RENNEN INTERNATIONAL FRAUD
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Never going to get true deep concave rims on a C63. Also cant get a deep lip. Sucks, but thats how it is unless you go widebody. Those rims are probly built correct. You just assumed they were going to be deep, and thats not going to happen from all the threads, and concave wheel pics on the C..
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Thats the problem with seeing pics and then getting exposed to reality. The W204 does not lend itself very easily to concave wheels without a lot of wheel width; that again is iffy due to body design.
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Never going to get true deep concave rims on a C63. Also cant get a deep lip. Sucks, but thats how it is unless you go widebody. Those rims are probly built correct. You just assumed they were going to be deep, and thats not going to happen from all the threads, and concave wheel pics on the C..
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Never going to get true deep concave rims on a C63. Also cant get a deep lip. Sucks, but thats how it is unless you go widebody. Those rims are probly built correct. You just assumed they were going to be deep, and thats not going to happen from all the threads, and concave wheel pics on the C..
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I think it's the camera lens that's making the wheel a look little funny. Take a better pic of the wheel laying down flat and come from the side and take a pic to see if there is any concave of the surface. The C63 is a tuff fitment for concave wheels you cant get any lip or deep concave. This should have been told to you when you bought the wheels. Some companies wont tell you this, it like a blind date when you see all these photoshop pics of a C63 fitted with concave and then you see the real deal and your like WTF?
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To fit a big lip wheel on a C63 would be next to impossible because of the huge brembo brakes that need clearance from the spokes.
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I'm a fan of big lips. But on a c63 I prefer the hardcore tuner look with flush spokes with the outer wheel. For example the 19 inch amg euro option multispoke.
To fit a big lip wheel on a C63 would be next to impossible because of the huge brembo brakes that need clearance from the spokes.
To fit a big lip wheel on a C63 would be next to impossible because of the huge brembo brakes that need clearance from the spokes.
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The Rennen wheel should have been made to follow the contour of the lip to take away the the big gap like the Adv1 wheel on the white C63. The only problem with following the contour of the lip, is when your car can be fitted with a big lip in the back and a little lip in the front. The front wheel center will look bigger because it starts to go over the edge and it will look like you have a 21" in the front and a 20" in the back. Take a look at some of Adv1 pics and you will see what I mean
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Hello everyone, before I go into detail regard this customer, allow us to give you a brief background on who we are.
This gentleman first contacted us to purchase a set of Rennen Modular R8 Concave for his customer with a C63 in Mexico. He stated he would like the wheel Concaved for his C63. As we all know, the offset of the vehicle virtually makes it impossible to have any lip on the wheel. Due to the big brake fitment that is particular to the C63, our ulta concave forging was not possible but our standard concave forging was still apllicable. After we sent him the CAD drawings which clearly show the position and true shape of the centers, lips and concavity to state this problem, he immediately SIGNED the approval and sent it back.
The build time was only 2.5 weeks after he sent the deposit which is very prompt by today’s standards. Upon receiving them, he contacted us for tire fitments and sent them to his customer in Mexico.
Perhaps there was a misunderstanding between him and his customer regarding the concave when he received them because at that point he contacted us to ask about the lip size and concavity of the wheel despite his approval of the drawings.
We offered to help him with his customer by creating a deepened bolt circle around the center of the rear wheels as to give it more depth and concavity. He agreed and we completed the process in 1 week including engineering.
The end result to our knowledge was new centers similar to the ones pictured below and a satisfied customer.
This situation was in NO matter conducted as fraud. We had total contact with the Shop that sold theses alloys to his customer in Mexico. We would have welcomed his customer to call us directly for any questions or concerns but unfortunately it seems as though the shop was not communicating the right information and also held information from him as well.
This gentleman first contacted us to purchase a set of Rennen Modular R8 Concave for his customer with a C63 in Mexico. He stated he would like the wheel Concaved for his C63. As we all know, the offset of the vehicle virtually makes it impossible to have any lip on the wheel. Due to the big brake fitment that is particular to the C63, our ulta concave forging was not possible but our standard concave forging was still apllicable. After we sent him the CAD drawings which clearly show the position and true shape of the centers, lips and concavity to state this problem, he immediately SIGNED the approval and sent it back.
The build time was only 2.5 weeks after he sent the deposit which is very prompt by today’s standards. Upon receiving them, he contacted us for tire fitments and sent them to his customer in Mexico.
Perhaps there was a misunderstanding between him and his customer regarding the concave when he received them because at that point he contacted us to ask about the lip size and concavity of the wheel despite his approval of the drawings.
We offered to help him with his customer by creating a deepened bolt circle around the center of the rear wheels as to give it more depth and concavity. He agreed and we completed the process in 1 week including engineering.
