Things I think I know about both products, putting them out there for public verification.
In my mind, I believe the Braid to be higher quality, but let us discuss the differences:
Braid: Semiforged two piece wheel: Made in Spain, 9X15 weight according to the PCA video I just watched was 14lbs. My own personal inspection is that the paint finish is superior to maxilite.
Maxilite: I own a set of 7X15 *49ET. Single Cast aluminum, made in China? by a Swiss? company.
ebay official sells wheel from a warehouse location in Florida. Customer service is good, but communications between the main guy in Europe to the Florida warehouse to the end user is abysmal. I ordered a set of deep 6 and flat 6 arrived. The wheels also came in a wheel box, but that wheel box was loose inside a huge box with nothing else in it. The bowling ball in a box effect occurred and though the wheels arrived safe, the outer shipping boxes were in pieces. A bit disconcerting. Like the Florida warehouse doesn't have outer boxes that fit? No problem to refund, but it just wasted weeks of my time. Alternatively there are 3rd party dealers that can do better.
Back to the wheel, the Maxilite has a machined lip. This means it doesn't look like a real Fuchs when you are less than 3 feet away. The black paint is fine. I ended up stripping the wheels and powder coating them, so the lip finish didn't matter. The Maxilite are coated with a thick plasticy protective layer.
My buddy has a set of 9 and 11 RSR finish Braids. The finish is high quality. Picking up and holding the wheel it feels light and well made.
I think the wheel fits the occasion. I might go with a Braid on a nicer build. For everyday street build, nothing wrong with a Maxilite
Maxilite
Maxilite flat 6
Hard to tell from this angle but the Flat 6 that Maxilite shipped me instead of a Deep 6, wheel box inside a box roughly twice it's size with zero packing material. Laughable packing.
