View Poll Results: Which will be the winner?
Work Gnosis
10
38.46%
Varrstoen 2.2.2.
5
19.23%
Don't buy reps
2
7.69%
Gnosis cost twice as much, get Varrs and save for a TT swap
8
30.77%
Get the TSW Valencias
1
3.85%
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Stuck on 2 wheels, 1 rep, 1 orig.
03-25-12, 10:10 PM
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Stuck on 2 wheels, 1 rep, 1 orig.
So i'm stuck on these two wheels, got Megan LPs on the way and i've started collecting parts for the LS4 BBK. I've been staring at wheels like 4hrs a day. This has been the hardest decision yet, picking a set of wheels. Also this will be the first set of wheels i've ever bought. My last two cars where a C280 and 320i, and I just kept them clean/stock. I've never had a place in the whole rep vs. original arguement. I just know TE37s never really appealed to me much but the polished Varrstoen reps did, its just not a style I would pay $4k for I guess.
But here are the runner ups, with the specs I would run, also theres a third possibility at the bottom of my list, and yes im a Euro enthusiast.
Work Gnosis GS1: 19x9.5F / 19x10.5R (researching available offsets)
Varrstoen 2.2.2 19x9.5F / 19x10.5R ET 22 x 4
And just to have a plan C..,
TSW Valencia 19x9.5 x 4 ET 20
Thoughts?
But here are the runner ups, with the specs I would run, also theres a third possibility at the bottom of my list, and yes im a Euro enthusiast.
Work Gnosis GS1: 19x9.5F / 19x10.5R (researching available offsets)
Varrstoen 2.2.2 19x9.5F / 19x10.5R ET 22 x 4
And just to have a plan C..,
TSW Valencia 19x9.5 x 4 ET 20
Thoughts?
03-26-12, 11:02 AM
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I for one dislike the gnosis series from work. I'd rather have something that looks better than a name brand to get my Internet credit. I say Varrstoen 2.2.2's they fit very well and they're pretty strong for a cast wheel.
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03-26-12, 11:59 AM
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Its funny because most of the people that say buy brand name wheels or go home are the same people who either spend their life savings into their vehicle and rarely drive it or the ones who spend $5k for wheels on a $10k car. To each his own, but I will never spend 50% of the cost of a vehicle on slabs of metal for it to roll on. For reference I've owned a few cars in my day and they were sub $50-60k cars; with those car I did put on the BBS, HRE, GFG, multipiece and what not. But the wheels were sub 1% of the cost of the car.
Go for what you like, any wheel regardless of the name brand will bend or turn into crap if given the same EXACT environmental conditions.
Go for what you like, any wheel regardless of the name brand will bend or turn into crap if given the same EXACT environmental conditions.
03-26-12, 06:24 PM
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Nothing worse then cracking a wheel while Highway Riding........KO's are nice but when a cast wheel is designed and cast the same as a forged wheel without going through the forging process then it has questionable strength! Some cast are better than others and are widely used but they usually will be a more basic design which can handle stress much better.
I voted work BTW
I voted work BTW
03-26-12, 06:27 PM
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Its funny because most of the people that say buy brand name wheels or go home are the same people who either spend their life savings into their vehicle and rarely drive it or the ones who spend $5k for wheels on a $10k car. To each his own, but I will never spend 50% of the cost of a vehicle on slabs of metal for it to roll on. For reference I've owned a few cars in my day and they were sub $50-60k cars; with those car I did put on the BBS, HRE, GFG, multipiece and what not. But the wheels were sub 1% of the cost of the car.
Go for what you like, any wheel regardless of the name brand will bend or turn into crap if given the same EXACT environmental conditions.
Go for what you like, any wheel regardless of the name brand will bend or turn into crap if given the same EXACT environmental conditions.
Oh yea VINCE9164, they're available in staggered form 19x8.5 - 19x9.5 and the lips 3' inches I believe for the 9.5, but the 8.5 barely has a lip at all and looks pretty wack, which is why I wouldn't run it staggered.
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03-26-12, 06:31 PM
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Nothing worse then cracking a wheel while Highway Riding........KO's are nice but when a cast wheel is designed and cast the same as a forged wheel without going through the forging process then it has questionable strength! Some cast are better than others and are widely used but they usually will be a more basic design which can handle stress much better.
I voted work BTW
I voted work BTW
03-26-12, 06:53 PM
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They're definitely good wheels for the money imo.
