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LOOK LIKE SLIPSTREAMS TO ME

 

Rotas. The easy way to tell is that the lip on Spoons is a flat edge. On Rotas it has a radius to it.

spoon - flat lip


rota - radius lip

 

They are my buddies wheels, just wanted to see if we could fool anyone. He had them repowdercoated to the spoon specs. Good try though right? :p

 

You are 100% wrong. The flat lip is because they are 16 inch. The 15 inch real and fake wheels both have a very similar design.

 

 

x2 that's lame

 

Who cares, just get slipstreams. I dont care if my rims are fake, as long as they do the job there suppose to

 

im all for fake rims on a dd no need to destroy high dollar rims on a daily

 

if you are a good driver there should be no problems.....

 

qft

 

Slips.Real spoons don't have the extra lug holes I believe.

 

The 15" SW388's have the reliefs in between the lug holes, same as the Slipstreams.

 

This is correct.


Yes, and some 15'' replicas in 5x114 do not have the reliefs.

 

oops sorry.

 

so theres SW388 and Slipstreams and i noticed DRAG DR23 has that same style too.

 

Then there's Nippon Racing, Konig, Speedy Wheels, and SSK Wheels' knock-offs as well.

 

how bout these? real or fake?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62032926@N07/7560187132/

 

Those look legitimate from the picture... but its not a great picture (if I'm honest).

 

The easiest way to tell a 15" sw388 or Rega from a slipstream is the groove on the side of the spokes. Rotas don't have it.

16" Regas and 15" final versions do not have the relief holes in the hub, and there are actually two different styles of relief holes on the older 15"s.

 

Dude wants to trade those for my volks, my volks are super clean and i have the center caps. His look faded but are still clean and he has new tires.

 

Well, the coating on the SW388's has always been a satin/flat black. If you drive on them at all, they're going to look faded. Also, for clarification, SW388's didn't come with center caps.

 

i know, i was saying that i have center caps, the expensive ones

 

That isn't always the case. My buddy had slips on his beater and they had the groove on the spokes. Without looking at the hub, the only difference was the valve stems and the finish. I would still rely on the Made in Russia stamp because I've never seen someone try to fake that.

 

Damn, thanks buddy, never knew that. So if it's on the car, it's going to be hard to tell.