Has Anyone Purchased These Replica OEM 550 Wheels
02-22-2011, 03:41 PM
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be sure to follow-up with some high quality pics...172s are my favorite style of wheel. i like the color combo of these with the silver matched with a polished face. my E60 545i is graphite gray and i think i might order a set of these as well...id love to see how they turn out...
02-22-2011, 06:21 PM
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They definitely look good... and the price looks even better, IMO!
Would love to hear more about your experiences with these wheels/vendor, as I want to get (same as 'soulcontroller') the M6 Reps for my E60... and I want them really bad!!
My two cents abouts Replicas:
From what I've read/heard so far, it seems to be pretty much a hit or miss thing... You can easily find lots of posts on this forum that complain about -what seems to be- major quality issues with BMW OEM wheels lately. I myself have been driving OEMs on both my Beamers (E46... RIP... and now E60) for more than 5 years, and I had one bent rim only. Guess I got lucky, especially considering the lousy, pot-hole infested roads in Chicagoland.
I have recently purchased a set of Elbrus I04 (a real steal!) for my winter tires, and they are doing just fine thus far - even though they cost just a fraction of the OEMs. They may not be Replicas, but they sure are not "high quality" rims either. They just "work", and really look awesome on top of it.
I will definitely try the M6 Reps next, for my summer setup, but I don't know (yet) if I should buy the Miro's, or the "no-name" brand instead. Kinda looks all the same to me, and I bet they manufacture/source their stuff from China, too... even though Miro - or so I hope - would stand for better quality (?) Who really knows....
Please keep us posted, SoCAL545!!
Would love to hear more about your experiences with these wheels/vendor, as I want to get (same as 'soulcontroller') the M6 Reps for my E60... and I want them really bad!!
My two cents abouts Replicas:
From what I've read/heard so far, it seems to be pretty much a hit or miss thing... You can easily find lots of posts on this forum that complain about -what seems to be- major quality issues with BMW OEM wheels lately. I myself have been driving OEMs on both my Beamers (E46... RIP... and now E60) for more than 5 years, and I had one bent rim only. Guess I got lucky, especially considering the lousy, pot-hole infested roads in Chicagoland.
I have recently purchased a set of Elbrus I04 (a real steal!) for my winter tires, and they are doing just fine thus far - even though they cost just a fraction of the OEMs. They may not be Replicas, but they sure are not "high quality" rims either. They just "work", and really look awesome on top of it.
I will definitely try the M6 Reps next, for my summer setup, but I don't know (yet) if I should buy the Miro's, or the "no-name" brand instead. Kinda looks all the same to me, and I bet they manufacture/source their stuff from China, too... even though Miro - or so I hope - would stand for better quality (?) Who really knows....
Please keep us posted, SoCAL545!!
02-23-2011, 05:27 AM
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I'm mucho afraid of reps, plain and simple.. never, ever again.. I hope they are a-okay.. Finish, quality, strength are all factors in purchasing wheels. Maybe he lucked out? lol.. Time will tell.. Good luck though, as for cleaning them get a sponge and use it sideways, cut off the scrubby part cause its a stiffer sponge.. (im a 172 expert, lol) I charge for any more info too.. 
02-23-2011, 05:28 AM
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They definitely look good... and the price looks even better, IMO!
Would love to hear more about your experiences with these wheels/vendor, as I want to get (same as 'soulcontroller') the M6 Reps for my E60... and I want them really bad!!
My two cents abouts Replicas:
From what I've read/heard so far, it seems to be pretty much a hit or miss thing... You can easily find lots of posts on this forum that complain about -what seems to be- major quality issues with BMW OEM wheels lately. I myself have been driving OEMs on both my Beamers (E46... RIP... and now E60) for more than 5 years, and I had one bent rim only. Guess I got lucky, especially considering the lousy, pot-hole infested roads in Chicagoland.
I have recently purchased a set of Elbrus I04 (a real steal!) for my winter tires, and they are doing just fine thus far - even though they cost just a fraction of the OEMs. They may not be Replicas, but they sure are not "high quality" rims either. They just "work", and really look awesome on top of it.
I will definitely try the M6 Reps next, for my summer setup, but I don't know (yet) if I should buy the Miro's, or the "no-name" brand instead. Kinda looks all the same to me, and I bet they manufacture/source their stuff from China, too... even though Miro - or so I hope - would stand for better quality (?) Who really knows....
Please keep us posted, SoCAL545!!
Would love to hear more about your experiences with these wheels/vendor, as I want to get (same as 'soulcontroller') the M6 Reps for my E60... and I want them really bad!!
My two cents abouts Replicas:
From what I've read/heard so far, it seems to be pretty much a hit or miss thing... You can easily find lots of posts on this forum that complain about -what seems to be- major quality issues with BMW OEM wheels lately. I myself have been driving OEMs on both my Beamers (E46... RIP... and now E60) for more than 5 years, and I had one bent rim only. Guess I got lucky, especially considering the lousy, pot-hole infested roads in Chicagoland.
I have recently purchased a set of Elbrus I04 (a real steal!) for my winter tires, and they are doing just fine thus far - even though they cost just a fraction of the OEMs. They may not be Replicas, but they sure are not "high quality" rims either. They just "work", and really look awesome on top of it.
I will definitely try the M6 Reps next, for my summer setup, but I don't know (yet) if I should buy the Miro's, or the "no-name" brand instead. Kinda looks all the same to me, and I bet they manufacture/source their stuff from China, too... even though Miro - or so I hope - would stand for better quality (?) Who really knows....
Please keep us posted, SoCAL545!!
02-23-2011, 03:52 PM
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02-23-2011, 04:55 PM
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