Opinions on these rims

[realness]

Hi,

I wanted to get some opinions on these rims. Is this a good buy? Has anyone purchased these before? If so are you satisfied with the quality? If not, Do you think they will look good on e34’s?

Here is the link

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/18-HY...30401400QQrdZ1

[angrypancake]

I was looking at them too, but $475 seems a little cheap to me. No name ACS knock offs. They would probly look good on your car, assuming they're not made of plastic.

[Incantation]

any split 5 spoke looks amazing on the e34.. and that was a cheeeap auction.. only bad thing is that the wheels were chrome .. lol

[DaCan23]

They would look like this, though mine are 17"

[SRR2]

One piece rims with fake 'screws' in them? Yecch. Not only fake screws, but pointless deadweight. All those great 'reviews' sound like they were written by the same illiterate too. Of course, this could just be my ingrained distrust of anythihng having to do with ebay talking. But seriously, if I were going to spend a bunch of money on wheels, I'd either get the real deal or at least something from a reputable supplier like TireRack.

[Qube]

Quality is suspect but yum!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...Pr4_PcY_BIN_IT

I'd rather buy from lakeshorewheelandtire

[Kalevera]

One piece rims with fake 'screws' in them? Yecch. Not only fake screws, but pointless deadweight. All those great 'reviews' sound like they were written by the same illiterate too. Of course, this could just be my ingrained distrust of anythihng having to do with ebay talking. But seriously, if I were going to spend a bunch of money on wheels, I'd either get the real deal or at least something from a reputable supplier like TireRack.

Steve, any wagers on the percentage of the "cheap **** from china" factor included with every one of those wheels?

I'm not against buying cheap wheels. It's a fine thing to do. But when one of them bends, it's good to know that you can call up tirerack and get another for $70, versus pitching the whole set.

[pundit]

Steve, any wagers on the percentage of the "cheap **** from china" factor included with every one of those wheels?

I'm not against buying cheap wheels. It's a fine thing to do. But when one of them bends, it's good to know that you can call up tirerack and get another for $70, versus pitching the whole set.

In most cases replacing the stock basketweaves with cheap aftermarket wheels is a backward step in both strength and unsprung weight.
As for the fake screws?... well I guess some think they're cool.
Then there's those fake Brembo caliper covers...

[Alexlind123]

And the fake disc brakes

[pundit]

And the fake disc brakes

Here's a set of Brembo Caliper Covers

I've seen some of those fake crossdrilled disc rotor covers!