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I bought two sets of wheels from OE Wheels and was very satisfied. They were willing to answer all of my questions. In fact, I drove from Miami to Sarasota to pick them up to make sure I liked what I was getting and looked at their warehouse. It is very clean. The wheels balanced perfect and had absolutely no issue with them. I would buy from them again.
2 oz. is the max I want to see on a wheel. If its more than that...the tire should be rotated on the wheel 90 to 180 degrees and re-balanced. This goes back to my youthful years working in my dads garage with a bubble balance then Tire America for a few years with the state of the art at the time Gorgy . Not that specs haven't changed since then but that's what I still want to see.
I agree but with my experience and research cheaper aftermarket rims can need much more.
2 ozs would be doing well.
Now for a top of the line forged rim one would expect much less additional weight to be needed and the price will be $1,000 per rim if not more nowadays.
Not here to argue with others that have had success with the OE brand.
Just some general comments that a shopper should be aware of.
Quality can be lacking so be sure of warranty and choose carefully. This is why I like a local shop. You can have more control from the get go.
I have a rim on my 96 4Runner that takes 5 ozs.
It is American Racing and it has been on the car since 1996.
It Is a pain to get balanced and so much depends on the tech.
It is my around town car so I have learned to live with it.
In a performance car scenario this wouldn't work too well.
I had a set of 4 $1800 rims from a well respected speed shop forum vendor and they took too much weight too. 3 ozs anyway. And the finish was sketchy in the tight spaces between the spokes.
Personally with my past experience with aftermarket rims I have learned my lesson. If you can not afford quality just pass.
The funny thing is at my age I will probably not be buying another vehicle. So wisdom comes late!
Bottom line is OE Wheels are not the best wheels out there on the market. I've had higher quality much more expensive wheels like iForged. But if you're looking for a good low priced wheel for your car at say $1,000.00 or less, you can't beat OE. I've had 2 sets on different cars and I didn't have a balancing problem or any problem with their finish. For what I wanted in those particular applications they did the job!
I wanted those exact wheels for my car, but the last time I checked with OEWheels, they were not selling sets of them. I believe they only had the front sizes for sale.
