LOWEST VIP FX on THE EastCoast(painted trims,vip modulars,etc)

those rims :shock::shock: My prayers have been answered!! What rims are those? and how much did you get them?
I've been looking for that style forever, kinda like LM reps without the step lip. The biggest size I found in rims like those are 19's.
That painted trim makes the car look even wider. Good job man :good:
 
Those are VIP Modulars, it's a very expensive 3 piece wheel. They're even expensive when compared to all the other 3 piece wheels out there unfortunately. So if you were looking for LM reps, these are not in the same ballpark price wise.
 
shadow191 said:
Those are VIP Modulars, it's a very expensive 3 piece wheel. They're even expensive when compared to all the other 3 piece wheels out there unfortunately. So if you were looking for LM reps, these are not in the same ballpark price wise.
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Dang. Would you know of any similar wheels that would go for less?
 
CamelFX said:
Dang. Would you know of any similar wheels that would go for less?
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The question to ask is how much are you trying to spend? 22" for any 3 piece wheel is going to cost you big time.

DPE is not as expensive as VIP modular and HRE. There are others that are not as expensive as well, I think that Rotiform is right in the middle.
 
Whats the difference/advantage of a 3 piece wheel...forgive my ignorance....:disapointed:
Dremersvision said:
The question to ask is how much are you trying to spend? 22" for any 3 piece wheel is going to cost you big time.

DPE is not as expensive as VIP modular and HRE. There are others that are not as expensive as well, I think that Rotiform is right in the middle.
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DPE is a cheaper alternative to HRE or VIP Modular or ADV.1 etc. Rotiform is way up there too though, I've seen $8K for 22" wheels which is up there.

Honestly, there isn't a huge advantage to 3 piece wheels. Basically the 3 pieces are the face, the outer barrel, and the inner barrel. The inner and outer barrels are bolted together and then sealed. A 2 piece wheel has the face and the barrel which is one piece. The only advantage of a 3 piece wheel is that there are a huge number of options when building the wheel for brake clearance, style, etc. A 2 piece wheel has most of those advantages but has slightly less options because the barrel is one piece. The downside of a 3 piece wheel besides cost of course is that the 2 piece barrels is another place for air leaks. Not common, but it happens.

Also, 3 piece wheels aren't always stronger than one piece or 2 piece. The center is usually forged which is stronger, but the barrels are always cast and that's the piece that takes all the damage. Only way to get forged barrels is a forged monoblock wheel like a Volk TE-37 or similar. FWIW, a lot of multipiece wheels have cast centers as well like Work. Only upside is that if you damage a barrel, you can replace just that one part instead of the whole wheel. And if you ever want to change up your wheels, you can have them rebuilt like Rookie did when he widened his HRE's. They just unbolt the barrel and put a new one on.

I have 3 piece Forged1's on my BMW. They're beautiful and the detail on the face is amazing; they're maching perfectly to match the barrel. And the hardware is all hidden along with the valve stems which are on the back side. But they came with the car, otherwise I would have never paid the $6K+ for 20"s with tires. Not on a daily driver; that's just me though.

So long story short, multipiece wheels offer a look that you can't get from a one piece. Yes, there are reps, but put a rep next to the real thing and it's very obvious. If you like the small details, you'll probably like 3 piece wheels. If you just want 22"s, there are much cheaper options. If you're looking for 3 piece wheels made in America that aren't HRE, just shop on price. They all get the barrels from the same place and most of their styles are very, very similar. ADV.1 charges a premium over a lot of the other companies but it's all marketing and it's just a new name for 360 Forged which was an early company in the "lifestyle" 3 piece wheel game and who scammed a lot of people who paid a lot of money. It's a very incestuous business; notice almost all of them are based in Miami?
 
DO NOT BUY ADV.1 WHEELS, do your reasearch, you might remember a company called 360 forged. Well they ended up scamming so many people that they had to change their name (to ADV.1). The owner is a fucking criminal, and should be shot in front of his family.
 
ADV.1 always seemed like the brand that came out of nowhere and charged prices like they had been around for awhile.

Always wondered why they are all in FL too.
 
Yeah, ADV.1 came out of nowhere with the same owner as 360 Forged and then claimed they had nothing to do with each other while the wheels and advertising looked identical. It seemed that if you're in the US, ADV.1 or 360 Forged was ok since you could just file a chargeback. It was the foreign buyers that all got screwed because they have no recourse which meant the company didn't care and just strung them along. Or sent used wheels without the custom hardware paid for in the wrong offsets...

All the luxury and lifestyle wheel companies are in South Florida just like all of the cheap body kit companies are in SoCal. In SoCal, VIS private labels all of the cheap body kits being sold and in SoFL, COR Wheels private labels all of the forged wheels. If you're only doing a few million a year in sales, you can't afford to purchase the equipment needed to make your own wheels. So you do some CAD design to make your style a little different, print up some slick brochures, and then have a company like COR make them. Then of course you need to put your wheel on a Ferrari/Bentley/RR/Lambo and call it a day. Hmm, so now I have a great business idea...

FWIW, HRE is one of the few proven multipiece wheel companies that actually makes their own stuff. And note they're in California, not FL. And their stuff is TUV approved. The craziest thing about it is that these SoFL wheel companies charge HRE prices based on pure marketing.
 
HRE & COR are the two big names in the industry. There are others but you seriously cannot go wrong with those two companies. They will go to all 4 corners of the world to satisfy their customers, and therefore earn the right to charge thousands for a single wheel.
 
Wow. That's low.
I'd be so worried going over things.
good for show

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Let's see under the hood
 
It's low, but the FX is so tall normally that it's not that bad. That's my ride height right now as well (bottomed out on BC's w/ a lockring removed in rear and fronts set to match). I may be 1/4" taller since I run 22"s which will be slightly taller given my tire sizes. Other than the tires bottoming in the wheel wells I don't really have too many issues. I think I scraped my GT spec rear lateral once. FX can still drive onto ramps, and I daily drive through pothole filled city streets without concern. Downsizing to 20"s soon with a lower tire, so that will drop the FX another 1", we'll see if that makes a difference or if I'll have to raise it.

He left his mudguards which give the appearance of being really low. I ended up taking mine off because they kept scraping on speedbumps and other stuff. My 335 is probably 3" lower than the FX simply because it's a car and even that car isn't that hard to drive in the city. I'm not sure how the "stanced" guys do it being like an inch off the ground though.
 
Yeah, I remember those days. One of my turbo pipes was 1.5" off the ground. So if I hit just a dip, it would bottom out. When I bought my first house, I had to consider whether my cars could get up the driveway. Once I had to call a tow truck and even with the front bumper off, we couldn't get the car onto a flatbed. So impractical.
 
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