hahajoey

*sigh* often imitated...
never duplicated..


sucks.. first people rock fake eurolines. now they rock
fake meisters.. i guess thats just like swap meet louie
and versachi jeans...

now theres a group by for eveyrone!

sexyscionlover

oh well thats the way the tuner market and car market is in general. i have no problem that people have fakes or copies. if i know i have the original stuff, then i feel good about it that they like it so much they wanted to copy. i frankly dont care if they want to copy.

i do it for myself and not for what i want other people to think. i dont care if they think i have fakes or not. i think the imitation wheel bashing is really exaggerrated *im not aiming this at you joey* and should really be looked on as a good thing. if people want a nice pair of wheels but cant afford it, i think its cool they can buy something close and have a decent look.

scott

az_pinoy

your xB and Jason's xB are two of the cleanest xB's out there...mad respect for both your cars...you can never argue the quality of Work wheels...

the D2s are just another affordable alternative for other people (like me) to run wheels with aggressive widths and offsets...i'd rock the Meister's or Eurolines in a heartbeat, but i don't have the money for them...ask Rishie, i bug him about it all the time ...and you know i've bugged you and Jason a couple of times about your wheels and such


JC

daewonder

props to you for rockin works. i'm sure we'd all get authentic wheels if we could.

btw, aren't the D2's copies of SSR SP1s and not meisters?

Boxer_Rebellion

Not to be poopy but aren't Eurolines copies of MB tuner Lorinser wheels?

squirrel

some of us aren't single, have no bills, or live w/ mom or dad.

copy or not, its what one person likes and can afford.

if someone is happy w/ a certain design and manufacturer, who cares if its a $3k set of wheels or $1k set of wheels.

Boxer_Rebellion

-couldn't find any pics of the classic early 90's Lorinsers I'm thinking of but here's some decendents of them...

squirrel

But aren't all wheel designs copies of others?

Of course there are slight variations, well except the teddy bear rims from a while back.

They are just made by different companies using different manufacturing techniques.

JDMJim

I rock works simply cuz I could get the sizes I wanted. There will no knockoffs of anythign going into my car from now on anyway. I just don't agree with the people that "say" they want this JDM wheel or that JDM wheel and then balk at the pric. They then go out and by stock offset wheels that LOOK like JDM wheels. I'm not made of money either which is why it's taken me over a year to get where I am.

MyBoX

hahajoey

rota defiantly is making some cash..
copied mugen rims one after another after another..
then GAB's/sprinthart style... te37s.... cp035s...
enkei.. hahah it keeps on going.

i guess its a cool affordable wheel, i just think it sucks
for those who got the real deal, now theres gonna be a bunch
of loook-alikes.. making the real deal not so unique looking.

rota sure is capitalizing on this whole deal.

kloquewerk

every type of company does that. when taco bell comes out with a new item, del taco copies it. when Chevy comes out with a new model, GMC copies it. there's no escaping the fact that companies want to make money. it's not like those wheels have some elaborate design that's being imitated, it's a 5 star mag wheel and those have been around since waaaaaaay back.

daewonder

no doubt rota is the worst. but i guess it's all about the might dollar. and in a way i guess they play robin hood in a sense.

the way i see it, i'm pretty up on my shizz. if i threw down serious cash for works, volks, etc. and some dude thinks another car with rotas is sweeter than mine, his opinion would mean nothing to me.

let ppl enjoy they're copies (myself included haha). real enthusiasts know what's authentic and what's not.

oBnoXious_XB

sorry i'm not a baller. can't throw 3 g's down on a set of wheels.

JDMxB

Well said, "real enthusiasts know what's authentic and what's not".

I don't care what other people have on their cars, some I like, some I dislike--that's my opinion and fortunately i'm entitled to it. Anyhow, I find it funny how people make buying authentic wheels into a bad thing all of a sudden because of price. If one can spend $2000 on a car audio equipment, neon lights, body kits, etc--why can't someone else spend that same $2000 on a nice set of wheels?

Money is Money, isn't it?

JDMxB

haha...i think he was making a point in spelling it incorrectly to signify it's swap meet origins...hence the offspelling.

Anyhow, upon further research it seems that the D2 is actually more like the SSR Professor SP1 or the 3 piece Work Meister S1.

stankubrick

The D2 looks more like SSR prof. Sp1

Boxer_Rebellion

Work also makes wheels that look like old school mag Cragars... do you think that kids in Japan that imported the real USDM deal get ____ed about that? I doubt it...

kloquewerk

^^ exactly

squirrel