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WTB good M5 wheel replicas in the UK

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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 01:42 PM
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Thats right, in the UK please

Looking on ebay, there are a few staggered sets but they are 8j wide front and 9j wide rear. Surely they should be 8.5 and 9.5 if they're decent?

Where did you guys get yours from? And what do you think of the quality?

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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 02:01 PM
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Ebay. The quality is ok... they are about 60% identical to OEM.

You get what you pay for. I havent heard anything bad about them though.
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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Personally id stick to the OEM's buddy, they are miles better, you could be looking at problems down the line with buckled wheels as they are not as strong!!
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Rislar' post='966761' date='Aug 5 2009, 11:27 PM
Personally id stick to the OEM's buddy, they are miles better, you could be looking at problems down the line with buckled wheels as they are not as strong!!
+1 on what Rislar said,i'm very glad I bought some OEM M5 alloy's off ebay and they have been perfect,and they were a lot lighter than my original 18" MV2's(wuth runflat's),i've alway's stuck to buying original's.
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Rislar' post='966761' date='Aug 5 2009, 06:27 PM
Personally id stick to the OEM's buddy, they are miles better, you could be looking at problems down the line with buckled wheels as they are not as strong!!
OEM is good, but at the moment OVERPRICED! They have since gone up in value, so if you're on a budget for replica wheels, these arent half bad... I havent heard anything bad about them besides their authenticity and comparisons "look-wise" to the original. They are not as concave as OEM, in fact they are only 60% identical as I stated before.
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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I think replicas have gotten tot he point that visually they are near identical, but in terms of actual quality they arent there yet and I would expect to bend them at some point in the life of the car
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