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Old 09-25-2007, 11:43 PM
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19" luff on gold!!! i just want to screw with your head, think about it.
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bone stock E55 AMG
LM reps between the two...
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Originally Posted by kevblah
Blake is going to rip your head off about the BB5 and the Frabus.

not everyone can afford 4-5k dollar rims. IMO if it looks good it looks good, jus dont put BBS caps or Brabus caps on fakies and youre okay
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Originally Posted by anthuny85
not everyone can afford 4-5k dollar rims. IMO if it looks good it looks good, jus dont put BBS caps or Brabus caps on fakies and youre okay
i have nothing against replicas
i <3 my old black amg replicas YUMMM
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Originally Posted by anthuny85
not everyone can afford 4-5k dollar rims. IMO if it looks good it looks good, jus dont put BBS caps or Brabus caps on fakies and youre okay
I guess so. My theory is, if you can't do it right, don't do it.
Old 09-26-2007, 07:30 PM
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w211 e500
Monoblocks.
Old 09-26-2007, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by drexappeal
I guess so. My theory is, if you can't do it right, don't do it.
I'm with you and Ling on this one. I'm tired of giving good advice to bad people (not referring to joyofcola, btw).

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Old 09-26-2007, 08:47 PM
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Old 09-26-2007, 08:55 PM
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there both nice wheels i got replica VI's. but its your car do what you want. i have regular benz caps on the VI's but serioulsy if you wanna rock B or BBs caps do it its your car. what are people gonna do about it?
Old 09-26-2007, 09:26 PM
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i was debating between BBS LMs, Brabus VI and i ended up with iForged sprints. hahah go figure.. but i pick the bbs Lm's if there was no price difference
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LM>Mono any day of the week.

God sdsilverm3 your car is amazing dude Also Anthuny yours is very nice also.

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Old 09-26-2007, 10:03 PM
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Monoblocks. It does not matter if its a replica or not. Save your $ if you can, and put it into something else that does not depreciate. Ultimately it comes down to the look on the car.
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Monoblocks. It does not matter if its a replica or not. Save your $ if you can, and put it into something else that does not depreciate. Ultimately it comes down to the look on the car.
It matters to diehard enthusiasts
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Originally Posted by drexappeal
I guess so. My theory is, if you can't do it right, don't do it.
thats like saying dont waste your money on a base C class and get a AMG.
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Originally Posted by Blake P
I'm with you and Ling on this one. I'm tired of giving good advice to bad people (not referring to joyofcola, btw).
Damn it! I'm never playing poker with you.
Old 09-27-2007, 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by anthuny85
thats like saying dont waste your money on a base C class and get a AMG.
No, it's like saying don't waste your money on a Kia with Mercedes emblems.
Old 09-27-2007, 02:15 AM
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thanks for the replies guys...haha seems like im starting a lil thing btwn reps and authentic....obviously i would love authentic but reps are for now...since i want to also bixenons dont have that much money to throw down at once..n obviously not gonna put the B or BBS caps on just gonna stay with benz caps
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Originally Posted by joyofcola
thanks for the replies guys...haha seems like im starting a lil thing btwn reps and authentic....obviously i would love authentic but reps are for now...since i want to also bixenons dont have that much money to throw down at once..n obviously not gonna put the B or BBS caps on just gonna stay with benz caps
The replica/authentic thing has been going on since well before you. IMO, do what you can afford or want. Some people don't want authentic and it doesn't matter to them, looks do. Other people need to be ZOMG I HAVE TEH BEST RIMS IN Z WORLD! It all depends on your taste and budget. I guess some people think they're car is an extension of their personality. For me, it doesn't really matter. What I drive ISN'T me.

Oh, and to answer your question, I like the Brabus wheels better. Go with them
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Originally Posted by anthuny85
thats like saying dont waste your money on a base C class and get a AMG.
ouch, i got a c230 too, i guess it's a fake amg. non-taken. can't afford a real amg, so i settled for the c230k (it kinda looks like the real amg)
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Originally Posted by anthuny85
thats like saying dont waste your money on a base C class and get a AMG.
Well, let's see. Comparing a $35K C230K to a $56K C32 or $60K C55? That's a difference of $21K-25K

So, how does that compare to spending $1,800 on a set of replicas vs. $2,500 on a set of one-piece forged rims? That's a difference of $700!

Sorry, your analogy doesn't exactly work in my mind.
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Originally Posted by drexappeal
Well, let's see. Comparing a $35K C230K to a $56K C32 or $60K C55? That's a difference of $21K-25K

So, how does that compare to spending $1,800 on a set of replicas vs. $2,500 on a set of one-piece forged rims? That's a difference of $700!

Sorry, your analogy doesn't exactly work in my mind.
Drex is correct, the analogy is on a whole different scale. However, people's income can also scale with it, so depending on how much he makes, $700 could be saving up for a while. There does seem to be a lot of younger people on this forum (myself included) who still go to school etc and have to invest their $ into other stuff.

But I do in a way agree, if the authentic version of my rims was only $700 more, I would've bought them definitely. In my case though, the difference was about authentic = replicas x 4. Oh well, replica newbies FTMFL.
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06 c230 v6 SS
when you can find a set of bbs LM's for 2500 bucks let me know!

reps are more like 900 bucks, maybe 1800 with tires. so its more like a 1600 difference if you find wheels for 2500, usually a good set of 3 piece wheels will run you over 3k. maybe brabus 1 piece forged would be around 2k like drex stated.

but whatever! lol, im jus saying not everyone can afford 3 piece wheels, i had my dtm kreuz's and my MRR's so far, and i like the MRR's jus as much as my 3 pieces.

i dunno, i think its all jus up to what you like, or what looks good. like i said jus dont pose the center caps trying to pawn them off as real. if you cant afford a 3piece set of wheels and you wanna mod your car, and replicas are gonna look jus as good, then i say go for it, better than staying stock!


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