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    1. 03-10-2011, 04:49 PM #1
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      Why Knock off wheels are bad, and nice wheels are good :)

      Interesting video that may make you second guess buying a set of "knock off" wheels.

      Im all about saving money etc, but i figured id share this video. You get what you pay for.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJeFB...e_gdata_player
      be jealous :P
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    2. 03-10-2011, 05:02 PM #2
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      "if you buy the imitation wheels. you takes a risk"
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      If a force like that ever made contact with my wheels I would HOPE it was a knock off because I'd hate myself for putting a real wheel through that. Lol. It is interesting though.
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      "Real wheels" break too just no one makes that big of a deal out of it if a rota breaks
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      meh, its an incomplete test. they need to put the forged wheel on a wheel balancer and see how much it bent out of round. Else, all they showed is what happens when you try to bend cast aluminum.

      Weds is trying to sell you a wheel, so look at this as nothing more then marketing propaganda.
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      this is good to know for when i have my car on its side and im dropping tons of weights onto them. ive driven my car across the bronx hundreds of times, the ULTIMATE in wheel strength tests.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Passenger View Post
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      engrish FTW!
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      Been through more than 6 sets of Rotas with no issues, then again I never tracked the car. However for street use they held up just fine. On some rpf1s now, very happy with this wheel since it looks good, lightweight, comes in a vast array of sizes/offsets, and is not that expensive.

      Imo that test seems more like a marketing thing for Weds as someone mentioned earlier.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Passenger View Post
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      if we're gonna go by vocals then the entire video would apply lol
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      Quote Originally Posted by Passenger View Post
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      hahaha i laughed at that part
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      Quote Originally Posted by yyi View Post
      if we're gonna go by vocals then the entire video would apply lol
      yeah I know I was trying to figure out some of the stuff he was saying, he speaks great engrish he just mumbles a rot.
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      Haha this video made me raugh quite a bit. Any wheeel will break under a force like that. We dont even know if they were even forces on the real one to the fake one. I can buy 5 sets of rotas for the price of a wed. Ill take my risks with my fake wheels. Engrish ftw!
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      Take a look at how the wheel-obsessed community responded to this:

      http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...ney&p=70445211
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      Quote Originally Posted by mitchlikesbikes View Post
      engrish FTW!

      DUDE... my coffee just came outta my nose!
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