| wonton1017 | 07-24-2013 02:32 PM |
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Originally Posted by Z3guy
(Post 8287455)
real BBS wheels are expensive for a reason, they are not car jewelry. I would rather spend money on proper lightweight strong rims Vs other mods. When you put reps on your car (heavier and weaker than most OEM), you are actually decreasing the performance.
| It all depends on what you do with the car and how you see car parts as :) For example, some people don't put aftermarket body parts on the car because it is "rice", others love aftermarket body parts because it is what makes them happy when they see their cars looking the way they want.
In fact, my reps are actually 3-5lbs lighter per wheel compared to my OEM wheels even when the reps are wider. I would never track with reps, but using it for daily driving, I am more than happy. Don't think I would be comfortable tracking with $6000 wheels either. The OEM BMW M-sport wheels that came with the car are known to crack and all 4 of them were replaced by BMW before the warranty ended and haven't used them since. On the other hand, when one of my tires were blown when it had a nail stuck in it and went over 2-3 potholes on the highway @ highway speeds, not a single dent, crack or bend was found on my reps. Only had a gigantic nail spinning around in the dish of my wheels afterwards and scratched the clearcoat like crazy.
And I am pretty sure I don't need performance on the streets unless I was planning to street race which is pretty much impossible living in Vancouver.
Had TE37 and CE28 replicas on my previous car, curbed one of the set going 80km/h and no cracks/bends. Pretty sure these rep's are no longer as shitty as they used to be. | 