General consensus on oem vs aftermarket wheel quality?

whats the general opinion on oem vs aftermarket wheel quality? How well does the paint or chrome hold up?

Lrdchaos said:

whats the general opinion on oem vs aftermarket wheel quality? How well does the paint or chrome hold up?

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OEM but I've had some aftermarkets that have held up. Never had a set more than 3-4 years so I'm not sure of the lifespan you're expecting. Just need to take care of them regardless, especially if you're in snow / salt.

I just reached a year with my aftermarket wheels and they are still in great shape. I live in central Texas so I don't have to contend with salt or snow and I only have 9800 miles on the wheels so far. My Tahoe is not my daily driver. The coating on my wife's 2012 Tundra's aluminum wheels (stock) has been coming off over the last couple of years. Best estimate is after 3-4 years the stock wheel coating began to flake off. My other non-daily driver is a Jeep and my after market wheels have held up very well over the last 4 years. The original finish is still intact minus the damage to the wheels from scraping against rocks. My guess is that there are a lot of variables that determine how long the finish holds up on either stock or after market wheels. I am personally leaning towards aftermarket wheels based off of my experience.

Both probably made in the same plant in China. I had reps for a couple years and had no issues with them.

Depends on where you live. If the wheels are seeing snow/salt then they will corrode faster than dry weather area. Unless you are buying Forgiato's or Konig's (think $1k+ per wheel),the typical $300~$500 wheel will only hold up so well for so long. I am keeping my OEM wheels for the winter and the nice ones for summer. On my avalanche I bought a set of 20" Yukon wheels. They already had corrosion on them when I bought them but I put the factory 17" wheels back on each winter. It slowed the deterioration of the Denali 20's cause they only had to deal with wet. Meanwhile my 17's had seen a lot better days. Both wheels were OEM.

I have replica wheels on my TA and its a garage queen. Even those wheels show signs of corrosion and they have about 10k miles on them over the last 14 years. The moisture in the air alone is enough to do damage. And my garage is climate controlled. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