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Originally Posted by eastendraceshop

I previously ran a set of 17x8 Enkei RPF1's on my FRS. They felt great to drive with Michelin PSS tires, super light compared to stock, but 6 months after buying them, two of them broke. I was driving onto the freeway and the entrance had two lanes. The truck to my left turned into my lane and I turned to the right to avoid getting hit. Both wheels on the passenger side hit the same pothole on the side of the road at around 50mph, and both the front and rear wheels were damaged beyond repair.

They aren't a bad wheel at all, I loved them. But they are flow-formed and aren't the strongest out there.



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-Sam

The fact that they bent like that and didn't crack proves they're a much better option than A LOT of wheels out there. The cheap pure cast ones would've shattered on a hit like that. I'll bet even a purely forged wheel still would've had a lot of damage, and you'd be out a lot more money in replacements.