I saw this at a local tyre shop earlier today. It looks like I have stumbled on the now classic 15 inch Enkei RP01 alloy wheel here. I thought that this would be a good replacement to the tired looking wheels that are on the Proton Wira I maintain. Of course, upon closer examination you can make out that they are ENKIE and not ENKEI. The genuine RP01 had the words ENKEI at the same spot as this set of wheels.
Copyright issues most likely. The wheel may have come from a factory in Taiwan that manufactures decent alloys but since this Enkei pattern is in demand, why the heck not.
And to answer your question. No. Enkei is no longer producing the RP01 anymore. Buy this replica instead if you dare. And be ridiculed by motorheads that actually know the brand well.
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Wheel repair in many areas has been saturated with many companies claiming that they can fix any wheel. But the truth is that many of them are "fly by the night" companies with a sledgehammer and a torch. This is not the proper way to fix any wheel. Some can make the wheel unsafe by not properly applying consistent pressures in a specific way with an exact heat. They stress crack the wheel beyond safety standards and call it a repaired wheel. But you could be jeopardizing your safety and that of your family by using someone without proper experience.
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