Thoughts on XXR wheels?

Looking at buying new wheels for my daily/auto-x car and came across these. Ive read that they are prettylow on quality but wanted to know what GRM thought.

Links? Pics? Something?

I have a set in the boxes for my Midlana. They seem ok, not the lightest or the strongest, but a good value.

http://www.xxrwheels.com/wheels.shtml

I have the 501 style

Are there really any "bad quality" wheels anymore? There are so many wheel companies out there, and I would think "modern" casting methods have improved to the point where the trade off is more weight and price than any thing that's inherently "bad" - years ago, western wheels had a rep for being badly out of balance/wobbly - not sure if there's a company out there like that anymore.

I like the look of several of the XXR wheels.

These are the ones I am looking at http://www.nlmotoring.com/XXR-537-Wheels-s/1751.htm Would get them in 16x8

I used some XXRs for a while. Street and autox use. No complaints.

OldGray320i wrote: Are there really any "bad quality" wheels anymore? There are so many wheel companies out there, and I would think "modern" casting methods have improved to the point where the trade off is more weight and price than any thing that's inherently "bad" - years ago, western wheels had a rep for being badly out of balance/wobbly - not sure if there's a company out there like that anymore. I like the look of several of the XXR wheels.

I second this. Like all the BS about Rotas being "cheap" and "breaking." I think that was all pretty much based on one photo of a rota that was destroyed on a curb shot, that went around for 10 years, lol. I have 150k miles on various Rotas on brutal roads and have yet to have one break, bend, crack, or have any other problems.

I'd bet it's the same for XXR, or Sport Edition (the Tire Rack budget brand), etc. Probably heavier than the expensive wheels, and maybe you don't want to stage-rally with them, but certainly fine for street driving. I wouldn't worry.

Thanks for all the input

JacktheRiffer wrote: These are the ones I am looking at http://www.nlmotoring.com/XXR-537-Wheels-s/1751.htm Would get them in 16x8

Funny you should mention it. I just bought a set of XXR 537 wheels from Next Level motoring for my project car. I'm very happy with the quality of them, and the price is great! Here is a picture of one of my wheels:

https://picasaweb.google.com/marktsui1975/ProjectTsuiCruiser#6065450265429220802

Had some on a Civic a couple years ago. They were heavier than a top brand wheel, but had no vibration issues and didn't do anything weird or scary under occasional autocross use. Not the thing I'd chose for a built to the max race car, but a perfectly good budget choice.

The thing that bugs me most about these wheels is the multi-lug pattern. It's just one of my pet peeves.

2002maniac wrote: The thing that bugs me most about these wheels is the multi-lug pattern. It's just one of my pet peeves.

But that helps keep the price down. You can make 4x100 and 4x114.3 for the same price and fill both markets. Think of it extra weight reduction ans the air in those holes is lighter than aluminium

I'd have a hard time not getting some Konigs instead. Roughly the same price and they seem to be higher quality.

No 5x108mm

Yeah, where's the five lug version of this thing, so I can throw a set on my Suzuki?

Owned a couple of sets. Absolutely no issues of quality or balancing. In fact I use them as track wheels for auto-x and don't even bother balancing them. Weight wise they are decent too.

irish44j wrote:

OldGray320i wrote: Are there really any "bad quality" wheels anymore? There are so many wheel companies out there, and I would think "modern" casting methods have improved to the point where the trade off is more weight and price than any thing that's inherently "bad" - years ago, western wheels had a rep for being badly out of balance/wobbly - not sure if there's a company out there like that anymore. I like the look of several of the XXR wheels.

I second this. Like all the BS about Rotas being "cheap" and "breaking." I think that was all pretty much based on one photo of a rota that was destroyed on a curb shot, that went around for 10 years, lol. I have 150k miles on various Rotas on brutal roads and have yet to have one break, bend, crack, or have any other problems. I'd bet it's the same for XXR, or Sport Edition (the Tire Rack budget brand), etc. Probably heavier than the expensive wheels, and maybe you don't want to stage-rally with them, but certainly fine for street driving. I wouldn't worry.

Whenever anyone posts that broken rota pic I post a couple of pics of destroy TE37s. I never used ROTAs but the butthurt about them seems to be that they copy other wheels more than anything. Then they just make claims they are bad quality that are unfounded

In reply to 2002maniac:

In my case that helped me. For the Midlana I needed narrow FWD high offset wheels in front, and fat RWD mid to low offset in the back. These fit both civics and silvias, so they were some of the only wheels I could find that would fit.

Minor hijack.

Where can I search for wheels by diameter, width, bolt pattern, and offset easily? Somewhere with a bit more options than summit?

I have a set of 15x8 513's (Panasport lookalikes) and have had zero problems with them. Would buy again.

Sorry to bring this back from the dead. But are we still liking XXRs?

Wondering if there was a shift in opinion in the last few years. I'm looking to get a set of these for auto cross and track. Wondering if I should save up more for some lightweight opinions.

bigdaddylee82 wrote: No 5x108mm

Are you shopping for a Ferrari or a Taurus?

At the risk of further derailing this into Rota bashing vs. Rota love, I figured I'd just add that a Rota wheel cracked on my car at the track (first set of tires on new wheels, no offs, big curbs, etc). Luckily I caught the crack in the pits before it could cause any harm to the car. They put the sharp corner of pocket in the rear face of the hub mere millimeters from the lug holes in 2 places. Stupid design flaw caused the hub to crack and I noticed it when that lug wouldn't torque down.

I've found many people Bash these wheels because they are bent that they reproduce the actual good looking legit wheels. It's usually by wheel snob hipsters that get their rocks off to wheel and fender alignment. I ain't got time to cradle someone's crutch.