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Floating centre cap's - lost.
- N4LLY
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Floating centre cap's - lost.
Had to order a set, to replace just one that must have poped off.
At the same time i managed to order 2 sets Doh !
I will put one set on my Z3 and keep two as spares.
So i have one left for anyone that suffer's from the same problem. "Free" Which will save £60
At the same time i managed to order 2 sets Doh !
I will put one set on my Z3 and keep two as spares.
So i have one left for anyone that suffer's from the same problem. "Free" Which will save £60
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Floating centre cap's - lost.
you can pick them up for a few pounds a set, new on Ebay...
Mark
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- N4LLY
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Interesting, are they under a different title ?
There is a used single one on there for £ 35
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Floating centre cap's - lost.
I'd hang on to it in case you loose another.
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Why do you automatically associate Chinese with 'crap' some, if not most of the highest quality products available, Apple for example are made in China. you might well find that quite a large proportion of Z4 components are made in China.
Mark
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Aaaaah, sorry I missed that, what is a floating centre cap?? Is it like those cheesy humvee hub caps that spin independently of the wheel? Can you post a link, I am intrigued.
Mark
Plymouth
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Carmine Red
Black leather
Plymouth
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Carmine Red
Black leather
- N4LLY
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I'm aware that China produces high quality items too. But the stereotype of Chinese made copies of questionable quality is there for a reason. The non genuine centre caps available on ebay all come across from Alibaba and are worthless junk.
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HAH - YES I love these, gonna get some and get my 'Gangsta' on....... Only around £55 from BMW, not too bad.
Mark
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- N4LLY
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Good job i got the spares, lost another this morning. Hit a pot hole on the way to work and heard it skit down the road.
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Seems really strange that you are losing them. I bought a set on Monday and fitted them, they are dam tight to get in and the idea they might just 'pop' out is odd. Is the groove inside your wheel where they 'clip' in nice and clean, they can fill with rust from the wheel hub.
At £17 a pop its going to get expensive if you keep losing them.
Mark
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Carmine Red
Black leather
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- N4LLY
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The one's i'm losing are last years model.mcbutler wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:01 pmSeems really strange that you are losing them. I bought a set on Monday and fitted them, they are dam tight to get in and the idea they might just 'pop' out is odd. Is the groove inside your wheel where they 'clip' in nice and clean, they can fill with rust from the wheel hub.
At £17 a pop its going to get expensive if you keep losing them.
These new replacement's have more clips and deeper clips. Agree they clip in with a pleasant security cluck
The old ones had a light grey plastic, the new ones have a black. I'm pretty sure BMW have iderntified the problem and fixed it
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good to know, thanks for the update. I can stop checking my mirrors after every bump nowN4LLY wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:12 pmThe one's i'm losing are last years model.mcbutler wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:01 pmSeems really strange that you are losing them. I bought a set on Monday and fitted them, they are dam tight to get in and the idea they might just 'pop' out is odd. Is the groove inside your wheel where they 'clip' in nice and clean, they can fill with rust from the wheel hub.
At £17 a pop its going to get expensive if you keep losing them.
These new replacement's have more clips and deeper clips. Agree they clip in with a pleasant security cluck
The old ones had a light grey plastic, the new ones have a black. I'm pretty sure BMW have iderntified the problem and fixed it
Mark
Plymouth
E89
35i
Carmine Red
Black leather
Plymouth
E89
35i
Carmine Red
Black leather