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^ true, I'm just thinking safety-wise. If I hit something hard enough to cause damage, I'd prefer a slightly broken wheel (from the vid it looks like the tire didn't even lose air) over bending/snapping something like the control arm. A chipped wheel you may not even notice, bending or snapping anything else is more likely to lead to an accident.

To me there's three levels of products, the "real" stuff, the copies, and the fakes.

Real: The original designer and manfuacturer, and labelled as such. High quality but usually overpriced because of the name. eg. a Volk wheel
Copy: Roughly the same design as the original, labelled with the name of the company that produced it. Generally pretty good quality and price. eg. a Motegi wheel
Fake: Also roughly the same design as the original, but is labelled with the original designers markings. Usually poor quality and cheap. eg. the "Mercedes" wheels in the video above.

Most of the time I buy the copies, simply because the pricing from the "original" designers is usually absurd and blatantly ripping people off on their name alone.