One major problem with 16" Hartges

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:40 pm

The centre caps are plastic and the clips that hold them to the wheel have melted and now rattle badly when fitted!

Well pissed off!

Andrew

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:46 pm

Demlotcrew wrote:The centre caps are plastic and the clips that hold them to the wheel have melted and now rattle badly when fitted!

Well pissed off!

Andrew

mine have never done that ,maybe you get a lot more heat in your braking than me !!! have you tried sicking a bit of masking tape or moulding tape on the wheel to give the tabs something to bite on ?

cheers paul

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:49 pm

Sounds strange :mad:Not had any problems with mine either.
Do you have F1 brakes or something

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:55 pm

if ur generating that much heat,i would check ur calipers are not sticking and heating up ur wheel, would need some serious heat to melt them im sure.

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:07 pm

The calipers are fine im sure, ive just been driving really hard recently, and its taken its tole on the Caps.

Some pics;

Dont know if you can make those out, but basicaly both front caps are the exact same, makes me think its the hard driving generaing the heat and melting the caps.

Andrew

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:05 pm

Could be something to do with that silly 4 banger you got!

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:45 pm

Have you ever used acid to clean the wheels ?
The Active 8 stuff does a good job of melting plastic if you dont wash it off.

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:57 pm

mine are fine too - can't help thinking you've got some problem with the brakes IMHO

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:58 pm

i dont htink its his brakes

the last time i followed this guy driving he locked up into a BP garage lol

insane drive

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:18 pm

Simon wrote:Could be something to do with that silly 4 banger you got!

Nothing wrong with four cylinders

Martinaston wrote:Have you ever used acid to clean the wheels ?
The Active 8 stuff does a good job of melting plastic if you dont wash it off.

Yeah thats totaly true and possible, but i dont use anything but BMWs own wheel cleaners (they are cheap and dont eat through latex gloves)

318is that was an emergency stop!

Andrew

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:23 pm

and a bloody good one at that!

Post Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:35 pm

its cos u now have a proper engine... and u dont mess about behind the wheel

the amount of stuff that has gone wrong in my engine bay cos of heat and vibration is silly

Post Sun Oct 23, 2005 10:49 pm

I found the plastic clips break off so easily when putting the hub-caps back on. At least 2 of mine are broken this way now - one to the point that it doesn't stay on the car anymore.

However, i've got some on order with Hartge via Maya Hartge at the moment - 3 for me and 4 for Iain. If anyone wants some replacements, they're about Ãƒ”šÃ‚£17 each including postage - let me know ASAP and i may be able to add them to my order.

They are on back-order currently and apparently this will be the last batch, so it's a case of buy them now or live without them!

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:03 am

Crap! buy now or live without them! Thats why Mini Cooper Works are the better option over the Hartge Minis! Ten-fifteen years down the line you could still get Works bits

A n d r e w

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:10 am

andrew m8 tape works a treat!! gaffa tape lol failing that i think theyre 11 pound each from hartge!

hope that helps....ian.

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:47 am

PeteE30Tourer wrote:
However, i've got some on order with Hartge via Maya Hartge at the moment - 3 for me and 4 for Iain. If anyone wants some replacements, they're about Ãƒ”šÃ‚£17 each including postage - let me know ASAP and i may be able to add them to my order.

They are on back-order currently and apparently this will be the last batch, so it's a case of buy them now or live without them!

I've just rung the Hartge importer for the UK - that's Birds
www.birdsauto.com
(or put in Birds and BMW into a search engine if you don't trust me!)

the genuine caps directly from them WERE cheaper than 17GBP - I ordered and received 4 brand new ones from them last year.

But now Birds do confirm that the caps are on 'back-order', which means there may be some more coming, or there may not (helpful huh?)

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:00 pm

I also bought a set of centre caps form Birds about 6 months ago, and they were Ãƒ”šÃ‚£12 each.

Post Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:04 am

I got a quote from Birds recently for these - they're Ãƒ”šÃ‚£19+VAT+P&P now. Ended up going through Maya Hartge and ordered some for Ãƒ”šÃ‚£15+P&P