Jambers

I've heard (not investigated it) that there is a major issue in the states with cracked rims. Is this true and is it a real widespread problem?

I can only put it down to the hardness and overfilling of RFT's, combined with jarring due to potholes and concreted slabbed sections of ground pretending to be a Highway...or the shoddy roads in the UK...

If you Google it there are some forum's where this has been talked a lot on.

antconsig

I think mine experience is probably attributed to the fact they are replica's and are probably cheap ones at that. I love the look of the rims on the car, especially compared to the stock wheels which are on it now, and before the weather breaks over here I want to decide and get the new wheels on it now. Any other suggestions for nice wheels for a monaco blue e60 that perhaps someone can share some pics of? I have no suspension mods so I'd like to keep to 19 inches if possible and I dont' want to have to deal with rubbing, etc. I like the look of the bigger lip wheels as well.

jskovatha

I'm running Bridgestone Blizzak RFTs and cracked my rear OEM 123. Had it repaired and cracked it again. I gave up and bought a new 123. Guess what? I bent the new one two weeks later

In total this year, I've bent 4 rims. I still feel a vibration in the back so I'm guessing my left rear wheel is also bent. The Chicago area is one of the worse places as far as potholes. I'm going to toss all my wheels in the garbage can. Having them repaired is starting to exceed the wheel's value.

fraseman999

Hi Folks,
I consider myself an expert on cracked and bent wheels because in the last 2 years i have wrecked no less than 8 alloy wheels. All destroyed with good deep Scottish potholes.
Now my last 530d had 18" wheels on it and i lost two rears, these were 275 wide rears and the wheels were split in half all the way around the circumference.
Eventually i changed my 18" for 16" and hit as many potholes but too much rubber to cause any damage. However, the car never looked as good.
Now i have a 535d sport and it would be criminal to change my 18" to 16", it would really look crap. I have had 4 damaged and repaired at a cost of ?50-?80 per wheel.
Now for the guys who are looking to buy the replica wheels. The guy who repairs them has said that the replicas and particularly the chinese replicas are so bad that when you weld them they just disintegrate. They are so soft that they are nearly impossible to repair.
So stick to oem.

cheers

nigxdoof

Sorry to hear you cracked your wheels that many times. =/ I live in Queens and the roads are pretty bad too. I travel to the city and on the BQE a lot and i slow down on big potholes or any bumps. I pretty much cause traffic. But that's the only way to drive with 19 inch wheels or bigger.

I'm so lucky that nothing has happened to me yet in NYC with my 20's... Let's pray it doesn't or i'll cry.


I say, get rid of the replicas and get OEM if you want the same look.
Good luck man.

mikeg3tsguap

yes of course you could they are only tires lol

antconsig

Just checking because out here a lot of tire places won't mount/balance a tire off another wheel so I didn't want to assume and then be out of luck. I'm looking at a set of 19 off-set Beyren's but I need to do some more research on the quality.

pinguhk

I had my 19" ACS reps for over 4 years and touch wood it has been good.
for me if there a crack on the rim, I just get a new 1 it cheap.

v_therussian

I cracked ond of my stock 18s a little while ago and had it repaired. So far, it has been about two months and no problems. My guy is in queens - Astoria, to be exact - if you want to PM me for the number. It cost me 190 with tax, balancing, mounting and all that, so compared to buying a new rim its cheaper.

Though I have a suspicion that RFTs actually don't help when it comes to cracking rims (the tires will be fine, but the rim may crack in a big pothole), I would definitely join the countless people who told you to get OEM - just better quality build, no matter how you look at it. Try to look around for a good used set - you can probably find a set of OEMs used for about what it would cost to get a new rep set: stay on top of ebay and classifieds. I remember, back when I had my Audi, I once bought a set of four stock rims with Michelin tires (I used those tires for more than a year!!! so they were in great shape) for $100 (!!!). So its just a matter of persistence, I think...

anyway, GL man

antconsig

Thanks. I'll keep looking around for a deal or perhaps if anyone wants to suggest anything other than OEM M5's for my Monaco Blue E60 I would greatly appreciate it. Looking for 19's possible something with a lip/deeper dish.