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No offence taken. I should have said that 99% of the population would be hard pressed to spot whether the wheel caps are OEM or aftermarket. The other 1% live on this forumD4dawg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:23 pmThey last and no offence but easy to spotenzed4 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:36 amI have some cheap ones on my wheels, and a genuine BMW one sitting in its plastic bag. With them side by side you can see the better quality/heft of the genuine one, but to me I don't think its worth the huge extra cost. Once the cheap ones are on the wheels you're hard pressed to notice much difference.
Hahahaha love itenzed4 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:11 pmNo offence taken. I should have said that 99% of the population would be hard pressed to spot whether the wheel caps are OEM or aftermarket. The other 1% live on this forumD4dawg wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:23 pmThey last and no offence but easy to spotenzed4 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:36 am
I have some cheap ones on my wheels, and a genuine BMW one sitting in its plastic bag. With them side by side you can see the better quality/heft of the genuine one, but to me I don't think its worth the huge extra cost. Once the cheap ones are on the wheels you're hard pressed to notice much difference.
Haha I tried that on wheels when had my rep cslgroovy_hippy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:21 pm I've found the non-BMW centre caps to look a bit cheap next to BMW ones, but on their own - no problem. The old BMW ones that had a removable metal roundel were a great idea but seem to corrode quickly... the new one-piece BMW ones seem quite good though. The one-piece non-BMW ones don't tend to last as well in my experience, and sometimes are a bit wobbly in the wheel centre....
Trouble with BMW ones is that they're not cheap - I kept a hopeful eye out on eBay but eventually caved and bought from BMW's eBay store. There seem to be quite a few fake BMW ones around on eBay....
As for M stickers - I had some (fake ones) for about £4 a set off eBay, they fell off within a week ha! Probably would have benefitted from a little bit of epoxy resin or something to hold them onto the wheel since they never sat properly in the recess...ah well...another job for next summer!
This is what I did as well, and have had no problems with them at all. I held a genuine item up against the aftermarket version yesterday and honestly could not tell the difference, so either D4Dawg has supernatural levels of visual acuity, or he's been burnt by some very crappy examples (which if they fell off after a few days, may be the case)
Hahah I just can't stand copies buddyenzed4 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 8:54 pmThis is what I did as well, and have had no problems with them at all. I held a genuine item up against the aftermarket version yesterday and honestly could not tell the difference, so either D4Dawg has supernatural levels of visual acuity, or he's been burnt by some very crappy examples (which if they fell off after a few days, may be the case)
Your car always looks stunning OP, but we aren't all looking to win prizes at a concourse d'elegance - some of us have to work to a budget.D4dawg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:53 pmHahah I just can't stand copies buddy
That and my vision is 20/20 and annoyingly I fault find every day for work and you can spot the difference;)
I honestly don't see the point on buying a great car and being a cheapskate on.parts
Buy a piece of crap and do that haha
If I had an ///M I might agree, but a 2.5Si doesn't qualify as a 'great' car no matter how much I might wish it were so. And saving money on something that is to all intents and purposes identical to the original is not being a cheapskate. (Please don't throw that back at me if I ever rant about fake watches...).D4dawg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:53 pmHahah I just can't stand copies buddyenzed4 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 8:54 pmThis is what I did as well, and have had no problems with them at all. I held a genuine item up against the aftermarket version yesterday and honestly could not tell the difference, so either D4Dawg has supernatural levels of visual acuity, or he's been burnt by some very crappy examples (which if they fell off after a few days, may be the case)
That and my vision is 20/20 and annoyingly I fault find every day for work and you can spot the difference;)
I honestly don't see the point on buying a great car and being a cheapskate on.parts
Buy a piece of crap and do that haha
Hahah awwww this was fun;)enzed4 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:24 amIf I had an ///M I might agree, but a 2.5Si doesn't qualify as a 'great' car no matter how much I might wish it were so. And saving money on something that is to all intents and purposes identical to the original is not being a cheapskate. (Please don't throw that back at me if I ever rant about fake watches...).D4dawg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:53 pmHahah I just can't stand copies buddyenzed4 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 8:54 pm
This is what I did as well, and have had no problems with them at all. I held a genuine item up against the aftermarket version yesterday and honestly could not tell the difference, so either D4Dawg has supernatural levels of visual acuity, or he's been burnt by some very crappy examples (which if they fell off after a few days, may be the case)
That and my vision is 20/20 and annoyingly I fault find every day for work and you can spot the difference;)
I honestly don't see the point on buying a great car and being a cheapskate on.parts
Buy a piece of crap and do that haha
I think I'll start another thread with pics of my cheapskate centre caps alongside an OEM cap and see who can spot the difference.
Anyway, enough said as we're just going to have to agree to disagree and stop derailing this thread.
Fully agree buddyMr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:10 pmYour car always looks stunning OP, but we aren't all looking to win prizes at a concourse d'elegance - some of us have to work to a budget.D4dawg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:53 pmHahah I just can't stand copies buddy
That and my vision is 20/20 and annoyingly I fault find every day for work and you can spot the difference;)
I honestly don't see the point on buying a great car and being a cheapskate on.parts
Buy a piece of crap and do that haha
If I could get 90% of the product for 50% of the cost I'd be tempted!
Fully agree buddyMr Tidy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:10 pmYour car always looks stunning OP, but we aren't all looking to win prizes at a concourse d'elegance - some of us have to work to a budget.D4dawg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:53 pmHahah I just can't stand copies buddy
That and my vision is 20/20 and annoyingly I fault find every day for work and you can spot the difference;)
I honestly don't see the point on buying a great car and being a cheapskate on.parts
Buy a piece of crap and do that haha
If I could get 90% of the product for 50% of the cost I'd be tempted!