The end result to our knowledge was new centers similar to the ones pictured below and a satisfied customer.
This situation was in NO matter conducted as fraud. We had total contact with the Shop that sold theses alloys to his customer in Mexico. We would have welcomed his customer to call us directly for any questions or concerns but unfortunately it seems as though the shop was not communicating the right information and also held information from him as well.
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glad to see the vendor explain the situation . looks like the difference in language was the biggest factor in this problem . the customer and the shop that ordered from RENNEN should have known that the wheels could only have so much concavity . research is your friend 
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c63 amg 2009,e63 AMG 2011
rennen are liars took a long time you make a change in the wheel and take long to make that resaque and handed to ofsset bad sobresalales 4mm rear-wheel REAR, it is unfortunate that his inability to apologize but I say no rennnen buy wheels ... need not solve money back...best HRE.
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rennen are liars took a long time you make a change in the wheel and take long to make that resaque and handed to ofsset bad sobresalales 4mm rear-wheel REAR, it is unfortunate that his inability to apologize but I say no rennnen buy wheels ... need not solve money back...best HRE.
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Hello everyone, before I go into detail regard this customer, allow us to give you a brief background on who we are.
This gentleman first contacted us to purchase a set of Rennen Modular R8 Concave for his customer with a C63 in Mexico. He stated he would like the wheel Concaved for his C63. As we all know, the offset of the vehicle virtually makes it impossible to have any lip on the wheel. Due to the big brake fitment that is particular to the C63, our ulta concave forging was not possible but our standard concave forging was still apllicable. After we sent him the CAD drawings which clearly show the position and true shape of the centers, lips and concavity to state this problem, he immediately SIGNED the approval and sent it back.
The build time was only 2.5 weeks after he sent the deposit which is very prompt by today’s standards. Upon receiving them, he contacted us for tire fitments and sent them to his customer in Mexico.
Perhaps there was a misunderstanding between him and his customer regarding the concave when he received them because at that point he contacted us to ask about the lip size and concavity of the wheel despite his approval of the drawings.
We offered to help him with his customer by creating a deepened bolt circle around the center of the rear wheels as to give it more depth and concavity. He agreed and we completed the process in 1 week including engineering.
The end result to our knowledge was new centers similar to the ones pictured below and a satisfied customer.
This situation was in NO matter conducted as fraud. We had total contact with the Shop that sold theses alloys to his customer in Mexico. We would have welcomed his customer to call us directly for any questions or concerns but unfortunately it seems as though the shop was not communicating the right information and also held information from him as well.
This gentleman first contacted us to purchase a set of Rennen Modular R8 Concave for his customer with a C63 in Mexico. He stated he would like the wheel Concaved for his C63. As we all know, the offset of the vehicle virtually makes it impossible to have any lip on the wheel. Due to the big brake fitment that is particular to the C63, our ulta concave forging was not possible but our standard concave forging was still apllicable. After we sent him the CAD drawings which clearly show the position and true shape of the centers, lips and concavity to state this problem, he immediately SIGNED the approval and sent it back.
The build time was only 2.5 weeks after he sent the deposit which is very prompt by today’s standards. Upon receiving them, he contacted us for tire fitments and sent them to his customer in Mexico.
Perhaps there was a misunderstanding between him and his customer regarding the concave when he received them because at that point he contacted us to ask about the lip size and concavity of the wheel despite his approval of the drawings.
We offered to help him with his customer by creating a deepened bolt circle around the center of the rear wheels as to give it more depth and concavity. He agreed and we completed the process in 1 week including engineering.
The end result to our knowledge was new centers similar to the ones pictured below and a satisfied customer.
This situation was in NO matter conducted as fraud. We had total contact with the Shop that sold theses alloys to his customer in Mexico. We would have welcomed his customer to call us directly for any questions or concerns but unfortunately it seems as though the shop was not communicating the right information and also held information from him as well.
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c63 amg 2009,e63 AMG 2011
The thing that pisses me off is that this wheel was advertised as concave and when I got the wheel it was far from concave. They are the specialist and should have warned me that the wheel was not going to be concave. I am requesting a refund of my money or if they decided not to do so I will leave it to everyody else's criteria at the other forums. I think that this is not an issue about langauage like other people are saying. Rennen has people that speak spanish. This is not an issue that needs to be covered up by a language barrier instead it should be looked at the quality of the wheels and the service. "their wheels are not priced cheap they are going into amg cars not civics" I expect quality and service and I am willing to pay for it. Colorss is a established company in Mexico that has been importing wheels for more than 16 years and we have made business with HRE, DPE, Giovanna, CEC wheels and we have never had an issue like this with any of them. We specified that we did not want it to make any modifications to the width of the fenders of the car and they agreed. We ended up modifying the car mor than 7mm because of their mistake.
