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Title: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: stu_no_1 on June 17, 2010, 06:53:10 pm

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Are these genuine or replicas i dont have any photos of the back as ive not bought them yet but i thought the centre caps look like genuine ones but some of you guys might no better ways to spot a fake

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: MAT ED30 on June 17, 2010, 06:54:46 pm

they look fake as the cap should sit flush i think but i am not 100% sure

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: stu_no_1 on June 17, 2010, 06:56:31 pm

but the caps on my 17s look exactly like these and mine are all stamped and came on the car from the factory

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: MAT ED30 on June 17, 2010, 07:01:17 pm

get the name off the back of them and anything else stamped on em

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: stu_no_1 on June 17, 2010, 07:12:02 pm

ive contacted the guy to see if it has germany vw and bbs stamped on it and to see if the offset is et51 and if the rim width is 7.5j if it has all these im convinced they are real but i thought maybe some ppl on this forum could tell from the front of the wheel all i know is that the centre caps are usually smaller on replicas and there is usually no edge on the rim but its hard to see in these pics with them being black.
this is a pic of a replica wheel on ebay just now see what i mean about the rim and the centre cap
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Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: stu_no_1 on June 17, 2010, 08:16:31 pm

Anybody help me out?

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: Gti_Mad on June 17, 2010, 08:20:59 pm

the easiest way 2 be 100% sure mate is to get him 2 post up a pic of the back of the wheels

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: stu_no_1 on June 17, 2010, 08:30:10 pm

ive emailed him but im just bein impatient lol

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: Gti_Mad on June 17, 2010, 08:33:46 pm

 :signLOL: im sure it's worth the wait dude

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: stu_no_1 on June 17, 2010, 08:35:12 pm

i hope so i wanna find some 18s soon cos i dont wanna buy tyres for my 17s if im gonna get 18s

Title: Re: Genuine or replicas?
Post by: stu_no_1 on June 19, 2010, 06:27:26 am

Got myself a set of 18s with tyres for 270 of ebay i emailed the guy and he took the offer theres not much life in 3 of the tyres but i still got genuines for cheap