Retro Multi-Spoke One Piece Forged Wheels Gain Surge In Overseas Orders

From the latest overseas auto aftermarket consumption data, the market demand for two mainstream forged wheel structures has shown obvious differentiation: one-piece monoblock forged wheels occupy the main share of new energy vehicle supporting and daily modified market relying on air tightness, lightweight and low maintenance advantages, while two-piece and three-piece split forged wheels are favored by high-end car modification players and classic car owners for their strong personalized assembly attributes.

In the European, Middle Eastern and Turkish markets, retro multi-spoke classic forged wheel styles represented by BBS-style multi-spoke designs have achieved a year-on-year order increase of nearly 60% in the first half of 2026. Unlike simple five-spoke and Y-spoke conventional models, retro dense multi-spoke forged wheels put forward higher requirements for CNC precision machining technology and surface painting technology, and most purchasers choose customized parameters such as wheel width, offset, PCD and center hole according to different classic car, sedan and performance car models.

Industry technical analysts said that one-piece forged wheels are more suitable for mass standardized wholesale orders, with short production cycles and stable product consistency; multi-piece forged wheels are positioned in the high-end personalized customization track, with higher gross profit margin, but higher requirements for production process and quality inspection links. At present, many domestic forged wheel manufacturers have launched two production lines at the same time, covering mass wholesale and high-end customized businesses to meet the differentiated procurement needs of overseas distributors, modification shop owners and brand dealers.

With the rise of short video social platforms such as Instagram and YouTube Shorts, more retro wheel styles have quickly spread among global car enthusiasts, further driving the growth of small-batch customized foreign trade orders. Flexible small-batch customized production capacity has gradually become one of the core competitive advantages of forged wheel foreign trade manufacturers.