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Old 11-28-05 | 03:28 PM
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I was thinking of getting silver finish with a polished lip. If you guys think differently on the wheel finish speak up. Also, the wheels I would order would be 2 piece (im not interested in cleaning rivets). These are JLine wheels. The guy who owned DTM Kreuz also owns JLine (he sold DTM). They weigh ~20lbs. Sorry, they are all on Audis and I dont have more pics of the first wheel. I am leaning towards #1 but im not sure... thanks guys

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Old 11-28-05 | 04:09 PM
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2 because I love mesh.
Old 11-28-05 | 04:13 PM
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Im not a big fan of either design(maybe its the finish, I dunno), but from those choices I would pick the second one.
Old 11-28-05 | 04:56 PM
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#2 has more character, more design elements. The first is too simple; the second looks like the GS Spider wheel...
Old 11-28-05 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
#2 has more character, more design elements. The first is too simple; the second looks like the GS Spider wheel...
the first one looks great on the car... ill try to dig up a pic
Old 11-28-05 | 06:09 PM
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Honestly, I don't like either one, that mesh wheel is possibly the worse I've seen, sorry . . .

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Old 11-29-05 | 01:39 AM
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I definitely would go for #1. Don't like #2.
Old 11-29-05 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by AmethySC
Honestly, I don't like either one, that mesh wheel is possibly the worse I've seen, sorry . . .

Agree w/ this...two of the ugliest wheels ever. There are a lot of good choices from Volk or Iforged and other companies.
Old 11-29-05 | 08:19 AM
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Agree w/ this...two of the ugliest wheels ever. There are a lot of good choices from Volk or Iforged and other companies.
iForged has serious build quality issues and they are known for having water collect inside the lip causing bad vibrations when it rains. im not interested in iForged. aweful customer service too.

volk is pretty common, so im not going that route

maybe DPE, Kinesis, Works... BBS LMs are always nice
Old 11-29-05 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by NotFatBoy
iForged has serious build quality issues and they are known for having water collect inside the lip causing bad vibrations when it rains. im not interested in iForged. aweful customer service too.

volk is pretty common, so im not going that route

maybe DPE, Kinesis, Works... BBS LMs are always nice
Kinesis are dope...if you can afford them, I would go that route. LMs are cool too, but my friend had them and had a lot of issues w/ the finish quality
Old 11-29-05 | 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by NotFatBoy
iForged has serious build quality issues and they are known for having water collect inside the lip causing bad vibrations when it rains. im not interested in iForged. aweful customer service too.

volk is pretty common, so im not going that route

maybe DPE, Kinesis, Works... BBS LMs are always nice
Agree. Work makes some of the best wheels IMHO. I'm trying to save up and getting the Equip. It ain't cheap though.
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Old 12-03-05 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by NotFatBoy
iForged has serious build quality issues and they are known for having water collect inside the lip causing bad vibrations when it rains. im not interested in iForged. aweful customer service too.

volk is pretty common, so im not going that route

maybe DPE, Kinesis, Works... BBS LMs are always nice
Just about every multi-piece wheel has that issue of water collecting in the barrel. Some more than others. It's the way they are designed that causes this. Doesn't mean iForged is inferior because of it. If you said iForged was inferior for some other reason I might buy it. For example, I heard they weld their pieces together instead of having the stress on the bolts that hold together most multi-piece wheels. If it's true, I'm not sure that makes them inferior though.

Water gethers in the barrel of my Maya's. Fortunately, the faster I go, it slings out. I know this because the vibration goes away. The water doesn't evacuate as well on some multi-piece wheels. In other words, I would love to hear more facts on why iForged is an inferior wheel.

Almost forgot...I would choose the first wheel of the two choices. The second is curious in design but too busy for me.
Old 12-03-05 | 11:20 AM
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you need to see the wheels on the car if you really want to know what it looks like.. you can't really look at just the wheels.. IMHO
Old 01-29-06 | 02:16 AM
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If I didn't like the stock 18's on the IS so much, BBS. Ever since I was 8 and was watching 911's on BBS wheels, they've given me the wood
Old 01-29-06 | 01:44 PM
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There needs to be a 3rd option: "Neither, too many rivits". :P

But.... I'll vote for #1, it's a little simpler.


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