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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 01:10 AM
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Ok i need help. I've been studying this for 2 days now and would like the general oppinion of the poeple on this board. I'm looking into a set of 20" wheels. Now I don't have a large budget for wheels yet hence I am not looking at iforged, or any other top quality wheel. Here are my choices. .Please take a vote

Choice #1: Same wheel, upgraded to 20z (staggered 20x8.5, 20x10.5)



Choice #2: LUFF M1, 20z (Staggered 20x8.5, 20x10.5)




Choice #3 Kaotic CEO, different look but nice wheels 20z (NON-Staggered 20x8.5)



Any other suggestions is fine. Main difference between 1 and 2 is bent spoke vs straight and chrome lip vs machined. If you have any other suggestions of nice looking wheels around 1500-1800 price range WITH tires, please feel free to add to this. thank you very much

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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 01:17 AM
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Choice #1 !!!
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 05:33 AM
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#1 all the way. #2 is cool if #1 is not available. #3 looks like Ghetto fabulous Dishes
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 05:53 AM
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I like the look of the LUFF wheels. Not sure about quality on any of these wheels
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 05:59 AM
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Here's another for the Luff's.
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 07:00 AM
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#1 looks great in black, i have #1 in silver RPM's are cast one piece, bit heavy about 30 pounds in 19''x8.5 front and 9.5 rear, but if price is your concern you can't beat $1800 for whole package shipped. 20's are going to be more expensive and even heavier.


Luff have my vote as well, depending on price, if Luff is 100-200 bucks more go with it, if 500 and more than Get RPM's they look great in black and even better in gunmetal

Here is mine setup:
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 07:12 AM
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pricing are all pretty much within a couple hundred of each other. Since Luff right now is in front. ..does that mean ya'll like the look of the wheel and therefore would take a slightly smaller machined lips over chrome of wheels #1? I'm not being biased i was just curious. Thanks guys for helping too!
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 08:02 AM
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Choice 2. Love that look. Kinda like a BBS-style rim.
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#4 are BBS LM's...I know that for a fact, that's my bro's car and I did the photoshop on it
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another for Number 1
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Brownrice
pricing are all pretty much within a couple hundred of each other. Since Luff right now is in front. ..does that mean ya'll like the look of the wheel and therefore would take a slightly smaller machined lips over chrome of wheels #1? I'm not being biased i was just curious. Thanks guys for helping too!
If price is not an issue here i would take Luff with smaller lips, but i wouldn't go with any Chrome wheels #1 and #2. Chrome wheels are even heavier .
#1 doesn't have chrome lips they are machined and clear coated, easy to clean, spokes thats diffrent story
Tell us what you think?

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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Seize
#4 are BBS LM's...I know that for a fact, that's my bro's car and I did the photoshop on it
Yeah, that's what I thought.
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 12:20 PM
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i like #1 and #2
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by LEXSOOS
#1 doesn't have chrome lips they are machined and clear coated
maybe it was a bad picture? this is machined with clear coat?

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Originally Posted by Seize
#4 are BBS LM's...I know that for a fact, that's my bro's car and I did the photoshop on it
oh sorry, it came up in google for some reason when i searched LUFF well anywho, thats what the wheel is trying to look like(same look, for these purposes of what they will look like):


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