Unbranded Chinese replica wheels
- Thread starter Pondrew
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There's been rep wheels produced for 25 years. Are they worse than ever they were? I had a set of E36 M3 knock offs many years ago and they were fine.
No idea what they're like these days but considering that various BMW wheels aren't well regarded for longevity, I don't think I'd be worried as long as they went thru balancing without a tonne of lead attached to them.
No idea what they're like these days but considering that various BMW wheels aren't well regarded for longevity, I don't think I'd be worried as long as they went thru balancing without a tonne of lead attached to them.
smorris_12 said:
That's my thinking. So many "BMW" wheels are terrible quality, I don't see any advantage in spending the extra thousands. BMW don't make wheels anyway, they are all out-sourced.
I have been doing quite a bit of research. It looks like CM Wheels own several 'brands' of wheels. I presume they import Chinese unbranded wheels, then market them as 'branded'. It's the perceived quality and obviously higher price that I am wary of. Difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff nowadays.
It worked for Alan Sugar and the like, so why not?
:wink:Veemans are great quality and usually reasonably priced 
Very shiny there, Sir!IRD said:
I have looked at BM Autosport but they don't have anything that really floats my boat. Same with CM wheels, they used to sell the wheels I want but not anymore. Only people selling through eBay have them, which also makes me a bit dubious.
When I was involved in sourcing parts / placing manufacturing in China there was for most products at least 3 levels of what appeared to be the same product….a version that was on par with something you would expect to see from Germany / Japan… a middle level analogous to a rust belt built product and a third version that was not expected to be used frequently and/or to an exacting level..
The problem with an eBay type purchase you don’t know whether you are getting a level 2 or level 3 product…
Having said that the technology behind wheels is not particularly revolutionary and s long as they err on the side of more metal then they are probably ok…
Personally hammering around a bumpy corner with potholes at high speed in a no name product doesn’t fill me with joy…
The problem with an eBay type purchase you don’t know whether you are getting a level 2 or level 3 product…
Having said that the technology behind wheels is not particularly revolutionary and s long as they err on the side of more metal then they are probably ok…
Personally hammering around a bumpy corner with potholes at high speed in a no name product doesn’t fill me with joy…
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B21 said:
Me neither, Peter, especially as I'm looking at 20" with lower profile tyres. And there in lies my quandary. BUT are the 'so-called' branded items with brand names no-one has ever heard of any better?
Another side problem I am having is finding matching front and rear tyres of the sizes I need. 235/35/20 and 275/30/20. I have found only PS4S come in both those sizes so far. And the cost is over £1,100 for the 4!!
