View Poll Results: Maximum wheel set price paid
$0 - OEM only
11
10.89%
less than $3000
64
63.37%
$3000 to $6000
20
19.80%
$6001 to $8000
5
4.95%
more than $8000
1
0.99%
Voters: 101. You may not vote on this poll
How much would you pay for wheels?
02-14-2017, 09:47 PM
#122
Instructor
No dog in the hunt but judging by your post count you are relatively new here. Be very cautious with RTF as someone unsuspecting is liable to get hurt as some of these wheel make it to the second hand market. Many guys unfortunately got caught up in their scam with lots of proven wheel failures.
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-turb...5000-a-33.html
Great bathroom reading here but this last post by another member sums it up:
"This thread and efforts to close RTM/RTF have not ended, not by a long shot. There are still processes in motion outside of this and other forum threads to conclude the Race Tech nightmare that I cannot expand on at this time.
The wheels of justice move slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.
At this time I have more than enough hard evidence to substantiate RTM is bait and switching and delivering machined "cast wheels", probably from that 1500 or so aluminum allow wheels they imported from South Korea. Broken wheels sets continue to show up having failed on both street and tracks with only a few days use. All owners of RTF wheels are at risk of serious vehicle damage and its just a matter of time before a fatality shows up.
Race Tech can be assured, I will be a millstone around their neck until they are either out of customers or out of business."
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-turb...5000-a-33.html
Great bathroom reading here but this last post by another member sums it up:
"This thread and efforts to close RTM/RTF have not ended, not by a long shot. There are still processes in motion outside of this and other forum threads to conclude the Race Tech nightmare that I cannot expand on at this time.
The wheels of justice move slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.
At this time I have more than enough hard evidence to substantiate RTM is bait and switching and delivering machined "cast wheels", probably from that 1500 or so aluminum allow wheels they imported from South Korea. Broken wheels sets continue to show up having failed on both street and tracks with only a few days use. All owners of RTF wheels are at risk of serious vehicle damage and its just a matter of time before a fatality shows up.
Race Tech can be assured, I will be a millstone around their neck until they are either out of customers or out of business."
02-14-2017, 10:05 PM
#123
Rennlist Member
OZ's I had were light, cheap and look pretty good.
Here's a couple other ideas for you I went with after voting I'd never spend more than $3k...
Powdrhound's wheel **** this past year cost me...less than I thought.
02-14-2017, 10:15 PM
#124
Instructor
Go with a longtime proven manufacturer that are lightweight.
OZ's I had were light, cheap and look pretty good.
Here's a couple other ideas for you I went with after voting I'd never spend more than $3k...
Powdrhound's wheel **** this past year cost me...less than I thought.
OZ's I had were light, cheap and look pretty good.
Here's a couple other ideas for you I went with after voting I'd never spend more than $3k...
Powdrhound's wheel **** this past year cost me...less than I thought.
02-15-2017, 01:51 PM
#126
Instructor
I like the look of the seven double-spokes with arch in between. BBS offers a similar wheel I see on tirerack. I put the OZ Racing 9-spoke wheel on my M Roadster that I'm selling to make room in the garage for the 996 turbo. After so many years seeing that pattern on a BMW roadster, I'd just feel weird using the same wheel on a P-car.
02-16-2017, 01:57 PM
#127
Rennlist Member
The good thing about quality wheels like BBS is you can usually sell them easily too.
996WB fit a lot of cars so there are plenty of potential buyers.
Makes it easier to justify spending more on a set when you can always dump them for a relatively minor hit if you change cars/look.
996WB fit a lot of cars so there are plenty of potential buyers.
Makes it easier to justify spending more on a set when you can always dump them for a relatively minor hit if you change cars/look.
02-16-2017, 02:28 PM
#128
Burning Brakes
Maybe a better title for this thread is: how little quality can you live with?
If you're driving the car as intended, factory wheels are the first choice, followed by forged wheels that are commonly used on race cars - BBS, HRE, Champion, Forgeline and CCW. A wheel failure at speed will quickly reverse your satisfaction at having paid under $2K/set.
If you're driving the car as intended, factory wheels are the first choice, followed by forged wheels that are commonly used on race cars - BBS, HRE, Champion, Forgeline and CCW. A wheel failure at speed will quickly reverse your satisfaction at having paid under $2K/set.
02-16-2017, 03:08 PM
#129
Instructor
Maybe a better title for this thread is: how little quality can you live with?
If you're driving the car as intended, factory wheels are the first choice, followed by forged wheels that are commonly used on race cars - BBS, HRE, Champion, Forgeline and CCW. A wheel failure at speed will quickly reverse your satisfaction at having paid under $2K/set.
If you're driving the car as intended, factory wheels are the first choice, followed by forged wheels that are commonly used on race cars - BBS, HRE, Champion, Forgeline and CCW. A wheel failure at speed will quickly reverse your satisfaction at having paid under $2K/set.
Tirerack has BBS "SR" wheels for $1200/set. What about them?
02-16-2017, 03:30 PM
#130
Burning Brakes
Yeah, BBS has a bunch of cast wheels (some made in Japan despite their claims otherwise). Good, well-engineered wheels. I believe pretty much anything BBS puts their name on is dependable quality. The Chinese cast $1500 "no-name," not so much. But marketers can be shy about revealing structure and sources of their products.
02-16-2017, 03:38 PM
#131
Instructor
Cool, thanks. After reading all the headaches going to 19" rims on 996, I think I want to stick with 18's. The choices there are slim if I want 1-piece forged with spokes out to the edge.
