boca

Turbos and wheels r 2 diff things entirely....so please my nigga give me a break

The Hedgehog

Totally fucking different. You're comparing Apples to Oranges and you know it. I would never buy an Ebay turbo kit because that's something that's going to be run hard on my car a LOT. How many "hella-Flush" cars with expensive ass BBS's do you see on the road courses? Come on Justin, you know what I'm saying. I know that 99.999999% of cars that you see at "Stanced" shows will NEVER see a track. You know this too.

The Hedgehog

Will NEVER see the track:


Always sees the track:


Please don't nit-pick me sweet-heart.

G-Magoo

And the people that do such to their car know this. They dont care about racing around a track.

The Hedgehog

Which still doesn't answer my original question. Why spend $3k for a set of wheels when for $700 you can have replicas?

Whatever. I guess it's the same argument of why would I buy a Rolex when I can get a really nice replica for $200 (which I own) and the only people that will know the difference are the pawnshop owners.

CoRDiTe

Oh I understand, but I'm not gonna spend 3k on some wheels from Company A on a street car that I drive from point A to point B and it's just a show looking car just because the quality of the wheel is 10x better then Company B's quality. Company B's quality is good enough for the street. I bet more then ever those wheels have to pass some sort of safety inspection. I used to work at a machine shop and just about 99% of our stuff was inspected for it's quality, strength, stress levels. If it didn't pass it wouldn't be shipped out. Now if I am racing my car or rallying my car or something then I can understand spending more for the higher quality wheel from company A which can withstand a shit load more then what company B's are. To each their own I guess. There are some nice ass wheels for 1k or under. Some even as a wheel and tire package that are good quality wheels.

+1 Some of these people spend it just on the name. Same with other products. Shoes for instance. MJ shoes are no better then sketchers,Reebok, la gear,lugz etc.. etc.. It's the name. Not trying to compare wheels to shoes either. Just saying.



I had a friend who worked with turbos and a lot of these companies all get their turbos built at the same factory.

+1 Totally agree.

G-Magoo

There is a difference in quality. There are people that are willing to pay much more money for a quality brand that is known for their product instead of give their money to some company thats done nothing but come along and steal a design. I personally understand where you are coming from, if you can get the same look at the fraction of the cost then go for it.

But its not always like that, There are numerous wheels that you'd have to spend a boat load on to acheive the look you want. Hell I dont even want to think about the money Ill be spending on my next rollers, but thats my personal preference regardless if people think its stupid or not.

The Hedgehog

Ok, this is the type of explanation I was looking for. Not "You're a faggot and you'll never understand". Thank you. I guess it's more down to personal preference and I totally understand Rota steals designs because they aren't clever enough to come up with good ones on their own. (Lol at Rota slips.)

tito_12a

holy shit. bottledfed was asked "why are you trying to pass rotas off as volks ?" NOT "why are you using rotas as dd wheels ?" or "why are you using rotas as race wheels ?" so quit trying to start a different fucking argument.

now back on topic:

nurve

Even though "stance" isn't my thing, you are judged at shows (which these cars are mainly used for), for quality of parts... For example, I had BBS LM rep's on my A4, looked amazing, weighed more of course, were not set up for stance. However, at a show, an Audi S5, who was completey stock, nothing but stanced wheels, placed higher than I did because of the quality of parts. My car was modded more, interior, exterior, and performance wise. My quality parts were put into performance since that's what the car was used for. These guys put quality into their suspension, wheels, tires, and aerodyamics (if you want to call 6" extended fenders that). I tried making the arguement but, just like us who prefer function over form, these guys aren't going to back down from their interest.