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Originally Posted by Below Speed Limit
You won't notice the weight difference, but that's besides the point. The same can be told for the 15hp or the extended torque in the rpm band, but we still pay for it don't we  It's all about paying more for a $7,300 package and getting something inferior. Usually when companies come up with these expensive packages, they are considered "upgrades". These wheels are not upgrades.
Let me turn the question around and ask this, if both of these wheels were offered 2 years ago with the first M5, one being $1200 wheel and other being $800 wheel, and all the information in this thread was known back then (one is forged, one is cast, one is 5.5 lbs heavier, etc), do you think all these people who now have the 601Ms would still go with these wheels? I highly doubt. I'd say 90% wouldn't, nobody in their right mind would, unless you are seriously into the style of it. The reason why people go for these wheels now are two fold : a) They don't know all of this and they assume because it's the competition wheels, they are better or b) They get it because they want everyone else to know they have the competition package, the latest and greatest.
Competition in its name implies faster/better/stronger, and these wheels are complete opposite of that.
The fact that they won't be as durable is secondary. You are right, BMW's cast wheels are not terrible, but then I don't think they made 20" cast wheels until now. For all intents and purposes, these wheels have been in use for the past 6 months, not 3-4 years. We don't know how durable they will be.
Also remember that it's not just cracks, but the balancing problems that I worry the most. Cast wheels are a lot easier to get out of balance than forge wheels because they are softer and not as rigid. |
First of all, you sound like a Kung Fu movie.
Second of all... I have no second of all, I just wanted to say you sounded like a Kung Fu movie. Lol!
