How come nobodoy makes euro reps in 5x114...?

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Old 11-21-2011, 08:48 PM
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How come nobodoy makes euro reps in 5x114...?

I actually really like a lot of euro wheels, and replicas are great cause im fucking poor, but alas, nobody makes M5 reps, R8 reps, AMG reps, Audi reps, or anything for 5x114.

Some subies get to use some 5x100 euro reps i know, but im sad face that theres no universal rep maker
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Use adapters?
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What the hell is a 'rep?'
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replica wheels for the less fortunate.
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Originally Posted by KillerG
replica wheels for the less fortunate.
I see.
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yea no ones makes those wheels in 5x114, I've been looking as well. The best option is to get adapters, or get them redrilled. But that would be costly so I doubt it would be worth it. There is a member with redrilled rs4 wheels on his 3G TL.
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Euro wheels look out of place on TL's; I was considering getting VMR's but after placing them next to my car I knew it wasent a match.
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^^^ I dunno about that. I think some BBS wheels look nice on many cars, including TL's...

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-photograph-gallery-96/my-3g-wdp-tl-bbs-lms-finally-630692/
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I agree
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defbroskylude has redrilled VMRs on his 2G tsx and they look gorgeous.

redrilling each wheel puts reps out of my price range and if im gonna spend money redrilling i might as well buy something expensiver like volk

and using wheel adapters just seems like a not so bueno idea to me, regardless of whether or not how "safe" you think it is, i would personally be very uneasy about driving around on adapters at high speed trusting my life to them.

It just seems like replicas are cheap, and how hard is it drill a fucking bigger hole (114 vs 112) for the manufacturer, its like they are missing out on a huge business segment!
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cool wheels bro (aka, suck a dick JDM market):








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Originally Posted by KillerG
defbroskylude has redrilled VMRs on his 2G tsx and they look gorgeous.

redrilling each wheel puts reps out of my price range and if im gonna spend money redrilling i might as well buy something expensiver like volk

and using wheel adapters just seems like a not so bueno idea to me, regardless of whether or not how "safe" you think it is, i would personally be very uneasy about driving around on adapters at high speed trusting my life to them.

It just seems like replicas are cheap, and how hard is it drill a fucking bigger hole (114 vs 112) for the manufacturer, its like they are missing out on a huge business segment!
you can run 112 wheels on 114 car. You can get wobble nuts (google it) and it'll work. Some of the TL guys did it and it was all good (search 3G TL section). The thing is that center bore might be smaller on euro wheels than jap ones, so you have to be careful about that.
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the thought of my bolts wobbling frightens me. please elaborate
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the thought of my bolts wobbling frightens me. please elaborate
did you google wobble bolts? They don't wobble when you tighten them haha Look it up and do some research
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Originally Posted by KillerG
cool wheels bro (aka, suck a dick JDM market):









1st two look great , I relatively green in regards to wheels; I didn't know BBS was Euro. BBS wheels do look go on anything though, I really like the CX-Rs.


Killer how much does it cost to redrill a wheel?
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a place to start with

euro optionals
http://www.eurooptionals.com/index.php/

VMR
http://www.velocitymotoring.com/
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