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Hey guys just seeing alot of these te37 copys that are hitting ebay just wondering if anyone has bought these and found them to be any good. They have vork ravs stickers on them to get away from the copy rite a think, oppinions would be good.

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Hi John

i have TE37 replicas i bought from tyre place in brisbane.

They are magnesium and therefore extremely lightweight, but they are also very strong.

I dont know the quality of the ones on ebay, but the replica TE37s i have are great quality.

  R33_Rob said:
Hi John

i have TE37 replicas i bought from tyre place in brisbane.

They are magnesium and therefore extremely lightweight, but they are also very strong.

I dont know the quality of the ones on ebay, but the replica TE37s i have are great quality.

Magnesium hey?

excuse my cynicism, but you know that the magnesium version of TE37s are around twice the price of the standard forged aluminium TE37s?

don't be offended, but i don't think yours will be magnesium - they'll be conventional gravity cast alloy.

don't believe everything you're told, or even what it says in the casting! Taiwanese and China manufactuers will cast anything into the wheels...

  Ronin 09 said:
Magnesium hey?

excuse my cynicism, but you know that the magnesium version of TE37s are around twice the price of the standard forged aluminium TE37s?

don't be offended, but i don't think yours will be magnesium - they'll be conventional gravity cast alloy.

don't believe everything you're told, or even what it says in the casting! Taiwanese and China manufactuers will cast anything into the wheels...

fair call

the only thing that im SURE of is that they are very very light and have took an absolute beating by pot holes

  R33_Rob said:
fair call

the only thing that im SURE of is that they are very very light and have took an absolute beating by pot holes

So what exactly is considered light these days? I can pick up a TE37 in 18" which weighs just under 8kg with two fingers...that to me is light.

  R33_Rob said:
*runs outside to take stickers off*

taken them off yet man? we all know you won't take em off...Vork Ravs decals have grown on you :blink:

  Beer Baron said:
lol, Vork Ravs. now available in Mangesium. check your wheels, they probably are Mangesium, or Magnesiun etc...

hahaha...awesome call!

yeah my mate has drifteks and say they were light as. almost like when they picked up the box, it felt as if nothing was in them. i didnt really beleive they would be as light as the actual LMGT4's. i guess they use the new process with casting metal as you're talking about?

  n15m0 said:
So what exactly is considered light these days? I can pick up a TE37 in 18" which weighs just under 8kg with two fingers...that to me is light.

stock R32 GTR wheels weigh 7.3kg each. bang for buck? oh hells yeah.

  ITZTRU said:
i guess they use the new process with casting metal as you're talking about?

this revolutionary process wouldn't involve casting so that the cross section resembles an aero chocolate bar would it?

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