a bad rim in general? could they be worse than the original wheel from 1990?.... At 200 bucks a pop, im assuing that they are a decent functional wheel. There are many differences between them im sure, but you are comparing a 800 wheel to a 200 dollar wheel, and under normal driving behaviour im sure that these differences do not warrant payin the 2000 difference...IF look is what you are going for...but thats my opinion. ;)