FaKe WhEeLs ArE FaKe

[SD202]

All you people who run reps and justify it by. "when it cracks ill buy another one and still spend less" have clearly never ran real wheels. Or else the tune of your alls story would be far different. I know from first hand experience that most of the time a real wheel cracks or bends its repairable. When it happens to a replica wheel the damage is catastrophic. The end.

[Rob&co]

Real Wheels Dont Make Real PPL tho!..... as we can see...... Sucks for Reps tho, but the car sits tits!

[Topazkd]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...ers-x-2-a.html

These are Magnesium centers, they will crack.

[DeleriousZ]

I have a special place for replica wheels at my shop


http://vimeo.com/60915357


i guess BBS will give me a 5% cash discount on the next buy

I want 1.30 of my life back plz.

[BreadBaskett]

I can agree with that. Certainly you do get what you pay for. I'm just trying to put another perspective out there. I daily my car and don't track it. The most abuse my wheels have seen are high speed cornering and bad encounters with potholes. I put my MB battles through the courses of daily abuse for the past 3 years. Not a bend, not a crack, nada.

I guess with any wheel company you will run a have of product defects. Not knowing how many busted "real" wheels out there vs busted up Rotas, as an example, from an anecdotal perspective rota wheels don't have that bad a fail ratio, given that there are just so many sets out there on the market...comparatively speaking than to let's day Works wheels or CCWs etc...

Here's another good thread for reading purposes.

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/gd-tires...els-bad-3.html

But really I don't care what people buy. Just buy whatever the heck you can afford. I say, for the most part of street driving, your probability of getting a disintegrating wheel is fairly low.

Well put and well spoken. You certainly paid attention in English class.

[mrx928]

Yes, but it happens more often to replica wheels. Like I stated earlier, you get what you pay for. And quality doesn't come cheap...

I can agree with that. Certainly you do get what you pay for. I'm just trying to put another perspective out there. I daily my car and don't track it. The most abuse my wheels have seen are high speed cornering and bad encounters with potholes. I put my MB battles through the courses of daily abuse for the past 3 years. Not a bend, not a crack, nada.

I guess with any wheel company you will run a have of product defects. Not knowing how many busted "real" wheels out there vs busted up Rotas, as an example, from an anecdotal perspective rota wheels don't have that bad a fail ratio, given that there are just so many sets out there on the market...comparatively speaking than to let's day Works wheels or CCWs etc...

Here's another good thread for reading purposes.

http://www.iwsti.com/forums/gd-tires...els-bad-3.html

But really I don't care what people buy. Just buy whatever the heck you can afford. I say, for the most part of street driving, your probability of getting a disintegrating wheel is fairly low.

[BreadBaskett]

No first hand testimonies of this happening, but I've seen pics of rep bbs lm and real bbs lm both failing. doesn't just happen to reps

Yes, but it happens more often to replica wheels. Like I stated earlier, you get what you pay for. And quality doesn't come cheap...

[mrx928]

show me a picture of a 3500 wheel racking right through the spokes

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...ers-x-2-a.html

[skyhigh90210]

I don't mind reps, hell I'm on Rotas and I've never had an issue. Driven across the country on em, curbed them a few times and hit quite a few potholes, no cracks, bends or air leaks. As long as no one claims to have real wheels when they're on reps I don't care. Wheel fitment is nice though.

[mrx928]

It sounds like a good idea on paper, but when a wheel bends in two or cracks into two and destroys an entire side of your car then you regret not spending that extra money on quality parts. You pay for quality or pay the consequences.

No first hand testimonies of this happening, but I've seen pics of rep bbs lm and real bbs lm both failing. doesn't just happen to reps

[e30L]

too bad most of you guys drive on shitty roads lol i never have to worry about cracking my wheels on potholes or road debris here in socal

Uh, where are these roads in SoCal you speak of? I would take the backroads of PA over any road here in SoCal

[Stephen]

too bad most of you guys drive on shitty roads lol i never have to worry about cracking my wheels on potholes or road debris here in socal

What SoCal do you drive in?

[yoshioka90]

esms are reps but ive seen rotiforms crack multiple times..... and rs barrels crack stupid easy too... not supporting replicating other company's wheels but ive seen a 3500+ dollar set of wheels crack right through every spoke... fitment looks good at least they arent rocking bbs center caps

rotiform race lips and barrels aren't meant to driven with stretched tires... if you have ever picked up a set of race wheels they are pretty damn light. the classic series however are a big more stronger and durable.

show me a picture of a 3500 wheel racking right through the spoke.

too bad most of you guys drive on shitty roads lol i never have to worry about cracking my wheels on potholes or road debris here in socal

[FittedDownLow]

esms are reps but ive seen rotiforms crack multiple times..... and rs barrels crack stupid easy too... not supporting replicating other company's wheels but ive seen a 3500+ dollar set of wheels crack right through every spoke... fitment looks good at least they arent rocking bbs center caps

[Stephen]

ya i guess, but if i saw that i destroyed one wheel, i would just buy another rep to replace it so i spend a couple hundred and not a couple grand, yes i know quality matters, i just wish i was rich

Except quality wheels just bend or crack one lip, instead of the whole wheel exploding. Then you're out that same couple hundred on a new lip from rotiform or memoryfab, and you won't have destroyed the side of your car.