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20yr rule does sound familiar but I doubt they are forced to cover every single part when others that will “work” are available.
As for then what? Get different wheels. The difficulty finding a replacement if I damage one is one reason I’ll probably sell mine and get something else.. that and the offset being better than stock but not great for what I want to do.
Somewhere there is a threshold for the necessity of a part being available to literally keep a vehicle on the road vs just inconvenient for the owner. I paid a good chunk of money for a lower seat foam on my 80.. absolutely not required, but nice to have. There was an expected life for the molds and machine that made it, a cost associated with produced cushions sitting on a shelf in a warehouse, etc.
Look, I love the idea of being able to keep our beloved vehicles on the road in tip-top shape for three decades. But that just isn’t the direction the world is going. And if I’m honest with myself, I just won’t keep something that long either.
I have a fantasy about handing my truck down to my son when he’s 16.