--nicko--
Ve gts copy rims?
I just bought a VY Berlina and want to eventually change my rims later on this year! i want the VE GTS rims! (ones pictured below) but i dont really want to pay 4,500 grand for them! i heard you can get copys for only about half that so was wanting to know if anyone has them or has had them and if they had any troubles with them??? and also where abouts in melbourne you could get a set from??? thanks
Ive seen copies going on Ebay, set of 4 i think was about $600-700..Which i thought was damn cheap and was almost about to buy a set, until a read a few threads on cheap knockoff wheels....
they really go for $4,500?
heres a cheap copy,
HOLDEN HSV VE GTS WHEELS 19" WITH TYRES - 19 inch - eBay Wheel, Tyre Packages, Wheels, Tyres, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 23-May-09 19:58:27 AEST)
That auction is only for 2 wheels..
oh, didnt read the article, well, 2's better then 0,Originally Posted by holdencommodorevp
--nicko--
yehhh, alrite thanks guys. im gunna have to do a bit more research on them. yehh they are bloody expensive!!
Banned
I heard the chinese copys are heaps dodgy. Especially the sig senator wheels. They crack right round the hub and some arent even perfect circles, so i have been told. Its so tempting, but id prob steer clear.
Take it out/Take it Back
Also, price up the cost of tyres for them.
$800ish per rim for tyres
Ecotec just kicked in yo
Another thing that can happen is that the face of the rim can seperate from the actual rim itself, due to the dodgy welding used to hold it together...I personally wouldn't go anywhere near them.
Ditto the above post, ive read that aswell about the Signature copies...
Why not buy ROH Mantis? Very very similar, and atleast you know you won't be buying a cheap/knock off brand.
LS-EXUAL
Not just the sigs, but any 19" fake version of a genuine HSV wheel. The fact that they are 19", obviously means they aren't exactly a small faced wheel, so the basic design and rim face size means they are weaker anyways, genuine OR fake. That's just physics.
The fake ones are worse, as Nixon said, they are cheaply made, therefore will not take bumps and hard knocks / force with such tolerance. There was a thread someone made on the SC forum around a year and a half ago showing what happened to his 19" fake Sigs, the face snapped clean away from the hub from hitting a gutter. Apparently they broke very easily.
The same will go for any 19" chinese piece of shit copy. It can happen to the genuines as well. The genuines are just made a little sturdier.
Yeh watch out, some copies are really dodgey,
my cousin bought a vy with them already on, the paint on them chipped really easily, wasn't nice at all
you get what you pay for, i would save up and go for quality, just for a little bit of insurance.
heck i wouldn't even buy gts rims, everybody has them now, go something original, but aye its your car, your choice
I'd Prefer To ROAR!
ive seen the photos of those sigs...look at the rims they have huge dints from hitting a gutter a like 100ks im not surprised they shattered.
LS-EXUAL
Yes, but, did you notice how clean the face snapped away from the hub? That is a sign of shitty welding of cheap wheels. That was the weakest part of the wheel due to the crap welding.
i think i may have read that same thread about they guy having the sig cpoies, and how the whole face of the wheel just broke away....i always thought that yeah just cause there cheap knockoff's, there still desinged to some sort of regulation or something, but ive read way too many bad stories about knock offs, and now i'd never buy a set in my life.
15x7 pursuits with 235's ...OH YEAH
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