BMW Alloy Wheel centre caps

Midhurstman · Post by **Midhurstman** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:49 pm

Not genuine BMW but very good price and look interesting.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-68mm-CARBO ... 1425032233.

For those who prefer standard.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-BMW-CENTR ... 1425032233

GMANLAW · Post by **GMANLAW** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:00 pm

From my experience ones with only 5 lugs never fit tightly enough. I have had some excellent 10 lug ones off ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141590293939? ... EBIDX%3AIT

ncrossy1980 · Post by **ncrossy1980** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:03 am

Cheers for that!

Just bought:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/set-of-7-CARB ... 234c172fe4 for the red 320

And

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/set-of-7-CARB ... 234c1fee4d for the blue ///M

They might look naff, might be loose, who knows. But I like!

Post by **srhutch** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:10 am

ncrossy1980 wrote:Cheers for that!
Just bought:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/set-of-7-CARB ... 234c172fe4 for the red 320

And

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/set-of-7-CARB ... 234c1fee4d for the blue ///M

They might look naff, might be loose, who knows. But I like!

Have you checked the bonnet and boot badge sizes. Iirc they are an unusual size on the zed.

ncrossy1980 · Post by **ncrossy1980** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:21 am

To be honest, at the moment I've got no plans to change the bonnet and boot badge... or the steering wheel for that matter, mainly bought them for the alloy caps as the others are a little too permanent for my liking. I'll see if they fit then see if I'm brave enough to make a semi-sort-of-permanent change! Especially on the 320 which is a much newer car, I'll seriously hurt my resale chances if I mod that beyond standard. But cheers for the heads up though

bluestreak56 · Post by **bluestreak56** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:25 am

be interested to see if they fit the zed.. how easy is it to get the old ones off (without damaging the nice new paint on my stars)..

ncrossy1980 · Post by **ncrossy1980** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:47 am

As far as I know, the wheel caps just 'clip off', they shouldn't in any way have an impact on the alloys... I've actually never tried taking them out but my research has led me to believe you take the wheel off, and push them off from the inside, poke a rod through the middle into the back of them and they should clip off. Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong there though...

FR08MEE · Post by **FR08MEE** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:13 am

Genuine ones can be had for around £30 or so a set brand new if you haggle a bit

ncrossy1980 · Post by **ncrossy1980** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:19 am

Yaha but the OEM ones don't have the carbon effect sorcery

Give me a week, I'll probably need the link for the OEM ones once I've realised these look daft on

haha

RickRob · Post by **RickRob** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:03 am

I wondered about getting the black carbon effect badges, and then couldn't find anyone doing the one that cover the indicators on the front wings.

Went for blue standard looking ones with 5 lugs only for the wheel centres. Wish I'd bought OEM as they really don't fit very well.

Midhurstman · Post by **Midhurstman** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:47 am

bluestreak56 wrote:be interested to see if they fit the zed.. how easy is it to get the old ones off (without damaging the nice new paint on my stars)..

They just push out easily from the back of the wheel.

Wyldie85 · Post by **Wyldie85** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 12:20 pm

GMANLAW wrote:From my experience ones with only 5 lugs never fit tightly enough. I have had some excellent 10 lug ones off ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141590293939? ... EBIDX%3AIT

The 5 lug ones turn round in the middle and one fell out.
I've since got some 10 lug ones and they are nice and sturdy.

I know people say that it should be OEM all the way but...I'm not made of money and mine were really grotty so these fit the bill nicely!

flimper · Post by **flimper** » Sun Jun 24, 2018 4:57 pm

Replacing the chrome centre caps and wondering which are the genuine article. Both have the same number stamped inside but one of them has the chrome stuck down and the other clipped. Any ideas?

ben g · Post by **ben g** » Sun Jun 24, 2018 4:58 pm

The black ones are genuine. That's what mine look like and I bought them from a dealer.

RustyZ4 · Post by **RustyZ4** » Sun Jun 24, 2018 5:18 pm

Yes the black ones are the genuine ones, says something when you look at them and cant tell which is the original

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