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Originally Posted by Price
Seriously? Some vendor who, I assume, sells OEM wheels, bashes replicas. There're objective criterias such as weight, side and diagonal impact tests, etc. - unless the author conducted such tests, or had access to test results, it's nothing more than just his personal opinion.
As for the 'fraction of the cost', well, BMW charges what people are ready to pay, and evidently there are such people.
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Wait, so you are saying- because the author of this ebay hit job has no 'objective criteria' and no 'data', they you will continue to believe that any "OEM" wheel must therefore be safe!??!?! You reject this piece for lack of data, but blindly trust this 3rd world crap?
These cheap copies are made to unknown or no standards. Find me ONE "Replica" that tells you who made the wheel and what Notified Body has certified the wheel/manufacturing facility. None. Nada.
So if you want to cling to a 'belief' that BMW simply overcharges and the real cost of these wheels is $100 to mfg, and that these "OEM vendors" are really the same vendors and same products that BMW sells, fine... but you are kidding yourself without any shred of evidence.
IMO