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Why the ebay's rims are so cheap 19 inch for 1..5 k... worth to buy? easy to bent?

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Old 06-14-2004, 11:13 PM
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Why the ebay's rims are so cheap 19 inch for 1..5 k... worth to buy? easy to bent?
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buying 19" cast rims is like throwing money away
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Default LOL! 90%+ of the world will disagree. Not everyone in the world can be a ballAr like you and...

...afford HREs or BBS LMs. :-P
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He's sort of got a point though, do it right, or don't do it at all.
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There's nothing wrong with cast wheels.
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Default No, but there's really no performance to be had with a 19" wheel, it's all about the bling. Hence,

if you're going for bling (and you are if you're shopping 19s), might as well go all out and get forged bling.
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Some people can only be ghetto fabulous and not full on baller, ya herrd
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Ah yes, I forgot about the up and coming hood rich class.
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Default i'd argue you'd need to be more of a "ballAr" to run 19" cast rims ...

just look at the number of people who've bent their rs4 and rs6 replica rims. i don't have the time or resources to treat rims as a disposable part of the car. when the time comes to sell my rims, i'll be able to get close to what i paid for them, because they will still be like new, and the market won't be flooded with them.
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Default i would stay away from that..

just because of the weight and the material.. and it's not worth IMHO ..
i am looking for wheels also (research phase) .. and i have as top 3 :
bbs RGR 19's dymond black my favorite
bbs RE 18
dtm kreuz 5 or volk 18'
all depends on how much cash i will have for them..if not enough i'm not throwing money on cheap wheels that i already have ..stock ones.


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