RCoughtrie
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Registered: 31st Oct 04
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What's the deal here ? is it just down to the motorsport text being the other way around they seem to both look exactly the same in the pictures, surely must be something better in the originals to be a grand odd more expensive or is it just because the name ?
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Kano
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: Fife
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Probably much better quality!
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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I've got reps, been on the car a few months seem just fine so far.
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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some one i used to work with had the reps,when you looked at them they looked spot on, until you looked at a genuine set then it was pretty obvious.
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
Location: Beverley, E Riding of Yorkshire
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ive had reps for awhile now no issues, people always ask if there real so they cant be to far off.
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RCoughtrie
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How much did you get your reps for ?
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scoob
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think they were around £800
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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A mate has a set of CH replica's on his MK5 Golf, they actually seem like a very good set of replica's tbh.
From what I remember, he paid around £300 for them. Main gripe is that the inside of the wheels is rough so gathers dirt a bit easier than some wheels would (they're a very similar finish to how a lot of Corsa C SXI wheels are from factory actually)
Couple of pics: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150476415400841.358806.227338355840&type=3
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scoob
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mine have been on the car a while now, no peeling or flaking look as good as new after a quick wash
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RCoughtrie
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They all look perfectly fine on all said cars, Yeah im seeing sets of four just under £400 to your door atm, going buy the sellers ratings a lot of happy buyers, i would probs be putting them into powdercoat as soon as i got them anyway have there been any known issues ?
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I would be interested to know the actual difference to be honest as I'm always being asked if mine are real and I don't know
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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what car will these be going on? burg??
April 08 feature car
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scoob
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inside the spokes on the back bit of the rim the reals ones have bbs stamped and the reps just have a few numbers instead.
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RCoughtrie
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quote:
Originally posted by andys sxi
what car will these be going on? burg??
yeah andy
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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Got mine through this guy -
http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f139/
he was a bit cheaper than ebay at the time but I wanted a staggered set, 18x9 and 18x8. The 9j wheels are quite a lot more concave than the 8s.
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andys sxi
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quote:
Originally posted by RCoughtrie
quote:
Originally posted by andys sxi
what car will these be going on? burg??
yeah andy
 you cant leave it alone can ya 
April 08 feature car
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Matty SRi
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I would imagine they will be alot heavier than real 1's aswell?
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
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there was over a 1k diffrence in price between my reps and the real ones so there must be a hell of a diffrence in somthing!
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Nic Barnes
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mine were 500 well just under with tyres for 18s
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Adam_B
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scoob and nic are yours 5x110 or on wobble bolts?
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scoob
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mines on wobble bolts
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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genuine bbs will be lighter and stronger i imagine
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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They can't be any worse than OE rims, I've bent every set of Vauxhall wheels I've ever owned.
I had real ones but I can't see there being much in it, they certainly look similar to me.
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RCoughtrie
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f139/
Cheers 
True Ian lol Was expecting a load of horror stories just seemed to good to be true as i browsed.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
scoob and nic are yours 5x110 or on wobble bolts?
wobble bolts. couldn't find gm fitment ones when i was looking. 
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