Seemingly, many people are confused or don’t know exactly what a step lip is. The step lip is seen amongst many genres including on VIP style cars and Euro/DTM style cars. Think of it as basically two lip’s on a single wheel. Normally wheels have a smooth flat lip all the way through the barrel […]

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In case you didn’t get the news the last time around and you haven’t read the ROTArded Wheels article, I was surfing the MY350Z.com forums and came across some more pictures of ROTA’s that just went wrong. It’s kinda funny that I’m seeing a pattern of the Rota wheels cracking in places where it […]

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Germany–Deutschland. Germany–exotic cars. Germany–home of the autobahn. Germany–the land of ideas.
Why is it that the Germans have some crazy nice cars, and also ones that make you wonder just what the hell is going on? Well, I was doing some digging around on some forums and I came across the topic of poke and stretch. […]

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Here we go again…
A buddy of mine who works at a highly regarded shop specializing in the VIP trend read my “Ugly ass wheels” post and reminded me about R1 Racing Wheels. If you don’t know, these guys have been around since 2000 (or so) and are masters at the knockoff game. A majority– if […]

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HAHA- I’m sure a lot of people think it and don’t say anything. But there sure are some ugly products out there. YES, Importfactor.com will be the source for the follies and fumbles of the “tuner” industry. We’ll randomly post up products which we think are the worst designed products offered to the tuner demographic […]

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I got an email from someone (I think Phillip) over at Mackin Industries a while ago regarding some knockoff Volks. So I thought, why not just go ahead and post up the contents of the email here.
WARNING: Be prepared to LOL!

Look closely…it read what the decals say. Still don’t see it? VOLK RAVS? WTF!
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I truely do give it up to AC Schnitzer for handling their business. Check this out, they are hardcore!
No, “wheel tossing” is not the latest sports trend sweeping Germany. It’s the management team at AC Schnitzer having a great time disposing of cheap and unsafe copies of AC Schnitzer wheels in their campaign to end […]

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For the millions and millions of knockoff fans out there, I suggest you read below. Recently, Chris from Speed Alliance sat down with Jim from Work Wheels to break down what are the possible hazards of purchasing knockoff..KNOCKOFF Wheels.
Jim broke down key elements to why and how knockoff wheels are not the best alternative for […]

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Radiusing a fender is basically a general term used to describe cutting the fender opening, usually enlarging the diameter in order to accommodate and “frame” larger wheels. Hot rod guys do it all the time because a lot of them are running crazy size wheels/tires (especially in the back). Also because it’s the only way […]

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