What's Up With Fikse?

[69MyWay]

I have bought only a few different custom wheels.

I bought some TSW Stealth Wheels in 1999 for my V8 Fiero (17") I waited a month in a half for those.

I bought some AZEV type A in 1994 - waited two months for those

I bought several sets now of Intro wheels from hvydeez.

My first set in 2001 took forever because I went with a 12" hoop. At that time they were having to weld two hoops together to get 12" in a 18" rim...and it took about three months.

My last set turned around in about four weeks (bought them earlier this year).

I did hear something disturbing...

FOOSE wheels made in China. That surprised me he would sell his name out like that.

Too bad on Fiske - they made some sweeeet wheels - Always just out of my price range though.

[Rhino]

Originally Posted by 69MyWay

I did hear something disturbing...

FOOSE wheels made in China. That surprised me he would sell his name out like that.

Foose wheels are made by MHT. They do everything from high bling forged 26's to budget castings. Technically it's MHT that's offshoring them, but he surely knows about it.

[Thomo5150]

Love this forum, lucky I didn't order the wheels I liked. Looks like I've saved some money and wasted time. I live in the most isolated city in the world, Perth / Western Australia. I am use to waiting for parts, unless there from Summit. They take 7 to 10 days

cheers Tim

[1970judge]

Sad to hear. Hope they recover!

[cmraman]

Originally Posted by 1970judge

Sad to hear. Hope they recover!

I heard from a good source that Fiske went out of business. If this is not true, hopefully someone could shed some light, but I know my source used them exclusively and I heard this when they tried to order wheels this week.

[WSSix]

Well, add me to the list as a fan who couldn't afford their product. I know that doesn't mean much now that they seem to be gone but I did like their product. The name is still there and could be revived potentially. I'd love to see more manufacturing within this country so here's hoping they come back some how.

So let's see. This week alone we have lost Buell and now Fiske. This crap always happens in threes so who's next?

[The Informant]

Originally Posted by cmraman

I heard from a good source that Fiske went out of business. If this is not true, hopefully someone could shed some light, but I know my source used them exclusively and I heard this when they tried to order wheels this week.

See my previous post.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by DFRESH

Recon Squid reporting for duty.

Called and left you a message with my phone #-I'm off work today and would be happy to drive over and do what I can for you. Just let me know--if I were in your situation, I would hope someone would do the same for me---at least we know Greg would----Greg, did you go over there armed?

Doug

Doug --

No need for "arms" -- a SQUID has plenty of them!! :>)

I was "unhappy" to see what I saw though... I would have far preferred to find a running entity... lights on... people WORKING. But I guess that was just wishful thinking.

I feel sorry for the business and the customers. They made nice products.

So... contrary to what most people think... businesses go out of business more often because they can not capitalize their growth... rather than fail due to a lack of business. Amazing isn't it? It costs a lot of money to GROW a business...

A new shop might have customers lined up at the door - but he can't cough up the dough for the new welders he needs - and the two rotisseries in order to do two cars at once - and the person to answer the phones... and the new paint booth they need to turn out higher quality work. SO they failed not from a lack of business - but a lack of capital. This is compounded if you're "successful" rather than grow slowly. Funny how that works...

I hope Jim lands on his feet somewhere and hasn't burned all his bridges.

[Young Gun]

So... can we expect a bailout?

JK, but it sucks to hear this... always loved their wheels

[GregWeld]

Collin --

From the looks of it... he's already "bailed out".