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nadz325i
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Post Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:46 pm

hi all

i am after 4x wheel center badges for my alpinas, ive seen quite a few on ebay, i assume these are repllicas, but are they good replicas compared to the original?

or how much are they from the dealers? hope its not something silly like 10Ԛ£ each!!!

also the rubber/seal ring that goes around the center caps are these available from BMW too, as an individual part or do you have to purchase the whole center cap?

appreciate any help/advice given. winkeye

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Post Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:49 pm

The rubber rings are available from BMW.

The centre badges I belive you can use the ones on ebay. Better to get origionals though and good luck taking the old ones out!

Make sure you regularly open and close the locks as they have a tendancy of seizing up and you'll need to buy a complete lock set if even one breaks. Roughly Ԛ£90 from BMW.

The other option is to not hassle yourself and sell me the wheels! Better still I will swap you an Eisenmann exhaust for the wheels. :twisted:
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Post Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:56 pm

M5pilot wrote:The rubber rings are available from BMW.

The centre badges I belive you can use the ones on ebay. Better to get origionals though and good luck taking the old ones out!

Make sure you regularly open and close the locks as they have a tendancy of seizing up and you'll need to buy a complete lock set if even one breaks. Roughly Ԛ£90 from BMW.

The other option is to not hassle yourself and sell me the wheels! Better still I will swap you an Eisenmann exhaust for the wheels. :twisted:
hahaha :twisted: :twisted: the new refubed rims look evil sal, pics comming on here next 2 3 days as soon as new rubber on them and badges.. :twisted: :twisted: eisenmann with btb drooooooooooooooollll

will talk very very soon winkeye .

thanks for your help will check out from BMW for the rings.
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Post Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:29 pm

a bit of wd40 keeps the locks fine

i assume u have 16's?

badges are Ԛ£10 each!
big rubber rings are about Ԛ£4 each

not cheap really none of the bits for the caps are but your dealer can get them no prob
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Post Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:45 pm

can get the origanals for Ԛ£8.00 each
pm me and i'll sort it..
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Post Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:26 pm

just got back from the dealers and parts guy goes they have to contact head office hehe, he says i might have to buy the whole centre :mad:

simon i have 16 7j/8j winkeye winkeye

simon you got any part number for the big ring? also missing one of the caps for the key lock, are those available to? part number?

does anybody know the diffeences between the ebay(assume there copies?) badges and original badges? except the price...anybody ever purchased the copied ones?

do these look good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alloy-Wheel-Centr ... dZViewItem

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Post Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:43 pm

the only caps that fit are the reall deal, those badges will fit, but the quality and detail of the picture are sub standard for the wheel imo.


Parts guys is talking out his arse, they all have alpina books with all the part numbers in them. All E30 alpina stuff is in there and wheel parts are one of the only parts left u can buy from the dealer still.

If i could work out from my reciepts whats what i could give u the part numbers for what u want
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Post Wed Sep 14, 2005 11:19 pm

Simon13 wrote:the only caps that fit are the reall deal, those badges will fit, but the quality and detail of the picture are sub standard for the wheel imo.


Parts guys is talking out his arse, they all have alpina books with all the part numbers in them. All E30 alpina stuff is in there and wheel parts are one of the only parts left u can buy from the dealer still.

If i could work out from my reciepts whats what i could give u the part numbers for what u want
original badges on the way, zaust you have a pm.

also simon you was right, parts guy was talking out of his arse :chuckle: :chuckle: i rang em up spoke to someone else and he sorted the ring seals for me, should have them on friday 8) .

i wlll keep this reciept handy incase someone else need them
thanks for your help..
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Post Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:00 pm

I need to buy 4 new ring seals - so nadz325i - I don't suppose you still have that receipt with the part numbers on?

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