I recently was shootin the sht with the owner of a local wheel store and he proposed that he could make identical HRE 842-R wheels with laser precision. The price was 3000 with tires.... What are your thoughts?

the new tools today are awesome and cheaper to mass produce the parts its just getting some one to produce with a confirmed market then the price goes down

So would you do it?

not for 3 grand

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what is a fair price?

you can get wheels and tires for around 5-600 in packages, "good" oners for grand to 1500

depends on what hres tend to go for, if it is more, buy the real hre's

i wouldn't wanna pay more than 5-6 price, but i would run s4 reps or audi 17's factory stuff, but that is me

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HRE's are pricey...talking 800+ per wheel.

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800? if you are beyond lucky. More like 1500 per wheel. Thats why 3000 feels like a decent price

true, the point was...they are uber expensive. but you can get a set of wheels and tires for like 6 grand...so depending on the tire you are gonna spend over 800 per wheel (sans tire)

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Old Setup - Custom Tuned Stage 3 S4
New Setup - Bullseye s366, Pauter, Supertech, 2.8 Cams, TiAL, Garrett, VAST Performance, 034 Motorsports.

Sittin on OZ Superleggeras

To me 3k for a knock off wheel just doesnt sound llike a good deal. But that is just me. You can go and get yourself a well known wheel brand for 3k or less. And it will be the real thing, not just a "look a like"
But then again that is just me.

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