SteveSmith
Active member
Hi all,
After my stressful day yesterday of getting home from Marrakech, realising my first MOT was due, managing to book an MOT and it then failing on a cracked wheel I went down to BM Autosport today to get my new Wheels fitted.
Wheels are lovely, fantastic quality, made by Avant Garde who are part of Veeman (Wheels come with Veeman centre caps).
I went for the 9j fronts and 10j rear...
Terrible pics but the car is filthy (been on holiday for the last week!).
Pictures really don’t do these Wheels justice, they look incredible in the flesh and the amount of concave on the rears is incredible! Front of the car needs to settle slightly but I do need to get these rear spring pads fitted to hopefully raise the rear 5mm or so that the Eibachs dropped it so hopefully it will sit better and not lower at the rear.
Unfortunately, 3 of my TPMS Valves wouldn’t come off the old Wheels. So, I’ve got errors on my dash, will this be another MOT failure? I want to get it sorted ASAP but I also need my car!
I can take it back to the garage for a free retest, they can obviously see I’ve had New Wheels fitted, would they pass it based on that? Is it usual to have issues with the sensors? I’m guessing BMW will want to sell me 4 complete new units rather than just the middle valve part that won’t come out the old Wheels??
After my stressful day yesterday of getting home from Marrakech, realising my first MOT was due, managing to book an MOT and it then failing on a cracked wheel I went down to BM Autosport today to get my new Wheels fitted.
Wheels are lovely, fantastic quality, made by Avant Garde who are part of Veeman (Wheels come with Veeman centre caps).
I went for the 9j fronts and 10j rear...
Terrible pics but the car is filthy (been on holiday for the last week!).
Pictures really don’t do these Wheels justice, they look incredible in the flesh and the amount of concave on the rears is incredible! Front of the car needs to settle slightly but I do need to get these rear spring pads fitted to hopefully raise the rear 5mm or so that the Eibachs dropped it so hopefully it will sit better and not lower at the rear.
Unfortunately, 3 of my TPMS Valves wouldn’t come off the old Wheels. So, I’ve got errors on my dash, will this be another MOT failure? I want to get it sorted ASAP but I also need my car!
I can take it back to the garage for a free retest, they can obviously see I’ve had New Wheels fitted, would they pass it based on that? Is it usual to have issues with the sensors? I’m guessing BMW will want to sell me 4 complete new units rather than just the middle valve part that won’t come out the old Wheels??
