difference in the way your car looks, but they will improve the driving experience behind the wheel.