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Well the set I have are one piece forged. They're 18x8 and 18x9.5 (can't recall the offsets..something like +38 on the front and +35 on the rear) and were $800something US plus shipping on the rims (new)
Not sure about some of the two piece stuff, but I love mine and they were very reasonably priced.
Not sure about some of the two piece stuff, but I love mine and they were very reasonably priced.
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I love the 1st ones but centercaps like that can lead to trouble... fading paint, losing one, thieves stealing them, falling apart, broken, etc... I also think those are forged and super strong.
the 2nd ones are just too basic for me to love them unless they were superwide but they are ok, I think the super flat spoke design is just super old looking and not in a good way.
I think the volks are a higher quality wheel and I like the wider widths! plus the volks look a lot like the mazdaspeed wheels that have always been a "proper" and timeless beautiful look for FCs
the 2nd ones are just too basic for me to love them unless they were superwide but they are ok, I think the super flat spoke design is just super old looking and not in a good way.
I think the volks are a higher quality wheel and I like the wider widths! plus the volks look a lot like the mazdaspeed wheels that have always been a "proper" and timeless beautiful look for FCs
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Word of warning...
WATCH OUT FOR THOSE OLD VOLKS!
Volk Racing used to use this stupid system where they drill their wheels for 5 x 100 bolt patterns and then use spacers to get the desired offset!
If you're serious about those Volks, ASK them if they come with the spacer or if they are truly 5 x 114.3 bolt pattern.
If you do run into this type of wheel, they use special lug nuts (search eBay for "enkei shogun lug") which are not easily available.
I'm sitting on a set of Group-C's (that's the model name, and the CV-Pro's are in the same "family) that had the inside stickers explicitly state they were "5 x 114.3", but they didn't fit!?!?!?!
After confirming with j9fd3s (he's in the same predictament), this is what we found out above. :P
Oh, and if you ask my choice...I'd take the Group-C's anyday...
Those Sterns were considered "cheap" back in the day...
-Ted
WATCH OUT FOR THOSE OLD VOLKS!
Volk Racing used to use this stupid system where they drill their wheels for 5 x 100 bolt patterns and then use spacers to get the desired offset!
If you're serious about those Volks, ASK them if they come with the spacer or if they are truly 5 x 114.3 bolt pattern.
If you do run into this type of wheel, they use special lug nuts (search eBay for "enkei shogun lug") which are not easily available.
I'm sitting on a set of Group-C's (that's the model name, and the CV-Pro's are in the same "family) that had the inside stickers explicitly state they were "5 x 114.3", but they didn't fit!?!?!?!
After confirming with j9fd3s (he's in the same predictament), this is what we found out above. :P
Oh, and if you ask my choice...I'd take the Group-C's anyday...
Those Sterns were considered "cheap" back in the day...
-Ted
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Did the Group-Cs you have have 10-bolt holes or only 5? My friend has a set on a 3rd gen MR2 and his were 10-bolt Group-Cs. We could swap them from his car onto my friends impreza. So far the 6 sets of volk racing group-cs i've come across were all 10-bolt 5x100/114.3 some even still have the inspector sticker on the inside.