Best Budget Rims

[97gst_spyder]

With Rota, don't get them off Ebay. I've hit shit that bent tie-rods with my Sentra with the Boosts on it. Rim perfectly straight, the tie rod was V shaped after. I use to rallycross with my Sentra.

 

[LandoAWD]

I dont think there is necessarily a "best" rim, just what you prefer as far as looks, and the lighter the better.

High end wheel manufacturers worldwide just shed a tear.

China cheered.



I agree with your point if you add "in your price range".

 

[Joseph503]

High end wheel manufacturers worldwide just shed a tear.

China cheered.

Not sure what you meant by that exactly but oh well.

And from my previous post as far as "lighter the better" goes, to clarify, you want to be sensible about how light the wheel is. Knowing that after a certain weight the manufacturer is just skimping on materials, either that or they are using something other than aluminum alloy, such as titanium.

But for a budget rim you probably arent looking at Titanium.

 

[LandoAWD]

Cast v forged, metal quality...there is such a thing as "good wheels".

 

[Maverick4g63]

I would expect them to be new, however the materials and manufacturing process will be differnet between the genuine wheel and the knock off Rotas.

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That is scary. I wonder how what kind of whp it took to twist those spokes? Hopefully more than your average consumer? Although that still wouldnt be acceptable. Sheesh...

 

[LandoAWD]

As much as I rip on knock-offs, I've seen high end wheels do the same thing.

For every broken Rota, there's a million that are fine (this is not a factual number)

 

[Misterbeechy]

chuck norris bends rims like that in his shopping cart

 

[gusu]

The stock Evo 8 rims are NICE as well as cheap usually.

I see them on craigslist with decent tires for 400 bucks all the time. The last time I saw some I wanted to say screw bills I'm getting them but reality got the best of me .

 

[Egst]

The stock Evo 8 rims are NICE as well as cheap usually.

I see them on craigslist with decent tires for 400 bucks all the time. The last time I saw some I wanted to say screw bills I'm getting them but reality got the best of me .

Yeah, i think iv made up my mind on those

 

[DCooper323]

for what its worth, i have a set of 2001 Eclipse wheels on my silver 97. i think they look great. $150 on craigslist with 70% tread tires....


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[TSi Kid]

for what its worth, i have a set of 2001 Eclipse wheels on my silver 97. i think they look great. $150 on craigslist with 70% tread tires....


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Those are actually the ones I want to get and powder coat them pink
how much do they weigh?

 

[DCooper323]

how much do they weigh?

alot... . not sure on exaact weight, but i hate pulling them off, but ive done it alot.

i was thinking of painting these black.

 

[TSi Kid]

They're aluminum correct? They shouldn't weigh too much...

 

[LiquidX]

That is scary. I wonder how what kind of whp it took to twist those spokes? Hopefully more than your average consumer? Although that still wouldnt be acceptable. Sheesh...

The before and after picture? From the site I took it from that member said it was on 300hp car and 1 session of autox.