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Replacement Centre Caps

Specific discussion about the E89 2009 Z4 (sDrive35is, sDrive35i, sDrive30i, sDrive23i)
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Post by djstan » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:09 am

Hi all,

Just about to put my winter wheels on, and I thought I'd treat myself to a set of new centre caps. Question is, should I go genuine BMW or just a copy on eBay?

What have others done?
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Post by Kugaman1 » Tue Nov 28, 2017 10:18 am

Had both....the ebay soecials are actually pretty good for a couple of years, dont know if they would last much longer though?
Mind you, my 2013 car has had 2 replaced and they were genuine, so dont have a much greater life.

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Post by Baza » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:04 pm

Go for a good quality looking set from E bay I have had one set one for 4 yrs and still look good
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Post by RickRob » Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:48 pm

What he above said. Go for the ones with a large number of lugs and those with few don't fit very tightly and rotate. I needed to pack mine with insulating tape, although they have lasted 3+ years and only recently started to look a bit tired.
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Post by firebobby » Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:28 pm

What they said, the ones I got from ebay are still looking good.
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Post by flybobbie » Tue Nov 28, 2017 7:01 pm

Go for the ones that look like the bonnet badge with a plastic molded cover, not the enamel looking type, they corrode.

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Post by millview22 » Tue Nov 28, 2017 7:07 pm

I put my winter wheels on at the weekend and was interested to note the corrosion around the hub - a couple of the wheels needed a good kicking to loosen them up. There was actually condensation being the centre cap on a couple of the wheels. Anyway, as a precaution, I wiped a good coating of ACF-50 around the hub.
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Post by Busterboo » Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:35 pm

As set of OEs were only £34, I think, and look ... er ... original.

(OE centre caps for a 911 are £134 and look like the £20 made-in-China, Ebay specials. But you know they're not, because it says 'MADE IN GARMANY' on the back.)
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Post by SteveSmith » Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:43 pm

Go genuine. I went for the decent eBay ones, they fitted fine but the colours started to fade after 9 months.
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Post by idej_z4 » Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:57 pm

I would go genuine- for the few extra quid it is you get the piece of mind more than anything else. I’m sure some of the eBay specials are good, but you just never know for sure.

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Post by ronk » Wed Nov 29, 2017 12:44 am

Fake kit is cheap for many reasons !
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Post by Havard » Wed Nov 29, 2017 1:17 am

Reading with interest. My ebay ones were a fiver and look a million dollars. If they fade, I will just get some more...!!

If the OEM ones last 7 times as long, I will eat my hat, wing mirror, dash board.....delete as appropriate.

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Post by Ducklakeview » Wed Nov 29, 2017 2:19 am

Havard wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2017 1:17 am Reading with interest. My ebay ones were a fiver and look a million dollars. If they fade, I will just get some more...!!

If the OEM ones last 7 times as long, I will eat my hat, wing mirror, dash board.....delete as appropriate.

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+1 on this. The eBay specials on mine still look like new after 15k..

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Post by bob4333 » Wed Nov 29, 2017 9:28 am

I bought these back in July. Look like OEM to me (lugs and markings on the rear face). Cost £11 delivered.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-BMW-Wheel- ... 2647709341

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Post by Gaffa22 » Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:32 pm

got these last week ebay £5.27 look pretty good will give them a good coat of FK1000P was as I'm doing the wheels

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