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Originally Posted by peterpjb
a magnesium wheel is a real magnesium wheel even when it is produced in 2017 and a magnesium lookalike coated wheel is a magnesium fake wheel even when it was produced in 1965.. 
the fact that most cars don't have a sixties vin isn't any excuse to fake anything on the cars...
just my 2¢ |
I'm all for originality, but not when it entails prohibitive cost.
Besides the rapid rate of corrosion, Magnesium wheels also have another detractor versus aluminum wheels- They are more brittle, and more likely to crack or break when hitting a curb, etc...
Not to mention the possibility of them going up in flames (and taking the car with them) if you should suffer a blowout at highway speed, and the wheel starts sparking against the pavement...
Just like 5-lug hubs are statistically safer than knockoffs for guys who drive real highway miles on their cars, so too are aluminum wheels statistically better than magnesium.
just my 2 cents