I never did know a lot about the fancy rim names growing up. Maybe partially because I never could afford them. When it came time to pick out my rims I wanted a bigger better quality tire so I went with a 17” tire back in 2018. The rim of choice was an American racing VN501. A mag 500 look alike. The Nitto tires, lug nuts, rims, mount and balance and everything came to right below $1800 from Summit Racing. Fast forward today. My neighbor is fixing up a Fairlane that he invited me over to check it out. Well lo and behold he had the exact tire and rim package as mine except his were 18” I think. I said hey nice rims, just like mine. He said nope, these are Billet Specialties. I said they look identical to mine. Well they might look like yours but they are alot better. I said OK lol. He told me that he gave $4k just for the rims alone. I mean don’t get me wrong I have a pile of money in my car with some some good parts but $4k for a set of rims alone sounds crazy to me. Maybe I’ve got the GPC of rims, heck I don’t know but they look “almost” identical to mine. For the ones who don’t know what GPC stands for they were the cigarettes that used to be called Generic Priced Cigarettes. Here’s a few pics of both rims.
