[s-cars] Wheels on ebay?

[Tom Green]

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> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:02:02 -0500
> From: Kevin Day <kday at ultrameta.org>
> Subject: [s-cars] Wheels on ebay?
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> I'm looking for a new set of 17" wheels for my (yet to be purchased) 
> summer
> tires.   There are a few sellers on ebay offering supposedly new wheel 
> sets for
> substantially less than I've seen elsewhere.  What's the deal with 
> these
> ebay wheels?   Why are they so much cheaper?  Anybody here bought from
> these guys before?

I don't have any first hand knowledge on these replica wheels, Kevin,  
but there are other sellers that stand behind their merchandise that 
market some also.  ECS sold some replica avus wheels for a while, but I 
don't know their success with them.  They claim they use high tech 
casting technology that rivals the big names, but certainly not forged 
wheels.   I suppose it depends on how you will drive with them-- hard 
drive at the track, four wheel power skids, 150mph sprints-- maybe I 
would want the forged wheels--maybe even for the run across wolf creek 
pass, and down the other side. :-)
YMMV, but I think there is some correlation between cost and value for 
performance driving.

Tom '95 S6