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G35 19" Rays

Old 10-21-12, 10:39 PM
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I was looking to get some rims and stumbled upon these. It's a battle between Mrr gt1 or g35 rays. I love the look of the Mrr but the rays are soooooo light and they are forged. Which one is better. In price and looks the mrr wins but in weight and strength the rays win. Give me your opinions. I have a mica green gs.
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Those gt1s look better imo
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Go with the mrr
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Will I notice a difference in performance between the Mrr and the rays. The Mrr are about 28lbs and the rays are about 20lbs.
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Originally Posted by 818GS
In price and looks the mrr wins but in weight and strength the rays win.
i dont think u can say flat out the Mrr gt1 wins in looks.....since they look very similar to the G35's. i dunno about the Mrr gt1 but the G35's ARE BBK friendly which for me was a win.....i think for you, you need to decide what you are gonna be doing with the car ro help decide on your wheels.

are you gonna be racing? if not then the weight makes no difference
do you have a lot of potholes in your city? if not then i would assume the strength of the rims shouldnt be a huge issue.
which one can you get for the best price.....? consider what your budget is like and your long term goals for the car,so what i mean by this rant below is are these gonna be a rim you wanna keep on the car forever?

for me the G35 rims were/are a cheaper temporary 19" rim, as you know im already looking to move them.....but its funny im stepping down sort of to a 18" G-spyders (my fav OEM rims I just had powdercoated) before i get my permanent rims my 20" Fabulous Profounds. i know the profound are for me as 3 years after passing on a set i keep looking for them....so are these gonna be a set of rims you want years to come
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Originally Posted by sakataj
i dont think u can say flat out the Mrr gt1 wins in looks.....since they look very similar to the G35's. i dunno about the Mrr gt1 but the G35's ARE BBK friendly which for me was a win.....i think for you, you need to decide what you are gonna be doing with the car ro help decide on your wheels.

are you gonna be racing? if not then the weight makes no difference
do you have a lot of potholes in your city? if not then i would assume the strength of the rims shouldnt be a huge issue.
which one can you get for the best price.....? consider what your budget is like and your long term goals for the car,so what i mean by this rant below is are these gonna be a rim you wanna keep on the car forever?

for me the G35 rims were/are a cheaper temporary 19" rim, as you know im already looking to move them.....but its funny im stepping down sort of to a 18" G-spyders (my fav OEM rims I just had powdercoated) before i get my permanent rims my 20" Fabulous Profounds. i know the profound are for me as 3 years after passing on a set i keep looking for them....so are these gonna be a set of rims you want years to come
the mrr wins in looks to me and im not racing but i like to get the most out of my car. there are a lot of potholes where i live but i have heard that mrr does good against potholes.
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