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Old 07-14-2009, 05:06 AM
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This is just a question that's been burning with me for a while now. I see lots of people running these wheels, and I'm curious about the draw to them. Perhaps it's all just personal opinion, but I find nothing aesthetically pleasing about these wheels. Is it that the RPF1s are lighter than most wheels? Is it the performance factor? Or is it possible that I just don't care for the looks of a wheel that many people like?
I like the looks of almost every other wheel out there, except these. I'm not trying to start a flame war, or a wheel bashing thread, I'm honestly curious about it!

Thanks for any insight you guys can give me.
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See here...

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...&#entry14444485
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They look good, but I think the main thing is the wheels are fairly cheap in comparison and with that you get good, lightweight, aggressive wheels that look very good on the S for very cheap!

RPF1=$900-1000 NEW, most of the other wheels out there that people put on the S are 2 or 3 times that.
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I think it has to do with alot with nice offset avail, value, and color choice and i personally think they are pretty nice wheels.
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it's mainly because there really isn't a good selection of cheap wheels for the S...not everyone can go out and buy a set of $3000 volks before tires.
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All of the reasons listed are all valid. Picking a wheel is all personal prefrence. The RPF1 is really fairly light for the money.
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RPF1s are a great value, I'm guessing Enkei fully amortized the development cost a while back so they can now sell 'em cheap, too bad they can't stack 'em deep.

Kinda hard to find S2K fitments.
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Originally Posted by mister x,Jul 14 2009, 06:45 PM
Kinda hard to find S2K fitments.
WTF are you talking about
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Balance of all factors. Price, Look, Weight, Durability, etc.

It's hard to find another set of wheels that achieve those. I mean, very very hard.

Many people are looking forward to new 6UL wheels from 949racing.
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