ASA wheels

[ic3wall]

Hi guys,

Im about to buy new wheels for the summer and im really interested by the ASA AR1... what is you opinion about ASA in general. I have been told they are cheap wheels and easy to break, does anybody have experience with this brand ? My first choice of wheels was RS4 replicas (similar to celebration wheels) but now I don't know what model I should go with !

You comments are really appreciated.

[Stampy]

I believe ASA is a BBS owned brand if I remember correctly. I have had them bend kinda easy on me before. Overall though, they kept up well and the paint lasted.

[Stampy]

Scratch that....I was wrong.

" In 1990, ASA the new subsidiary of HANKOOK Tire Co., Ltd who was ranked No. 10 world wide in tire industry with 50 years of manufacturing experience started its quality alloy wheel business under technical cooperation agreement with BBS Germany, a world-renowned quality manufacturer.
Thanks to this agreement ASA was able to get the most modernized facility suggested by BBS Germany.
In March 1992, the company began production of alloy wheels at its newly built plant equipped with automated facilities and warehouses assuring the best quality and right delivery to customers all over the world. The quality standard was established by ASA's engineers to reach that of BBS.
In October 1994, ISO 9001 was awarded to ASA which certifies the best quality control, development, production and service system. It was renewed in 1997. QS 9000, the highest quality management standardin automobile industry originated by American big 3 car manufacturers was awarded to ASA in 1999. "

^the ASA story found here
http://www.asaalloywheel.com/company/overview.html

[Seerlah]

Check out this link and scroll down to see what happens to ASA wheels in an accident. Just to give you an idea if you were to hit a bad pot hole. Either way, the wheels would be done for, but you get an idea of the strength of the rim. Just make sure whatever wheels you choose, to get aftermarket suspension. Peace!

[maxspeed]

i have ASA JS5's, theyre not bad, but bent pretty easily, but what else can you expect from an 18 with a thin tire on new england roads?

[TH85]

i got asa ar2's and like them a lot

[ic3wall]

Are they better than Replica in terms of quality ?

(I'm gonna go with 17" by the way)

[audiFUEGO]

I have 17x8 ASA ar1 and the hold up fine... Just put some beefy tires on them

[maxspeed]

i turned one of my js5's into a triangle hitting a waterfilled pothole at about 80mph.

[Ian90]

They look amazing on the car and the lip makes the whole car look different and really mean. i just put 17" black asa ar1 rims on my b5 a4 and they look hot

[SurferForever]

FTW (Except for the bad res)