How can you tell a fake set of wheels from the real deal? I am looking into buying a used set of RH CP035's but I found that there are Konig Subzero's that look identical. How can I be sure that it's the real thing? Tires are already mounted on them so weighing them might not tell the tale. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Thanks

 

look at the castings on the inside of the rim, the manufacturer should have thier name cast into the rim. If it does'nt say racing hart or RH or something like that then they are copies. If it says rota, not to fret offer the person like 350 for the set. Rota makes awsome wheels.

 

Both companies make good wheels so it really comes down to which brand you want. The Sub-zero's will be a bit cheaper and maybe even heavier but not that much heavier, maybe a lb or so. I would take either model wheel in a heartbeat.

 

the racing harts are light as hell and the rh's are heavy and NO THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING! they are 2 differant companies... racing hart makes the lightweight cp-035 and rh makes the cp-35... see the differance?

 

yeah remember the CP035 and CP35 and SubZero can be mistaken easily..
Within this design/look/style of wheel...
there are Forged versions, semi-solid forged version and cast versions.
these are - superlightweight racing wheel, light racing wheel, light wheel.

my description sucks, but remember that there are two versions of the racinghart/rh wheel, one is *super light* the other is still light but not nearly as expensive or light.
this semisolid forging is the lightest of the light if I remember correctly... look for that in the back of the wheels if possible.
then there are the Rotas.. nice, light but still no racing hart quality goodness... no hard feelings to Rota, I love my Rotas a lot.

 

Yeah I remember a thread talking about the difference between RH and Racing Hart.