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Best hub caps, please?

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Post by Busterboo » Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:12 pm

The title says it all.
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Post by Christopher72 » Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:25 pm

Well that's a little general.. what are you looking for? OEM, Carbon, Color, floating....
This is 68mm OEM: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZM3VQO that fits a Z4 LA V-spoke 296


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Post by Pondrew » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:04 pm

If you mean centre caps, then eBay cheapos all the way. I bought a set in Jan 21 for about a fiver and they are better quality than the OEM crap any day. :)
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:30 pm

I've also bought a couple of cheap sets for about £5 on Ebay and they've been fine.

In any case at that price if they start to fade replacing them won't break the bank!
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Post by Deepseaskateboard » Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:02 pm

I never thought I would be typing this publicly, but since you asked…

I buy the £5 ebay centre caps, but I find the plastic inserts don’t fit the wheel as well as the OEM.

The solution:

Remove the metal logos from both the ebay and the OEM, and transfer the shiny new ebay ones to the OEM plastic inserts.
Clip them in and refit.

To extract the existing I use a suction pad.

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Post by N4LLY » Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:53 pm

BMW original floating caps - Quality :wink:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403894459997 ... R6LGhfDvYA

I read they were originally designed for the RR Phantom
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Post by Zed Baron » Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:38 pm

N4LLY wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:53 pm BMW original floating caps - Quality :wink:
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Post by Huzee4 » Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:43 pm

I’ve lost two floating caps in two years, there is a BMW dealership in Newcastle that sells them singularly thankfully.
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Post by N4LLY » Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:15 pm

Huzee4 wrote: Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:43 pm I’ve lost two floating caps in two years, there is a BMW dealership in Newcastle that sells them singularly thankfully.
N4LLY supplies spares for free. The grey plastic backed floaters (Oww err) replased with black plastic ones, so much better,.
Lost one due to a pot hole, ordered a new set and they sent 2 :D
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Post by flybobbie » Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:22 pm

I bought set off Etsy site. £10
Not the rubbish tin plate type but solid plastic cover like a boot or bonnet badge. After at least a year or more still like new.

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Post by Busterboo » Wed Sep 28, 2022 12:42 am

Thank you all.

(Like most people's, I suppose, the edges of mine have been gouged by tyre monkeys levering them off. It's a pity BMW don't copy Porsche, put two holes in each face and provide a piece of bent wire to pull them off.)
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Post by flybobbie » Wed Sep 28, 2022 7:25 am

Busterboo wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 12:42 am Thank you all.

(Like most people's, I suppose, the edges of mine have been gouged by tyre monkeys levering them off. It's a pity BMW don't copy Porsche, put two holes in each face and provide a piece of bent wire to pull them off.)
I wait for them to remove wheel, then i knock them out from the inside before they work on them.
More likely i take the wheel in loose with cap removed.

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