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      07-06-2005, 12:02 AM   #1
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How to know if wheels are BMW original?

Hi,

This is my first car, so I am not too experienced. I want to get a set of wheels but I want them to be BMW originals. I went to ebay and found these : http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=43960

How can I tell if they are BMW origianls and not aftermarkets with a BMW logo? Any guidlines on how to tell if wheels are BMW's ?

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      07-06-2005, 04:18 AM   #2
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Well, those are not original BMW wheels, a few ways to tell:

1) BMW doesnt make a rim that looks like that

2) The auction description says B-Spirit STYLE RIMS. Whenever an ebay auction says "style" that means its a replica of something. In this case its a replica of B-Sprit, which is the Breyton-Spirit wheels... So these are replias of the Breyton Spirit wheels, not any BMW wheels.
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      07-08-2005, 01:11 AM   #3
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Wow...thanks. I was way off. Thats what I guessed from the price. Thank you very much for your help!

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      07-08-2005, 06:24 AM   #4
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They look great, I wonder what the shipping to Finland might cost?
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      07-08-2005, 07:01 AM   #5
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There are not many after maket wheels for E90 , nobody seem to have any in UK except BMW themselve, I end up buying the rims from BMW and get the tyres somewhere else.

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Looks great! May I ask how much you paid for the rims?
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      07-09-2005, 05:33 AM   #7
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I don't know about Phillip but the dealer was charging me 1500 on a trade for my 162s
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That's quite much, but dealers don't usually pay much when you want to trade wheels.
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