I see a lot of people defending their view with the argument that you want to "support" the BIG manufacturer, i.e. justify paying the super duper high price. Personally, I have the wheels I have because I was after a certain look. I've had knock offs and now have the other. So what? I was made fun of when I had name brand wheels that didn't look right on my car. So what I paid for it, how great the materials were, and what brand it was mattered zilch. They didn't look right. That's the bottom line.

I've "raced" my car plenty and never had a wheel failure like you see all over youtube and snobby forum pics of centers flying off and wheels breaking apart. Every one of the major castastrophic wheel failures that I've personally seen have failed due to user error, not material failure. So if you take that into consideration, then it stands to reason that for 99.9999% of people driving around DD's, name brand doesn't matter much if they can't drive worth a damn anyway. If you hit a curb trying to "drift", it will kill ANY wheel just the same. Brand or no brand.

I think a few of you are being a little snobby and playing to your own needs. If I owned a BBS store, then of course I wouldn't support anything but BBS. But to say that everything else but BBS is crap is short sighted and not correct. BTW, my wheels are BBS's, so no hate mail about it. Just an example to prove a point.

Personally, I'd rather see good looking knock offs than the other super uber gay trends that people "rock" now trying to copy what they see on cable and doing a sorry job at it. I suppose some of you that stick your noses up at knock offs have 100% authentic carbon fiber, billet aluminum, and Italian leather in YOUR car????? If not, why not if the best is the best is the best and YOU gotta have it.....to drive to work......????.....right.