[sickwithit]

11 months ago, I got a set of Avant Garde m510s for my F10 535i in gun metal and so far only the front passenger wheel is absent issues. Just to catalog some of the incidents

2x bent the front diver side rim
small crack on rear driver side rim
bent and have a small crack on rear passenger side rim

Now, the sad part is that I'm actually a pretty careful driver and as a father or two, I hardly ever have the time or the desire to go racing or even drive aggressively. I may have hit the occasional pot hole or two but it wouldn't have been at any significant speed and I live in an area where the roads are for the most part well maintained.

Up until two weeks ago, all my issues have been with that front driver side rim which was bent again after fixing it the first time (I guess it keeps getting softer every time it gets fixed). Well, two weeks ago I decided to replace all my RFTs with regular tires and during the swap, the guy told me that both the rear wheels had hairline fractures and they were not leaking most likely because the thick and hard walls of the RFTs were keeping them sealed. But with regular tires on, it was clear that there was a leak and I couldn't use the rims without getting the cracks fixed.

I took it to the guy who had handled the other two incidents and God Bless his heart, the guy pulls me aside and says...look, I'm going to charge you $125 apiece for these cracks but you're probably going to be back here soon. Your wheels are soft like butter. You should go back to stock or get new wheels. Now, this guys doesn't sell wheels so it's not like he was trying to upsell me. He could see I was frustrated and he just didn't want me to keep going back to him with these soft as hell rims.

To make the long story short, I'm never buying another set of Avant Garde rims until I see evidence that these rims can last for over a year under normal use and tear. The weight of the rims is not an important factor to me because I don't care too much about speed. Price is an important factor because I don't want to pay $2000+ for rims that, for all I know, may be gone in a year. With these things in mind, do you guys have any recommendations on what brand may be STRONGER than Avante Garde rims but priced about the same or preferably even less? Ideally, I want something similar to the m510s that comes in gunmetal/graphite. Thanks.

Here are some of the brands I'm considering.

Forgestar
TSW
VMR
Niche