Georgia man who put cheap Chinese wheels on his Bugatti Veyron GS does extreme durability test and is left stunned by the results

A man who bought some cheap Chinese-made wheels for his super rare Bugatti Veyron GS put them through some extreme stress testing to see how they’d hold up.

Ed Bolian from the VINwiki YouTube channel dreamed of owning a Bugatti Veyron for years, and regularly scoured the internet to see if he could find one.

In 2024, he decided to bite the bullet and buy a 2012 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport – one of only 14 US models that has a removable top. 

Unlike many supercar owners, Bolian gets a lot of use out of his Bugatti and has clocked up thousands of miles – meaning he was in need of some new high-performance tires, but he didn’t want to spend tens of thousands to get them. 

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How would the much cheaper wheels during testing

Bolian explained that one of the main reasons he had hesitated to buy a Bugatti Veyron was the cost of servicing and upkeep. 

An oil change alone can cost as much as $25,000. 

Bolian’s Veyron came equipped with Michelin PAX tires, which cost $35,000 for four, but are actually pretty hard to find. 

So, he did some research and eventually found a company in China that produced replica wheels made of forged aluminum with a much lower price tag of $3,700.

But he had some concerns about driving his 1,000 horsepower supercar on such cheap wheels, so he decided to send them off to Unified Global Packaging in Massachusetts for testing. 

The Chinese wheels were tested alongside a set of legit Bugatti wheels to see how they held up across a range of tests. 

They started by testing them on a special vibrating table that’s designed to mimic real-world conditions, and found that both the Bugatti and the cheap replicas held up well. 

Next, they put both wheels under a 20-ton press, and again, neither wheel failed. 

After those tests, things got a little more extreme, with the wheels being whacked by an excavator in the snow until they broke into pieces.

But even in this somewhat bizarre test, the Chinese-made wheels held their own against the more expensive Bugatti ones. 

But how would the Bugatti Veyron GS perform on the track?

Satisfied that the cheap wheels wouldn’t cause damage to his car, or himself, he wanted to test them even further.

Bolian decided to head out to a 3.10-mile runway in Titusville, Florida to take them for a spin.

At the track, the Bugatti Veyron GS did have a few issues, including a temperature alert, but none of them were related to the wheels. 

And, despite less-than-ideal weather conditions, Bolian was also able to push the Veyron up to 200mph, proving once and for all that the cheaper Chinese-made wheels were reliable. 

As you can imagine, Bolian was delighted with his bargain wheels. 

“It has made the ownership so much cheaper and so much more enjoyable for me and the car,” he said.

You can check out the full video on the VINwiki YouTube channel here.

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