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Old 05-20-2007, 02:14 AM
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reliability of replica rims?

hi, seller always advertise replicas are as good as oem. anyone with any experience with replicas?

im looking at those.
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Old 05-20-2007, 02:36 AM
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i've got a set 20's from the same seller on your link. they're not to bad, i've gone over 110mph on them without a shake. had a bad experience with the seller though. good luck!
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Old 05-20-2007, 02:52 AM
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i've got a set 20's from the same seller on your link. they're not to bad, i've gone over 110mph on them without a shake. had a bad experience with the seller though. good luck!
thanks for the input.

i hope you dont mind me asking but, what kind of bad experience were you refering to?
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Old 05-20-2007, 06:16 AM
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I've had replicas on my X for 3 years now, no problems at all.
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i, too, have replicas and so far so good!
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Old 05-20-2007, 10:32 AM
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i, too, have replicas and so far so good!
Hey Blackbeauty, did you get the 168's? who did you get them from? I'm looking for reliable ones too. Thx
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Driver8 has been running replicas on his current, and former, X5's for several years without any issues.
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Hey Blackbeauty, did you get the 168's? who did you get them from? I'm looking for reliable ones too. Thx
Eurotech. Look them up on Ebay.
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I've had replicas on my X for 4 years now. No issues at all.
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