here are a couple of things i've seen today about cheap wheels. this is one of my last fyi's before i visit this site frequently




Selling my set of Rota Torques, the infamous Work Emotion Kai CR reps. The rims are in perfect condition with no curb rashes whatsoever. The problem is that i hit a pothole a few weeks back and developed a SLIGHT crack on the inner barrel of the rear.

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=188785

heres another one


I have VM CSLs on my car now and while they look great, they're ALL bent badly from daily use over the past year. We don't have supremely smooth roads around here, but we certainly don't have all that poor of roads either and I'm very disappointed by how fragile these have been.

VM CSL's are reps that are a cast wheel. in the same thread

I will say that I had the same problem as you. Lost 6 M6 reps with generals

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=189496

 

i think there are a lot of issues with these wheels but people don't want to post up about them. I think this needs to be known so this is a FYI post

 

good info Ben.


btw, Vredesteins FTW! lol

 

agreed. i love those tires

 

are my new enkeis going to do this too?

 

Too bad they aren't real CR Kai's because that setup looks perfect!!

 

Slight crack my ___. Once again replica < legit

 

enkei is a reputable brand, don't worry about it.

 

yeah that sucks, they can afford an expensive car, but they don't even bother with quality rims. Got a guy that drives a nice bmw at work, but with some adr rims....oh and here's a pic for all those tc's rocking them tsw rims.

 

well atleast the guy with the Rotas had a happy ending, he got some new CE28s :D

 

Konig i've heard easily cracks.. replicas to me are still fine as long as you dont ask alot or complain about them when issues arise.. stick with the real ones when you can

 

There's just one thing I don't understand...

If you can afford a high end luxury car (ie BMW, Benz, ect.), why do people skimp out on wheels?

 

In before someone actually tries to defend Rota's.

 

that car looked good with those wheels too bad there jus not real works.

yeah i dotn understand that either high end car low end wheels? i dunno monthly payments probably got to him so he went the cheap route lol

 

actually the most common wheel on bmw's is reproductions. not really sure why but a lot of people don't want to spend 2-3k on wheels. but i will say that e90's have a lot more people willing to spend money on their car than here. this is just an fyi post guys. nothing against anyone

 

lol, i agree with everyone, high-end car with low-end wheels is retarted! lol

nothing wrong with cheap wheels, just dont cry like a baby and start a thread when they crap out on you!

 

don't worry they already do

on some cars they already come with 6lbs rims from the factory but those are high end exotic from sweden

 

I would defend rotas on sub 25k cars but in this situation, geez i would never cheap out on these kind of cars.. i say replicas FTL, reason why good companies lose business

 

i would never advocate them. ultimately its your life in the car so why does it matter?

 

What's the difference? Whether it's on a Kia or a Ferrari, it's still a crappy rim.