Originally Posted by
Grease Monkey
I get the whole real vs. fake debate, but I what I don't understand, is why people think it's baller to put $5000 wheels on a car that's worth MAYBE $1500.. I don't get how it's "status" to spend crazy money on wheels to put on a car worth 1/4 of the the "value" of the wheels.
Can someone explain?
The scene is all about the level of dope status nowadays. Take a MK2 Jetta for example. If it were stock with 150k miles on it and decent body, it could go for $1500-2000. Do a half assed vr6 swap, put some shitty knockoff coilovers and a $2000 wheel and tire setup and it is instantly dope status. Now you can sell it for 5k with wheels and 3k without just because it now has status.