Rep Power: 424

Few quickies on why you chose what you chose.... Pick from the following...

1. You bought your rims
- Based on looks alone
- Based on performance characteristics alone (i.e., weight, construction, strength ratings....)
- A mix of looks and performance, more for looks
- A mix of looks and performance, more for performance
- Both treated equal

2. Was price a serious issue or were you pretty free about what you would spend?
- Very tight... rims for less than $150 each
- In the middle... $250 or less
- Anything goes

3. Did you care about potholes?
Yes or no

4. How did you intend to use them?
- Summer only
- Track only
- All the time
- Shows only
-a combination (which ones?)

5. If you were going to buy another set, would you likely..
- Buy a more expensive set
- Buy something very similar to the ones you have in price and appearance
- Do something completely opposite of what you have now
- Get a set for a specific use (Shows or track only)


Just curious to see what the reasons are... elaborate all you want, and state what you have now... I'm just curious to find out what people were thinking.

 
Rep Power: 424

I'll take the first swing....

1. Based on both, equal weight... 17" rims look good, 15 lbs is superlight for a 17 and they're very strong

2. Anything goes

3. Yes, but not too much

4. A combination of summer and track

5. I intend to get another set of wheels just for the track once I've finished some other stuff I want to do. They'll be 15's and probably forged.

The wheels I have now are OZ Superleggeras, 17x7, 37mm offset, 15.1 lbs each.

 
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1. Based on looks, more than performance
2. Very tight.
3. A big YES .
4. Summer only. Winter and road salt sucks.
5. **Monty Python voice** "And now for something completely different."

 
Rep Power: 380

First I have 2 sets of wheels/tires

1.Street: Purchaced for looks.
Race: Purchaced for Performance

2.Street: Price was resonable $175 a wheel
Race: Price was VERy Resonable $100 per Wheel

3.Yes on both

4. Street: All the time
Race: These are only on durring race weekends.

5. Street: Buy a similar set
Race: Purchas a More expensive wheel (Lighter) Possibly smaller 13's? and wider 7-8 inch.

 
Rep Power: 0

1. You bought your rims
- Based on looks alone

2. Was price a serious issue or were you pretty free about what you would spend?
- In the middle... $250 or less

3. Did you care about potholes?
Yes

4. How did you intend to use them?
- All the time

5. If you were going to buy another set, would you likely..
- Buy something very similar to the ones you have in price and appearance

 
Rep Power: 0

1. You bought your rims
- Based on looks alone

2. Was price a serious issue or were you pretty free about what you would spend?
- Anything goes

3. Did you care about potholes?
-Yes! California!

4. How did you intend to use them?
-Street bling y0.

5. If you were going to buy another set, would you likely..
- Buy a more expensive set (FORGED wheels next time.)

 
Rep Power: 0

1. You bought your rims
Equal mix of looks & performance/construction

2. Was price a serious issue or were you pretty free about what you would spend?
Anything goes

3. Did you care about potholes?
Yes, that's why only 17's

4. How did you intend to use them?
Summer/Shows only

5. If you were going to buy another set, would you likely...
get something less expensive in an 18" diameter that I could just DRIVE ON and forget about. I have to be too obsessive about the Volks. They are already off the car after less than 3K miles (going back on for NOPI Southeast & NOPI Nationals only)

I'm gonna talk myself into selling them if I'm not careful...


Volk GT-N Special Order Gunmetal 17 X 7; Offset +44mm

 
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1.) both performance(weight) and look........but look more
2.) price was a serious issue but i still want better rims, exactly 250 per rim
3.) yes pot hole is a BIG issuse before i got the rim, and not even 10 min of driving on highway after i got it install i went through the BIGGEST pot hole on that highway and bent the rim a little, good its not reall noticable
4.)summer only
5)same price with simliar apperance

 
Rep Power: 0

1. You bought your rims
- A mix of looks and performance, more for looks & size

2. Was price a serious issue or were you pretty free about what you would spend?
- Anything goes - if i want it i'm buying it

3. Did you care about potholes?
- Hell yeah! but no matter what u need rims

4. How did you intend to use them?
- Summer only

5. If you were going to buy another set, would you likely..
- Buy a more expensive set and
- Do something completely opposite of what you have now

 
Rep Power: 320

1. Mix of looks and performace- more looks
2. Anything goes, I would have saved up more if I found something else that I REALLY WANTED (but ended up in the middle :-D )
3. YES!! I dont want to dent my new rimz!! Hint the 215/45/17's!!
4. ALL THE DAMN TIME!
5. I just got mine last week so....

I have Konig Prophets and right now Im the only one on the site that has them!!

 
Rep Power: 308

1. 18" chrome is looks only

2. I shopped around alot and got a great price, but NEVER buy from Wheelmax.com

3. I do like 20mph and swerve a maximum of three lanes to avoid pot holes

4. Should of took them off in the winter now one got curbed in snow storm

5. I really think 22" will fit nicely on the civic

 
Rep Power: 0

1. You bought your rims
- Based on looks alone; I guess performance is a factor if you look at the +2 factor and not the weight

2. Was price a serious issue or were you pretty free about what you would spend?
- In the middle... $250 or less; I wasn't ballin, but I didn't want the cheapest ones either

3. Did you care about potholes?
Yes, I cringe everytime I can't avoid one...

4. How did you intend to use them?
- All the time; its not that serious to keep switching wheels and tires out.

5. If you were going to buy another set, would you likely..
- Buy a more expensive set; I would go bigger and bolder... 18s or 19s in Gunmetal

I currently have Velox VX-8s, 17x7.5 with Toyo Proxes FZ4 215/45/17

 
Rep Power: 333

1. You bought your rims
All about the looks.

2. Was price a serious issue or were you pretty free about what you would spend?
In the middle.

3. Did you care about potholes?
Hell yes.

4. How did you intend to use them?
all the time

5. If you were going to buy another set, would you likely..
Buy a more expensive set, maybe racing harts.

Currently I have 18 inch katana vr-5's. See the sig.

 
Rep Power: 0

1. You bought your rims
- Based on looks alone ( I knew exactly what rims I wanted)

2. Was price a serious issue or were you pretty free about what you would spend?
- Anything goes ( I knew exactly what rims I wanted)

3. Did you care about potholes?
Yes....I live in NYC

4. How did you intend to use them?
- All the time (But I will take them off this winter to save them)


5. If you were going to buy another set, would you likely..
- Get a set for a specific use (Shows or track only)...........I am buying 15" Rota Slipstreams to improve performance and keeping my 18's for show


Now I have Velox 18" VX-K's in Gunmetal (I am the only one on this site who has them)

 
Rep Power: 365

1. I based my decision on looks alone.
2. I bought what I liked within reason. I would've really liked some BBS rims. But $450/each for a Civic? Maybe for an Audi or Bimmer down the road. Mine were $220/each
3. Yes. That's why I got 215/45.
4. All the time. My car is a daily driver and I just want it to look nice.
5. I'd buy the same rims, but maybe an inch larger. I've got 17s.

 
Rep Power: 0

1. based on looks
2. In the middle
3. Yes
4. Summer use only
5. Purchase something opposite