I don’t need to know what goes into a computer to make it twice is fast, I just need to know that it’s faster, which is measurable for the price difference.
If one car has double the horsepower of another one, I don’t care how I just know that that I get double the power for the money.
What measurable difference do these wheels get for the price increase?
If it’s such night and day difference between the two, surely there must be some clear, measurable difference. Half as light? Double better looking? Twice the gold shine? Better nutswinger crowd? Faster? Street cred?
However if the only difference that will be observed in the real world is that CCW was blessed by Shaolin monk on top of Fiji mountain, no thanks I’ll pick the cheaper option and replace it if need be.
I’m not arguing that CCW isn’t a better wheel, it is. But price spike justifiably better? I don’t think so. You rarely see two products so similar have such a price difference without a clear cut difference such as ball bearing turbo vs journal or like.
Edit: yes, seriously.