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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:57 PM
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thinking bout getting a set of adv.1 wheels myself ... they are great wheels. if you spending 80k on a car 7-10k is nothing for some wheels right? lol
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Old May 4, 2012 | 01:11 PM
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Big props for setting the record straight.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by LEXUS714
thinking bout getting a set of adv.1 wheels myself ... they are great wheels. if you spending 80k on a car 7-10k is nothing for some wheels right? lol
You'd think so but people ***** about replacing brake pad sensors..
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:31 PM
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I will admit that I think its funny when people are driving an 70-100k car and they ***** about service costs or obsess about doing the maintenance on the car themselves to save a few bucks from the "stealership".
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by PRSUIT460
You'd think so but people ***** about replacing brake pad sensors..
If they tripping bout replacing brake sensors they should buy a civic lol
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Old May 5, 2012 | 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I will admit that I think its funny when people are driving an 70-100k car and they ***** about service costs or obsess about doing the maintenance on the car themselves to save a few bucks from the "stealership".
Lets not forget..plenty of great independent mechanics out there who are trained and certified on Lexus ..same service but way less cost. I do believe that paying close to $250 to change one headlight bulb at the dealership is a complete rip off...people have done it...not me, I know betta
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Old May 5, 2012 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by CJITTY
Lets not forget..plenty of great independent mechanics out there who are trained and certified on Lexus ..same service but way less cost. I do believe that paying close to $250 to change one headlight bulb at the dealership is a complete rip off...people have done it...not me, I know betta
haha thats why i do most of my work on my own... i know people so it works for me.
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Old May 5, 2012 | 02:43 PM
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There's a reason the higher end wheel companies don't spend a lot ot time here on clublexus. People complain too much about prices and don't buy their product.

I'm not debating the value or worthiness of ADV1 to sell their wheels at a premium. I'm only saying if it's too much for your wallet, don't go around ******* them. Unless you have real, factual information of an issue that needs to be shared to the community. There are so many wheel choices out there to be concerned with the few who charge a high premium.
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Old May 7, 2012 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I will admit that I think its funny when people are driving an 70-100k car and they ***** about service costs or obsess about doing the maintenance on the car themselves to save a few bucks from the "stealership".
that reminds me... what ever happened to that one guy with the LS460 that wanted to pay $400 for installation of a full air suspension???
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Old May 7, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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what ever happened to that one guy with the LS460 that wanted to pay $400 for installation of a full air suspension???

wow, never heard that before...
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Old May 8, 2012 | 11:25 AM
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We have been selling ADV.1 wheels for a great length of time now. Sure there may be one issue, but they do take care of any problems for our customers.
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Old May 14, 2012 | 04:09 PM
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10K for wheels?!?! they better be carbon fiber with gold lips
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Old May 14, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jadu
10K for wheels?!?! they better be carbon fiber with gold lips
$10k is par for the course in the US forged custom wheel game...
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Old May 14, 2012 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cheez80
$10k is par for the course in the US forged custom wheel game...
I can't agree. I'd say 10K is more the high side. In my experience, most forged wheels go between 4 - 6K for 19-20 inch wheels ( which is the majority used by clublexus members).
I've never bought a 21 and up so i can't speak on the cost for those sizes. Maybe the bigger wheels are what you are thinking of for 10K?
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Old May 14, 2012 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Ice350
I can't agree. I'd say 10K is more the high side. In my experience, most forged wheels go between 4 - 6K for 19-20 inch wheels ( which is the majority used by clublexus members).
I've never bought a 21 and up so i can't speak on the cost for those sizes. Maybe the bigger wheels are what you are thinking of for 10K?
it really depends on what car you're driving -- those guys all charge more if you're driving a nicer car :P

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As for the pricing - our concave line is not cheap but we offer our TRAKfunction/SFunction line which is a 3-piece fully forged wheel that retails for 4900.00 and obviously dealer pricing to the end customer is less than that. This is in line with any other custom 3-piece forged manufacture out there. Our monoblocks are around 6k. But the idea that every set we make is 10k is simply not true.
so yes, not every set of wheels are going to be 6k.
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