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Old 04-20-09, 08:56 AM
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Konig = Knock Off

ask MikeZ, he had a set then moved on to Work
Old 04-20-09, 08:57 AM
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There is another copy of T1S that I'm not going to say, but it looks terrible. Sorry, no offense to anyone that might have it.
Old 04-20-09, 09:01 AM
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A lot of people won't know the difference.
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Originally Posted by shadow191
Believe me, they're not the same wheel. Konig is basically a replica wheel maker like Rota, and the others. They may have a few somewhat different designs, but most of their stuff is either a copy or derived from another wheel. I remember back in the day when Konig Monsoons were the hot wheel to have. No one knew that they were a knockoff of the Volk AV-3. It was funny, my brother had the Volk's and everyone thought they were Konig's and when he told them they were not, people thought that Volk had ripped off the design from Konig.

If you saw any Konig next to the wheel they're ripping off, you could see the differences. When you have a cast copy, you can't replicate the details of the forged original. Not that there's not a place for Konig, but please don't confuse them with the real deal or think that they came up with their own designs.
Just an FYI for you, cast wheels can achieve a higher level of detail in the part produced than forged

But Konigs are POS wheels made in Taiwan, I've had a set of Konig Maxxim Grip wheels and they were a dissapointment
Old 04-20-09, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Wierdazndu
oh man..... i coulda just bought the Konigs and saved $1500... haha jk! REAL WORK FTW!!
You would have money left over for the JoeZ exhaust
Old 04-20-09, 09:28 AM
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LOL this thread
Old 04-20-09, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by vboy418
LOL this thread

hey now.. just started my wheel shopping this year so never knew much about Konig brand so just curious.. but wow i didn't know they are a replicating company, always thought they weren't a bad brand compared to motegi's...
Old 04-20-09, 09:38 AM
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They could've put konig instead of racing on there and it'll at least look not as rice LOL

on a side note, anyone know that HRE-891R is the original design of the T1S? so i guess Work copied off of HRE too lol

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Old 04-20-09, 09:41 AM
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they are not bad, just don't buy wheels like this where it's obvious they copied off someone, and says racing on it LOL

i have the Privat Netz, basically a premium brand from Konig, and i'm happy with them. Quality is great, but it definitly dosn't say Racing on it lol
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how about
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Originally Posted by iSuxeL
There is another copy of T1S that I'm not going to say, but it looks terrible. Sorry, no offense to anyone that might have it.

Do you mean this one:

Old 04-20-09, 12:23 PM
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those actually don't look bad, it's just a one piece instead
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Originally Posted by suka4thong
how about
haha, at least i says Ruff on the spoke and not racing lol
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