There, you said it. And yeah, daily testing didn't really work out for Branden huh? I sincerely hope Chikara or Chiquito will replace the Z for Branden... although it's not likely to happen.

 

this is true... i have a set of step lip DPE R16's on my car and after hitting a pothole... i bent the front lips, running 245/30 up front and 285/30 back

 

did the wheels cause his accident? no, the wet conditions did. Don't go changing the subject, the subject is the quality of the wheels. And we didn't say it was as good or a better quality then volks bbs and other forged or higher priced rims (nor can we prove that statement, purely based on experience). We are simply stating that they hold up in everyday daily driving conditions and for 1k a set, that is worth it to me. For the rest, it is your choice if paying 1k for a set of rims is worth it or saving up for another set.

My whole argument is the whole accident and because they shattered it takes away the integrity of the product. When the chikara wheels get damage during normal everyday driving then i'll go forward to a forged rim and agree with everything you all are saying. Until then, these 1k wheels are good for what i need right now and i'll spend the other 1-2k i saved on other mods.

 

Yeah, now it takes a good amount of force to bend a DPE lip. Not imagine hitting that same pothole with these wheels. I'd guess you'd have a pretty good chance of actually breaking these wheels if not cracking them and porb in places you would realize. Then you're driving along and hit say another pothole, donezoooo wheel shatters you crash and you got more damage to your car than if you would have just saved up and got some quality wheels where all you'd have to do it "replace" the lip. Sure **** happens to every wheel, but i'll take my wheels bending than completely shattering and potentially cause way more damage.

 

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eh man is that ur grl in the avatar? She looks like the type of asian grlz i chase over here, man u best bring her girl friends down to socali with you one day and we party it up maaaang can i get a DUUu MaAa hahahahha


Note: Its ok I bent my wheels too, bent it so bad the guy was like man i dont know how long it will take to fix this, this is not easy and not cheap, i say i pay cash and i pay now and i pay extra! Homeboy got it done in 6hrs LOL!

 

Well atleast you didnt hit a median

 

I had to have one of my Maya STM repaired from hitting a pothole. Not the best wheels but certainly not a bad brand either.

 

Not as bad as chiquito

LOL oh no



Man all this talk about chiquitos I want one now

 

So who is going out to get Chikara rims after reading all of this. LOL

 

Who ever does don't slam your car on walls please.

 

I'd rather save my 1G and roll on stickies. But if you're happy with chiquitos, that's all you brah.

 

Lol. If you get a set, let me test out the integrity with my punch. Hahaha

 

well not to drag this on but like i said this can happen to any wheel for example heres a murcielago a guy i know got in his shop and sent me pictures he found



i believe he said they were HRE's and the car has almost the same exact damage i had..... so point proven... it can happen to any wheel...

 

so these rims are cheapos like rota rims??

 

Worse than Rotas.

HRE are baller wheels, but they crack super easily. I heard there was some tracks that banned HRE wheels because it's dangerous to the owner, many European car owners told me HRE is over-rated and it is soft, they tried to buy Work Barrels from them but Work said F U. So yes HRE cracks, and breaks easily, but is it baller still? Yes. HRE Amazing at marketing and all the ballers will run their shiet until the end of time.