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Originally Posted by meme405
Don't get me wrong, Vossen wheels look fine. They wouldn't have gotten so popular, if they didnt look the part.
The problem with that is that every idiot and his mother now has vossens on their ride. And the fact that they only make monoblock wheels limits their designs, so you end up getting a ton of people who's cars just look the same.
Your car is obviously an exception given that not many people are modifying vans, but you only need to look as far as audi's or G37's to realize that it gets tiresome seeing the same combination on every car.
Lol I love Eric, and I am good friends with him, but our opinion on this matter is very different. This stems from the fact that he gets them for almost nothing, otherwise I'm sure he would have moved on to other wheels by now (he will refute this, but that's how it works with sponsors). If they gave me free wheels I might shut the fuck up and rock them as well. (Side note one wheel company did actually offer me a set of wheels for VERY cheap, but I said no).
My other problem with Vossen is this perception that they are high end wheels, when in fact they are just cheap cast wheels. Vossen does a fantastic job at marketing the shit out of their product, and people that don't know fuck all think that Vossens are high end cause they see them on GTR's and MB's. Vossen does such a good job at marketing these wheels that they can charge forged wheel prices for their Cast wheels.
The reason why this irks me, is gonna sound ridiculously bitter, and it is to a degree. But that perception that a set of 3k Vossens are high end whereas hardly any regular person will recognize my 10k HRE's. I mean don't get me wrong I didn't buy HRE's for others. I bought them cause flat out I love everything about the brand, and since I bought mine I love everything about them even more. But believe me it does eventually get tiresome at carshows hearing all this talk about Vossen when I just don't see the hype.
I mean you only need to look as far as Niche, STR, etc. To see that they are making wheels that look identical, in fact the wheels came out of the exact same factory, cause Vossen doesn't actually build their own wheels.
Anyway /end rant.
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Let's face it, the majority of car enthusiasts buy wheels for a distinctive look and stance. I get it. However there is a small percentage of car enthusiasts that care only about lightweight wheels. I get it too. However, most wheel high or lower end companies are marketing and design companies only (ADV.1, Pur, Vossen, etc.). Their is only a handful of companies that actually make their own wheels. Imo, if a quality wheel is your priority this is my personal rankings of quality wheel manufacturers;
#1 - BBS - my fav wheel of all time is the LM, but it is acutally quite heavy. F1 is the wheel for guys with too much money! haha!
#2 - OZ - not the most expensive wheel, but they are the real deal. Ask any track guy.
#3 - Volk/Rays - no need to comment here. They are the pros of cold forging.
#4 - HRE - I think they are the best when it comes to 1pc monoblocks, just damn expensive!
I know CCW, Forgeline, Fikses, are all awesome performance wheels, just not very common compared to the wheels I listed above.
I would never buy "new" wheels from any company that doesn't acutally produced their own wheels. I just laugh when I see guys spend huge money on ADV.1 on their high end cars. All they need to do is check out MHT/Niche website and buy the same wheel for 50% of the cost. haha! Also, SR have done a great job promoting PUR wheels, just ask them who makes them for them. lol!