The secret rims are revealed! Got the dubs on my IS. (plus updated pics - merged )
04-02-07, 09:53 AM
#51
TIS are made by american racing, known for cheap rims............
instead of looking like a baller, be a baller and buy real rims that are high quality then there is no doubt that you are a baller. but being a poser and buying the cheapest biggest thing around is pretty sad if you ask me. while your bolting up your fake itallian sounding rims dont for get your wanli tires!
instead of looking like a baller, be a baller and buy real rims that are high quality then there is no doubt that you are a baller. but being a poser and buying the cheapest biggest thing around is pretty sad if you ask me. while your bolting up your fake itallian sounding rims dont for get your wanli tires!
04-02-07, 12:19 PM
#53
Pole Position
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: PA
Posts: 368
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
TIS are made by american racing, known for cheap rims............
instead of looking like a baller, be a baller and buy real rims that are high quality then there is no doubt that you are a baller. but being a poser and buying the cheapest biggest thing around is pretty sad if you ask me. while your bolting up your fake itallian sounding rims dont for get your wanli tires!
instead of looking like a baller, be a baller and buy real rims that are high quality then there is no doubt that you are a baller. but being a poser and buying the cheapest biggest thing around is pretty sad if you ask me. while your bolting up your fake itallian sounding rims dont for get your wanli tires!
I'm not trying to look like anything. I saw these rims even before I put a deposit on my special order IS. I just had to have these no matter the cost.
04-02-07, 12:28 PM
#54
Pole Position
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Nevada
Posts: 360
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Dude - when you post your "whip" you're gonna have to expect some feed back (good or bad) it's just human nature; we all have different tastes which is why we personalize our lives. I am not a big fan of alot of chrome, but your car looks good...and if you like it, at the end of the day that's all that matters.
Nice Ride
Nice Ride
Last edited by cancellino; 04-02-07 at 01:53 PM.
04-02-07, 02:51 PM
#56
I don't appreciate the rude tones here. Giovanna was the first company to make 22, 24, and 26 inch rims and are known as a leader in the luxury rim industry. I don't need to discuss prices, but my wheel/tire combo was over $3,000.
I'm not trying to look like anything. I saw these rims even before I put a deposit on my special order IS. I just had to have these no matter the cost.
I'm not trying to look like anything. I saw these rims even before I put a deposit on my special order IS. I just had to have these no matter the cost.
04-02-07, 03:43 PM
#57
Lexus Champion
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: CA
Posts: 1,815
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Are you sure? I really dont think so, but that does not matter beacuse 22"+ is not main stream in JDM and Lexus market... just not yet.
I see many Ford-F150, Chry-300M, Dodge Charger, and Cadies fall for this kind of wheels. I think Giovana was the one of many wheel manufactures brought down the cost of plus-size-wheels to become more affordable because producing in China and by mass production.
Luxury?? Really?!??
Maybe you are right because it all depends on certain types of market, preference, and budget only. I don't consider to use the word "luxury" on wheels(w/o tires) tagged below $5,000 MSRP. Definitly there are no luxury wheels have fake rivets that want to pretend as multi-piece wheels.
I think you just discussed out the price by yourself. I believe, there are always some would say that is too much regardless how much you state.
-----------------------
At here, we all have pride with our cars. Do not be bothered by other's opinion because you ride the way you want it.
My feedback is only based on my opinion in the way I understand the automotive market. I could be wrong anytime, but I just cannot stand when one is putting up statements that conflict with my understanding. I am not stating MIC products are all bad, but in general I see products were made in China have more quality issues. Hey, I shop in dollar store once awhile also.
Thank you for sharing your car's setup with me/us at here, and I have no comment about it.
Joseph
I see many Ford-F150, Chry-300M, Dodge Charger, and Cadies fall for this kind of wheels. I think Giovana was the one of many wheel manufactures brought down the cost of plus-size-wheels to become more affordable because producing in China and by mass production.
Luxury?? Really?!??
Maybe you are right because it all depends on certain types of market, preference, and budget only. I don't consider to use the word "luxury" on wheels(w/o tires) tagged below $5,000 MSRP. Definitly there are no luxury wheels have fake rivets that want to pretend as multi-piece wheels.-----------------------
At here, we all have pride with our cars. Do not be bothered by other's opinion because you ride the way you want it.
