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Busterboo

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Bought 4 wheel centre caps yesterday. Came individually wrapped in cloth bags. Made in ... Germany. And so they should be for £65.
 
That would double the value of one of the cars on my drive

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The Germans have injection moulding machines aswell, you know. :D
 
bigwinn said:
That would double the value of one of the cars on my drive

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Reminds me of that joke....

"have you got a petrol cap for a 2003 Z4"?
"sounds like a fair swap".

:D :D
 
Pondrew said:
bigwinn said:
That would double the value of one of the cars on my drive

Proper high roller status
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Reminds me of that joke....

"have you got a petrol cap for a 2003 Z4"?
"sounds like a fair swap".

:D :D
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I’d take that
 
Busterboo said:
Bought 4 wheel centre caps yesterday. Came individually wrapped in cloth bags. Made in ... Germany. And so they should be for £65.
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Flash git! :thumbsup:

I buy Ebays finest for about £6 a set. I can see 10 sets outlasting your German ones.
 
Mr Tidy said:
I buy Ebays finest for about £6 a set. I can see 10 sets outlasting your German ones.
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Yep, you're right. It was just that, having spent over a grand on a service, tyres and wheel alignment, I thought, 'What the Hell. Let's see if there is any difference.'
 
Busterboo said:
Bought 4 wheel centre caps yesterday. Came individually wrapped in cloth bags. Made in ... Germany. And so they should be for £65.
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Hmmmm... £69 (in a nice box) from BMW Aberdeen for x 4 'floating' wheel centres + £90 for a new bonnet & boot 'anniversary' badges from BMW Carlisle :w00t:
 
Zed Baron said:
Hmmmm... £69 (in a nice box) from BMW Aberdeen for x 4 'floating' wheel centres + £90 for a new bonnet & boot 'anniversary' badges from BMW Carlisle :w00t:
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Fortunately, things I'd rather not have.
That said, as I was leaving the garage yesterday, I saw the box my new wheel centre caps had come in and, thinking he'd forgotten, I asked the mech to put them on.
He already had and I hadn't noticed.
 
Busterboo said:
as I was leaving the garage yesterday, I saw the box my new wheel centre caps had come in and, thinking he'd forgotten, I asked the mech to put them on.
He already had and I hadn't noticed.
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Worth every penny :D :thumbsup:
 
Christopher72 said:
Floating caps rock -- take in the "at rest" alignment of roundels.
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You'll have to stand by your car, telling passers-by to notice. :wink:

The car, however, is beautiful. A superb combination of colours.
 
Christopher72 said:
Floating caps rock -- take in the "at rest" alignment of roundels.
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You'll have to stand by your car, telling passers-by to notice. :wink:

The car, however, is beautiful. A superb combination of colours.
 
You can say that again! :roll:

It's just for me and the few pictures I take of it. Having them all lined up won't make anyone else think it's special because it looks right—there's nothing to grab attention. But being upside down or otherwise is a twist in the fabric of the universe.

Your old caps were worn because syntropy was trying to set them right, wearing them down due to thermodynamic friction. :thumbsup:
 
Busterboo said:
Bought 4 wheel centre caps yesterday. Came individually wrapped in cloth bags. Made in ... Germany. And so they should be for £65.
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Yes, I have just bought some from Cotswold and Hereford to fit onto my newly refurbished E89 wheels. I bought cheap ones from ebay for my E39 last year and they need replacing after only nine months so I reasoned it was better to buy decent ones; I hope they last a few years :wink:
 
I wonder if the spinning caps stay cooler or more isolated from the heat.
Cheap tin plate corrode come first winter. I tried lacquering one set.
Second set of plastic i have are fading tarnishing due to the heat.
 
flybobbie said:
I wonder if the spinning caps stay cooler or more isolated from the heat.
Cheap tin plate corrode come first winter. I tried lacquering one set.
Second set of plastic i have are fading tarnishing due to the heat.
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That's part of it. The rest is syntopy wanting the BMW roundel to be in the correct orientation. The syntropic friction creates a thermodynamic impact to the fixed tin caps. BMW designed the floating caps to deal with this wear coefficient. It's ultimate driving engineering.

:poke:
 
I had the £65 spinneys on my 7 series - sadly the spinning action only worked for about 6 months, then they either gunked up or otherwise failed.

Still... nice while it lasted :)
 
Mr Tidy said:
Busterboo said:
Bought 4 wheel centre caps yesterday. Came individually wrapped in cloth bags. Made in ... Germany. And so they should be for £65.
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Flash git! :thumbsup:

I buy Ebays finest for about £6 a set. I can see 10 sets outlasting your German ones.
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Did the same, even has the bmw logo and part number printed :D they are a different hue of blue though you don't notice once on
 
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