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Originally Posted by Edward
1. It's not yours to keep since insurance paid to give you new ones and dispose of or total your old ones/other parts which they insured.
2. Unless it just took a curb rashing and nothing more, I'd never trust a cast wheel that took a side impact bearing that much inertia. It's worth nothing to anyone but the scrap metal collectors most likely.
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Yeah, #1 is what my SA told me--pretty much right after I posted this, today. He said that if the insurance company didn't want them they would give them to me. The front one MAY not be so bad--a good scuffing, though.
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Originally Posted by track_warrior
Sounds like Dorifto damage! Reputable body shops will always order parts directly from bmw, make sure they inspect all the suspension components and arms.
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Ha ha... nah, nothing so cool as that. I was a victim of the great Southern "Snow"storm a couple weeks ago.
I went slippy-slidin' whilst turning into a gas station, hit some black ice, and didn't stop till rim met curb.
Seriously, though, thanks for the advice. Luckily, I find that BMW shops want to get paid to do as much work as they possibly can, so they will "recommend" the maximum repair--meaning they find every little nitpicky detail.