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Old 10-25-2019, 06:39 PM   #15
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Yeah twenty years ago "reps" meant low quality cast. These days it seems like the top of the field and the bottom of the field are a lot closer together than they were twenty years ago. More often than not they're coming out of the same factories anyway. I mean what even is a "rep" anymore? Seems to me it's just out-dated derogatory slang. But what do I know....rollin' on my cheap'ass Konigs....
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I dont get the "reps" that people throw at ESR wheels. Do people even know that they make cast, flowformed and forged wheels? Im sure that cast wheels are going to be just that, cast wheels. But the company itself is not selling 25lbs rollers made in a chinese sweat factory at 25c per wheel costs...
Yeah I get that, but there's no doubt the ones in the OP are copies of Work Emotion Kiwamis. The reason they're "reps" is because its an exact copy of someone else's design (& sold at a lower price point). I mean replica literally means a copy of something...

I'm sure the wheels are good quality but they're still mostly going to be defined as rep wheels because a lot of their designs are pulled from brands that are legendary/household names.
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I know there are people in '02 Civics running Works that are probably worth twice as much as their car and people running XXRs on some pretty expensive cars. Nothing wrong with either one. As long as you're not putting yourself in a shitty financial situation, you do you. Just don't be a bitch about it online.
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