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Originally Posted by X5only
I'm really looking for X5 style 87 OEM but came across these chrome version for $500. I'm not interested in them as I don't like chrome but I'm curious if these are really OEM as seller claims. Saw them in craigslist Seattle. Here you go chrome lovers if you're interested....
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/pts/4666092122.html |
Sadly...out of all the pics the seller took...he never took one that was close enough to see if the BMW specs where around the wheel's hub to verify his claims that they are original BMW wheels.
Perhaps someone with a big high resolution 24"-32" monitor can tell if the BMW specs are around the hub...I can't tell on my laptop & ipad.
Or perhaps he knew that using oem (original equipment manufacture) confuses many people into thinking that they are oe (original equipment) thus purposely didn't take a close up of the hub where one could see the BMW part nbr and other wheel specs that would verify that they were original equipment Style 87 wheels that at some point where sent off to be chromed (because original Style 87 wheels never came from BMW with that option).
Always look around the hub (or underneath the hub cap if the wheel has a removable one)...or on the back of the spokes for the BMW wheel specs (BMW acronyms, wheel width/height, BMW 11 or 7 digit part nbr, wheel offset, etc):
(replicas never have the full 11 or last 7 digits of the BMW part nbr)