[Z06] TSW Wheels?
Le Mans Master
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Le Mans Master
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The Crays are actually in the TSW catalog. 
TSWs are not "very light", though. They are just one-piece cast wheels made in China. For Chinese wheels, they are pretty good quality. The finishing processes seem to be better than other Chinese stuff. All the ones I have seen have no clearcoat bubbles, etc. My Crays look very nice up close.
TSWs are not "very light", though. They are just one-piece cast wheels made in China. For Chinese wheels, they are pretty good quality. The finishing processes seem to be better than other Chinese stuff. All the ones I have seen have no clearcoat bubbles, etc. My Crays look very nice up close.
Melting Slicks
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Those are completely different wheels from completely different molds. They ARE made by the same company, but if you look at the spoke thickness, spoke openings near the hub, and the angle of concave, you can tell that the mold that made one wheel could possibly have made the other.
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Drifting
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I am more or less talking about the nurburgring ones.... not the cray look a likes.
Basically I am looking for a good looking wheel, that works with silver, and is light. I do not like black wheels.
Basically I am looking for a good looking wheel, that works with silver, and is light. I do not like black wheels.
Le Mans Master
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They ARE made by the same company
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Melting Slicks
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My mistake. I've seen far too many people mistake different wheels from different manufacturers for the same wheel on the internet.
Le Mans Master
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Agreed. And there are only so many different designs that can possibly be made---eventually, many will indeed look the same! Think about the simple thin 5-spoke designs. Geezus, like 25 companies make a wheel that looks the same. LOL
Safety Car
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I have a set of the Interlagos that are in the same rotary forged series as the Nurburgrings. They are light, good quality, and they are priced well. I wouldn't hesitate to buy them again if I needed another set.
Picture, since you asked.
Picture, since you asked.
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Drifting
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I like those on your Z. I wonder how they would look on a Machine Silver one. Hmmm
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Race Director
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I also have TSW Interlagos and I've been happy with them. They are hard to beat for the price. I have 18 x 9 and 18 x 10.5. I'll dig around and post a photo.
here is a bad mobile phone pic
Rick
here is a bad mobile phone pic
Rick
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Intermediate
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Just got a set of TSW Nurburgring's in Matte gunmetal 18x9 and 18x10.5
They're not as shiny as the iPhone flash makes them look. More pics to follow once I get them mounted/installed.
They're not as shiny as the iPhone flash makes them look. More pics to follow once I get them mounted/installed.
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first thing i did was paint them a real basecoat clearcoat.
stock tsw paint is really crappy. it's single stage matte
if i had any color but a black car i probably would have went a bit darker. i just did this to offset the black a bit
stock tsw paint is really crappy. it's single stage matte
if i had any color but a black car i probably would have went a bit darker. i just did this to offset the black a bit
Instructor
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OP, I'd follow the look of Latterlon's car if I were you. He painted his wheels comp gray and his car looks amazing!
