Replacement OEM Wheel Durability?? - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

jjc1843 · 13th October 2008, 21:08

All:

Who has replaced thier wheels with OEM replacements? If this is you, how are the new wheels holding up? I ask because I would like to go this route, but if BMW has not refined thier process substantially, I really do not want to do this.

I have searched, but no one has posted about the replacement wheels being better than the originals.

All help would be appreciated,

firehire · 13th October 2008, 21:34

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Originally Posted by jjc1843

All:

Who has replaced thier wheels with OEM replacements? If this is you, how are the new wheels holding up? I ask because I would like to go this route, but if BMW has not refined thier process substantially, I really do not want to do this.

I have searched, but no one has posted about the replacement wheels being better than the originals.

All help would be appreciated,

I replaced my OEM Style 65's with Chrome OEM style 65's w/o any problems.

jclyman · 14th October 2008, 00:21

I don't believe that BMW has changed the wheel coating process at all. But, I also don't understand the problem. If you clean your wheels every time you wash the car, and DON'T USE ANY ACIDIC PRODUCTS on your wheels, they should be fine for a long, long time. Mine are. Only a very small number of rock chips and the valve caps rubbed on them (at speed, due to the factory rubber stems I used to have) and wore through the finish.

If you have little black specks of whatever (I have them from time to time), use muratic acid ... BUT, DO ONE SPOT ON THE WHEEL AT A TIME, AND IMMEDIATELY DOUSE THOROUGHLY WITH WATER.