Save the Wheels Photographers

[E30_Pare]

How A Volk Te-37 is Made

[wark]

Man, people get touchy about their replicas

[Stevoyayaya3]

So this isn't any different than the Honda scene lol arguments and no pics lol

[blasphemy101]

I completely forgot about this. I didn't think it was much of an argument. More of a discussion. It stayed pretty mature for r3v, actually...

[spike68]

I did too. I stopped cause I got busy and didnt check r3v that much. I'm glad I got god convo out of this. Regardless if this went way off topic and didnt accomplish what I intended to, at least I got some good out of it.

[SkiFree]

Please don't start preaching either way about this. It'll ruin how fun the thread became.

I guess nobody saw this.

[FlexdXJ]

Will I rock reps, hell yes. Will I lie and say they are real, fuck no. I'm not faking shit, i'm cheap when it comes to my autoX beater. TR motorsports wheels are light and cheap enough that if i break one I can replace it and i could give a shit less if they get scratches on them. Authentic wheels are ridiculously overpriced IMO. I love the look of authentic wheels but unless I catch them for a good price, i don't see myself having them.

[Regnar75]

Will I rock reps, hell yes. Will I lie and say they are real, fuck no. I'm not faking shit, i'm cheap when it comes to my autoX beater. TR motorsports wheels are light and cheap enough that if i break one I can replace it and i could give a shit less if they get scratches on them. Authentic wheels are ridiculously overpriced IMO. I love the look of authentic wheels but unless I catch them for a good price, i don't see myself having them.

i agree with this a lot ^ on my DD/autox i am using ESM reps and love them. im not really looking to defend my decision for them against BBS but i will say that knowing what i know now about the driving i would be doing in the past 2 years i am very glad to have gone this route, ive made eight 1000 mile trips through dirt roads, new england winters with snow and salt, I95 through NYC (pot hole central) caught people trying to steal my wheels two separate times, autocross with them, and have had the great displeasure of hearing rocks kick up into them while driving around town. i think the whole real vs rep debate really does come down into what you have planned for your vehicle and if you have the budget or the heart to allow that kind of abuse to a set of wheels that cost more than some of us paid for our cars. would i like to have real BBS? you bet ya, but would i slowly die a little inside every time it snows, a rock chips them, someone leaves my car on cinder blocks while im deployed Etc and i have to shell out an entire pay check or save up all over again...yes. i would die inside. so until i get another car that is to be my beater, i will not buy wheels that cost more than my car. to all of you that have "real" wheels, i hope that the world is nice to you and your car.

[Tyler_e30]

+1 ^

[MPLFoster]

How A Volk Te-37 is Made

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