I had the great luck of meeting a 5-gallon pothole on the Dan Ryan construction project the other day on my commute to work. By the grace of the Maker (or my RFTs), I didn't end up on the side of the road with a flat like a few other cars I saw. To top of the situation, I caught a load of gravel from a semi a few miles down the road. The pothole bent two rims, and the gravel left me with a stitched windshield and a nice barrage of paint ships on my hood. Then add the girlfriend to the picture. Curb check! There goes another rim. Bad week for my car.

I just got my car back from the repair shop the other day. The hood is flawless. I am truly impressed. I mean, I am a real detail-oriented freak, and the thing looks better than when I picked the thing up in Munich. Icing on the cake is that my insurance covered all the gravel-related damage under the comprehensive part of my policy. I consider myself really lucky here. The only concern I have about the job is the windshield. It's not a BMW original. According to the insurance company (State Farm), the window meets all the specifications of the manufacturer, and it has all the sensor ports, etc. in it. I think it looks different, but maybe I'm wrong

This won't affect my warranty at all, will it?

And the pothole--I still need the estimate, but I'll only involve the insurance company if the job cost is over my deductible. I thought I'd look around first.

Where's the best place to get OEM rims? I've looked around and can't seem to find them. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places?

I appreciate the community input. The car is totally drivable, and no warning lights are lit, so I have plenty of time to figure this out.

Rick