# Plastic Rims?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plastic-rims/31357>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [June 23, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plastic-rims/31357 "2007-06-23T06:22:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plastic-rims/31357/14 "2007-06-23T18:53:12Z")

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[quote=“jOHn10,post:13,topic:31357"”]

will be stupid expensive compared to magnesium, aluminum, etc…

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I agree with the intial R&D…but you eliminate everything that makes current mag/aluminum wheels expensive when they are made light-weight.

i.e… you don’t have any final machining/balancing as you do following the forging/casting process of mag/aluminum

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