Thats so cute crime . <| sep |> It depends on the bolt pattern , because if its a less common one , or a larger and smaller pattern that fit the same offset , they may be making 1 wheel to fit multiple applications . I don ' t know of the in depth reputation of Discount Tire , but they might have sold you knockoffs , but even if they did , they may not even know it . Relatively few wheel companies sell directly to retailers , even national ones most come through wholesalers . In fact , between 5 major wholesalers , you can account for almost all wheel sales in the US WheelPros , Wheel One , ATD , Pacific Wheel , and Wheel City . I ' ve not known any of those to sell knockoffs knowingly , but their suppliers pretty much all from China may ' slip up ' and ship them the lower grade stuff . The other , smaller wholesalers out there might make deals with some chains , or get ordered from by a store ' searching for bargains ' or falling for the spam faxes from wheel wholesalers you ' ve never heard of , and send what are supposedly genuine wheels that are actually knockoffs . The fact is , most knockoffs and the genuine wheels they are based off of are coming from almost the same places in China . As a producer , China is very ' flexible ' about the quality of product for a client . Apple makes some amazing products in terms of fit and reliability , yet the very same plant may make a cheap shit plastic product as well . The wheel design made for one brand may be a quality aluminum alloy , yet another superficially identical wheel may have the exact same external appearance at the face , but be cast as little as half as thick , and using ' aluminum alloy ' that ' s a whole lot more cheap ' pot metal ' alloy content than aluminum .