{"id":1751,"date":"2011-07-26T08:12:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T15:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2016-05-19T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T22:10:06","slug":"what%e2%80%99s-the-difference-between-replica-oem-rims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/what%e2%80%99s-the-difference-between-replica-oem-rims\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s The Difference Between Replica &#038; OEM Rims?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is easy; have you seen how nice the factory original\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/lexus-wheels\/index.php\">Lexus rims<\/a> are? What about the factory rims that come on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-19-at-3.07.26-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-10592\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-19-at-3.07.26-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-05-19 at 3.07.26 PM\" width=\"228\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-19-at-3.07.26-PM.png 285w, https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-19-at-3.07.26-PM-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>IS350? These are OEM rims and they\u2019re really nice, right?<\/p>\n<p>Replica rims are usually copies of chrome rims &#8211; like the chrome rims that come on different Lexus models &#8211; that are made from another less expensive material. They can be made out of highly polished steel, aluminum, or even a composite material. Since they want to mimic the chrome rims as best as they can, the metal that they use have to have a high degree of luster and shine.<\/p>\n<p>I think that replica rims are the things that you go with if you don\u2019t have enough money for the OEM <a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/lexus-wheels\/index.php\">Lexus wheels<\/a>. My best suggestion is to save up the money for the factory ones because the replicas aren\u2019t as strong as the original ones. When you feel you&#8217;ve saved enough, don&#8217;t forget to call OriginalWheels.com so that way, we can give you the best deal on OE wheels for whatever car that you have (:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #d32ba1;\"><strong>&#8230;But that\u2019s just my opinion,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #d32ba1;\"><strong>Mykalanne.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first started working here, I kind of knew the difference between the OEM <a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/lexus-wheels\/is350.php\">Lexus IS350 Rims<\/a> and the Replica ones. It took me a while to understand it, but this blog will help you understand it in no time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[302,709,708,304,7,6],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wheels-information","tag-factory-original","tag-lexus-rims","tag-lexus-wheels","tag-oem","tag-rims","tag-wheels"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What\u2019s The Difference Between Replica &amp; OEM Rims? - OriginalWheels.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/what\u2019s-the-difference-between-replica-oem-rims\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/what%e2%80%99s-the-difference-between-replica-oem-rims\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/what%e2%80%99s-the-difference-between-replica-oem-rims\/\",\"name\":\"What\u2019s The Difference Between Replica & OEM Rims? 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