is there a difference between these wheels? I was looking for some nice matte black wheels with a red pinstripe and was looking at raderwerks, but then came across kyowa wheels and to me they look identical? down to the spoke count and design...

are these the same wheels?

kr628

http://wheelstudio.com/catalog/produ...2e8f5037aaea1f

and

mten 80br
http://www.raderwerks.com/wheels_det...n&id=95&page=1


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or

hr656
http://wheelstudio.com/catalog/produ...2e8f5037aaea1f

and

mten 90br
http://www.raderwerks.com/wheels_det...&id=128&page=1


question is, are these the same wheels? I think the only difference I can see are the center caps? If it counts, I think the raderwerks center cap looks cooler.

 

they're both reps of the real wheels.

i would buy raderwerks over kyowa. raderwerks is a very reputable brand in the vw area where is kyowa has always kinda been meh to everyone.

they aren't the same wheel, i doubt they share molds but if they do i'd still get the raderwerks

 

well,
the molds look identical, I looked at both pics and everything but the centercap is different.

paint scheme, small grooves, offset .. everything... is identical.

name is different on center cap. I did some more googling and on a vw forum someone posted that these were the exact same wheel, I supposed sourced from the same factory,

can anyone confirm this or not?
Id rather go with the raderwerks because the brand is better, I just dont like kyowa or the look of their centercaps. but the kyowas would be $200 cheaper for the set, which is quite a difference?

no offense to anyone with raderwerks, just trying to find a definitive answer.
maybe there's something else I might be missing, maybe something that can't be seen like strength of the wheel?