EBAY Ferrari RIMS Highline wheels

The "Highline Wheels" company has a very poor reputation on this site. I'll give you a +1 on the photos being clear. Goodluck getting it worked out. I'll have a better response in about 5 min......
J/K
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Thanks. That's worth knowing.

 

powder coat em.

 

Too bad you didn't search here first - there are several threads about these guys and there business practices. Several cases have been filed thru the BBB of Florida..

 

+1 while your at it, do those glitter calipers too

 

Sorry to hear about your experience with these losers. Schmucks like this deserve to be shut down! Nothing upsets you more than parting with your hard earned money to buy products that the seller does not supply great service with or totally screws you around like in this case. A shame really!

 

i guess I will go after these guys next!!!!!!!!!

 

worse case scenario---you can remove the clear coat and have them buffed out - I used to do that with the old 10 hole mustang rims for guys!!

 

LOL!!!

 

Give them a clubbing behind the ears for me too please!!

 

Well Chinese made wheels for that price aren't going to be awesome quality and with the small profit margins they have involved they couldn't stay in business helping the customer out when things go wrong with them. Hence the reason I stick to namebrand for personal use and selling.

Either way sorry to hear about your situation hope you work something out.

 

Cool pictures! That looks to me like a textbook case of filiform corrosion. Commonly happens underneath coatings. I've seen great examples at the gym where they have these steel racks that were clear coated. Being steel those 'worm trails' are red...but in your case aluminum corrosion products would leave a white trail. Likely will keep getting worse, only solution is to strip and recoat.

 

Sorry to hear about your predicament.

On a somewhat unrelated topic, how are the Toyo T-1R's working out on the 348? Like 'em? Loathe 'em?

 

Remove wheels, throw in garbage where they belong.

 

Funny you posted this today. I was down in Miami at Highline Wheels in the morning, working with the owner of the company. I have purchased a set of Highline wheels from a guy with a 360 Modena. I purchased practically new wheels and tires for the price of a set of tires. I felt that this was less of a risk to buy these almost new rims and tires for less. I will be going back again to properly fit the rims with the correct spacers later this week.

I know the reputation these guys have. Being that I am local to the Miami area, I can go back in person to complain. I figure, you pay for what you get, so I don't expect too much from the wheels - just the look I am searching for. I know that these wheels can not be perfect but I will soon find out how they handle in time and whether it is worth it to purchase additional sets in the future. I will let the guys here know of my experiences with these wheels and post pics of the wheels as well.

I have seen expensive forged wheels have problems with clear coats. The difference is the company paid to have them resprayed for the customer.

Sorry to hear your situation and I may soon experience the same problem. Will post pics soon.

 

The clearcoat thing is a symptom of poor quality. As is the owner's response to your problem. Cheap wheels like these are dangerous.

Anyone want some bargain priced chinese helicopter blades or airplane wings?

 

By the way, I'm not blaming the people who have bought these, but warning those who might be considering cheap wheels to SAVE MONEY ELSEWHERE. If they break, it's going to be at the WORST time.

 

I've seen those wheels on e-bay and they look great but for the price this isn't surprising.

I've had this happen on wheels before and what i did was mask off the bad area and put gel type paint remover on the bad area and then just use mothers or metal madness or wenol on the metal itself.

 

The guy would be less sleazy if he simply said that he sold cheap wheels "As is" rather than even pretended to warranty anything. Come on, blaming the customer for "using the wrong cleaner" is just lame...why paint yourself as a liar?!

He should man-up and tell people that there is no warranty. Bargain hunters would still buy his wheels (and probably wouldn't track him down since they knew upfront that there was no warranty).

Instead, he lies, hides, schemes, all with the same result of giving no warranty.

Just be up front about it! The guy acts as though he's done prison time, when simply acting as adult would accomplish the same no warranty result while preserving his character.

Telling.

 

Exactly, threads like this hurt business much more than telling your customers that there is no warranty buying the wheels. I still can't believe people are paying this much for crap wheels, I understand this being done among cars like Civics and whatnot but I find it funny that somebody who buys the greatest automobile brand on earth is going to resort on skimping on a set of wheels to save $1-2k. Don't take it personal if you own these wheels, I bought a set of cheap wheels in the past when I was ignorant and learned my lesson when they bent and caused my tire to pop at 90mph. I would have felt stupid if I ended up in a wheelchair or dead because I skimped on wheels and the fact that he's owned 10-12 wheel companies should scare any future buyers.

STAY AWAY FROM CHEAP WHEELS! If you want to save money there are cheaper quality brands than HRE and I-Forged but don't resort to these! I would give you a competitors phone # that offers a quality brand I don't rather than sell you these wheels, and I hope that's worth something.

 

I have a 2000 Modena Coupe with 10k. The tires are stock Michelin and need to be replaced as they are 6 years old. Since I'm replacing rubber thot it was worth replacing wheels with something more distinctive. Obviously eBay is not the way to go (with Highline, Porschetechs etc.). Of course being in Canada doesn't help either.

Any ideas? MVP..you sell to us Canucks?

 

Bought 4 AMG wheels for my wifes S430 from Highline and have had to have two welded due to cracking. The wheels are just over a year old. Would never put anything but original parts on my Ferrari (except 348 conversion kit). Called the owner of highline who basically laughed in my face. Seeing this posts I was not aware how much of a piece of sh*t he is. Will be talking with the attorney generals office in Tallahassee after Christmas.

 

Thanks for all the information in this thread I was debating on buying wheels from them for my 355 and after reading this I will not do so. I have always wents with HRE and never had any issues...indeed HRE wheels are expensive but you pay for quality. My last set was on my 996 Turbo and I loved them and I have hit some really scary potholes up north with the HRE's and no issues. I think that this thread should be emailed to the owner of the company, but based on what I am hearing he seems like he would give a @#$^ less!