schnitzer wheels, real or fake?

[cooky0709]

Hi all, just bought myself a set of schnitzer alloys, great condition. I have been told they are genuine and iv'e picked them up this afternoon. they look really good but i have no real idea what i'm looking for. they have ac schnitzer germany stamped on the lip, and route o.z stamped on the inside.
these are the type 11 i belive for the e36, (chunky 5 spoke)
form the pictures of others iv'e looked at they look genuine, but they were quite cheap. even if they are fake they were still a bargain, so i don't really care. just nice to know if they are actually genuine!
cheers. craig.

[cooky0709]

Nice round figure there END.
funnily enough iv;e just spotted another set on ebay that are exactly the same. no difference whatsoever. same markings. its ruote o.z not Route on the back sorry. seller claiming genuine, which goes a long way to convincing me really.
iv'e seen definate genuines without the black decal on the spoke before.
whats the reason for thinking fakes?? out of interest.

[cooky0709]

ah right, well you seem to know your stuff.
i'll be pretty happy with the none genuines then!
anyway, going on the car tonight, and hopefully will look a lot better than my m3 sunflowers.
although a couple people have mentioned to me the o.z job for schnitzer. might look into that.

[cooky0709]

also, have a look at these i mentioned fo sale. this sounds pretty genuine to me but then again i know f*** all about it. mine are 100% identical.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/17-AC-Schnitzer-Type-1-alloy...

[cooky0709]

ah yes, cheers guys for that. those 2 pics of the type 1's are exactly what i was hoping to find.
exactly the same so i'm pretty confident now, thanks for your knowledge!
Bit of a bargain then i spose.

[cooky0709]

not sure you can really judge by the centre caps. the wheels must be fairly old by now and i don't know how long centre caps last etc. i know my m3 sunflower wheels have cheapy caps on them, so i don't think that means too much.
i probably wouldn't spend god knows what on ac caps when you can get badges for a set for a tenner.
your'e right though, i think the caps on them are just cheap stickers.