Originally Posted by FNCrazy
So, I wrecked/damaged/hurt my car, and I have a certain amount of money from insurance to pay for the entire thing. Unfortunately (fortunately maybe?), only two wheels and two tires were destroyed. So, the insurance company said take the money they'd give me towards used OEM and I they'd be fine if I put that money towards higher quality stuff if I just paid the difference.
So, my budget is a little fluid, which doesn't help you guys. By fluid I mean, if I see a really cool wheel and have to spend an extra 100/set on it, then something else doesn't get as good of an upgrade, you know what I mean? It's a balancing act, and one that I evidently suck at. It kept me up the last couple nights thinking about all this.
Okay, back to the point.
Budget. I know I could go out and get Enkei RFP1 or whatever wheels that everyone uses. I know that. They're good, they're light, not majorly expensive, but for me, I've never had aftermarket wheels, asthetics also plays a role. I'd rather not have one of the top two or three kinds of wheels that twins owners buy, just because I don't want it to end up looking like everything else. Make sense?
So, how I ended up on Ebay, I was looking up pictures of a more expensive wheel that's a bit out of any stretch of my price range. When I saw all the wheels on Ebay, I kind of forgot about that wheel so never did find it, but realized there were a ton of places there that just had their prices listed instead of (PM me for forum pricing (then waiting a day or two)). Most every time I'm game for that, but this car needs to get put back together.
So, I thought an option might be to get a better (possibly even forged?) wheel set on Ebay for a bit of a discount instead of going with lower quality, cheap wheels at full price from a random internet retailer.
As far as price, I'm looking at about $1000-$1100/set at the max
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