alloy wheel centre plates

[DaveTee]

wheel centre plates having had mine stolen i bought replacements on e bay for my alloy bbs wheels and find they do not fit they are the correct diameter but they will not push on or rotate and lock-how would i know what to order next time they are genuine bmw parts with a large hexagonal boss containing the badge your help and info please

[zd3bx]

Assuming you're taking about the center caps for original BBS crossspokes, the caps for 14" and 15" wheels are different in size.

[pacerpete]

Many unscrupulous sellers attempt to palm off essentially worthless E34 15" BBS plastic caps as E30 fitment. On the other hand, many people looking for E30 caps think sellers asking £20-£40 for E30 15" caps are on drugs when they can buy an E34 cap for a fiver. The fact it is cheap because it does not fit only becomes apparent afterwards.

[Brianmoooore]

After a bit of sculpturing, the E34 ones can be made to fit and be held in place with a large blob of silicon rubber. An option to consider if you think there's a regular chance of returning to you car and finding that £150 worth of BBS centre caps have gone AWOL.
The normal removal tool will break the silicon rubber and twist the caps off when you need to.