Alpina reps. Whats the difference?

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Post Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:46 pm

Since so many of you are running Alpina reps, I wonder if you could shed some light...

Basically, I've just bought 4 Alpina reps with good tyres. However, one of the wheels is different to the others - it's a multi fit wheel, and the rim face is flat, whereas the other 3 are direct fit, and the rim face is curved. Also the centre hole is bigger on the odd one, so needs a spigot ring.

The odd wheel is also missing it's centre cap, but as I don't know the manufacturer, i can't get a replacement.

Can anyone tell me who makes these wheels, and where I can find 1 centre cap and spigot?

Or, failing that, does anyone have just one alpina rep with a curved rim for sale??

Here's a pic of the offending item:

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On my car:

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I don't have a close up of the other rims, but this is kinda what they look like (notice the curved rim):

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Cheers! :cool:
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Post Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:42 am

This different one is a copy of Alpina Classic wheel. The other are the copy of Classic Softline wheel.
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Post Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:47 am

the multifit wheel is almost guarenteed to be a bk rim as theyre always multifit

not sure what make your others are but theres been a few makers in the past
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Post Tue Jul 03, 2007 2:53 pm

i had the same problem m8, i tried every wer to get 1 centre cap but no 1 sells them anymore, basically i think the bk racing centre cap is 150mm and the other softline ones are 155mm so wot i did with the 1 on mine is to get a bk racing centre cap and glue it on, the only headache is u would have to keep gluing it if there was a puncture :cry:
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Post Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:03 pm

the odd wheel is def a BK one as its identicle to mine ( which will be up for sale moro winkeye )

i got an uprated set of spigot rings from wheels uk, they may let you have one :?
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