A saleman at my local dealer has a full set of 01 rims . My car is an 03 and I need to replace one wheel and just looking at the earlier cars the wheels look the same but dealer has 2 different part numbers . One was 00-01 and the other 02-03. No one seems to know the answer to this question whether they are the same thing or not?
Just want to make sure offsets and finish and everything is the same ?

 

All 00-03 wheels are the same. Just remember they are staggered so the rears are wider than the fronts, and have different size hub bores so if your missing a front one, be sure to get the front one or vice versa.

 

No there are different. But some can't tell them apart. They have a slight different finishes. I don't know which one is which.

 

The sizes and offsets are the same. The style and color can be different. They will fit on your car though.

 

I have never seen or heard of any of the 00-03 ap1 wheels being a different finish from eachother throught the years. Anyone have proof of this?

 

definitely different, 02-03 are a little more bronzier/darker than 00-01 ap1 rims.

 

You got it right. I've had both. Hard to tell the difference unless they are side by side.