My feedback is only based on my opinion in the way I understand the automotive market. I could be wrong anytime, but I just cannot stand when one is putting up statements that conflict with my understanding. I am not stating MIC products are all bad, but in general I see products were made in China have more quality issues. Hey, I shop in dollar store once awhile also.
Thank you for sharing your car's setup with me/us at here, and I have no comment about it.
Joseph
Last edited by josephdoc; 04-02-07 at 11:12 PM.
04-02-07, 05:25 PM
#58
these are by far from being leader in the luxury rim market, maybe in the lower tier luxury market, they are just overly marketed as that.
In fact the leaders in the luxury market are companies like HRE, Iforged, Modulare, and those companies that make multipeice high performance wheels. as far as i know giovanna does not make their wheels, they just are just marketing company like axis, and others.
true performance and luxury rims are sold by the manufactuers with price points representing the quality and the product itself.
3000.00 honestly is average for what you would pay for an off the shelf 20" rim and decent tire set up.
and just becasue its a 20 or bigger and chromed does not mean its a luxury rim........ and just becuase a company chooses to market thier rims as racing, or luxury does not make it so either.
i think most will agree.....
in fact like most people have stated what makes you happy is all that matters, but you asked for opinons regarding your set up, people gave them too you.
so congrats for what you precive is a great set up......
others may not.
too me giovanna has lost alot of its crediablity when it pushed its rims to be used on "pimp my ride"
I have been around the rim and tire business for 15 years and i can tell you that they chrome is not the highest quailty and nither is the casting procedure, i have seen alot of giovanna, velochi, velocity, diablo (all self professed luxury rims) with damage too them that a quality rim would with stand, i have seen the rivets on these rims pop off from the vibration from the impact guns and i have seen chrome chip off in large chunks when the tires mounted. not to mention the poor overall physical construction of these types of wheels.
Now dont get me wrong, giovanna markets and sells under its name a fine multi piece rim such as lexani does with their assanti line, but they are made I belive by MHT and sold and marketed under thier name.
but those rims are in the same price point as the afore mentioned true luxury rim catagory.
so please dont be confused with what is truly a high performance luxury wheel and what is marketed as one.
In fact the leaders in the luxury market are companies like HRE, Iforged, Modulare, and those companies that make multipeice high performance wheels. as far as i know giovanna does not make their wheels, they just are just marketing company like axis, and others.
true performance and luxury rims are sold by the manufactuers with price points representing the quality and the product itself.
3000.00 honestly is average for what you would pay for an off the shelf 20" rim and decent tire set up.
and just becasue its a 20 or bigger and chromed does not mean its a luxury rim........ and just becuase a company chooses to market thier rims as racing, or luxury does not make it so either.
i think most will agree.....
in fact like most people have stated what makes you happy is all that matters, but you asked for opinons regarding your set up, people gave them too you.
so congrats for what you precive is a great set up......
others may not.
too me giovanna has lost alot of its crediablity when it pushed its rims to be used on "pimp my ride"
I have been around the rim and tire business for 15 years and i can tell you that they chrome is not the highest quailty and nither is the casting procedure, i have seen alot of giovanna, velochi, velocity, diablo (all self professed luxury rims) with damage too them that a quality rim would with stand, i have seen the rivets on these rims pop off from the vibration from the impact guns and i have seen chrome chip off in large chunks when the tires mounted. not to mention the poor overall physical construction of these types of wheels.
Now dont get me wrong, giovanna markets and sells under its name a fine multi piece rim such as lexani does with their assanti line, but they are made I belive by MHT and sold and marketed under thier name.
but those rims are in the same price point as the afore mentioned true luxury rim catagory.
so please dont be confused with what is truly a high performance luxury wheel and what is marketed as one.
Last edited by kilo6_one; 04-02-07 at 05:33 PM.
04-02-07, 06:05 PM
#59
Lead Lap
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: houston, TX
Posts: 560
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
TIS are made by american racing, known for cheap rims............
instead of looking like a baller, be a baller and buy real rims that are high quality then there is no doubt that you are a baller. but being a poser and buying the cheapest biggest thing around is pretty sad if you ask me. while your bolting up your fake itallian sounding rims dont for get your wanli tires!
instead of looking like a baller, be a baller and buy real rims that are high quality then there is no doubt that you are a baller. but being a poser and buying the cheapest biggest thing around is pretty sad if you ask me. while your bolting up your fake itallian sounding rims dont for get your wanli tires!
.
.