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Losing center caps - escalating the issue!
So I headed to work this morning and parked. As I was walking out of the car and headed down the parking lot, I find a BMW center cap laying on the floor! I start to think a bit and remember reading on these forums about peoples center caps falling off.. so I walk back to my car and took a walk around.. and to my surprise (or not) I was missing a center cap on the front right wheel!
This is an issue. No.. not because I almost lost mines, and the world revolves around me , but because many people (I counted atleast 10 on these forums - some multiple times!) are reporting losing theirs and in some cases paying for replacements! How do we want to address this?
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08-06-2014, 04:15 PM | #3 |
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Is it only 235s ? Must be all that power.
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I just checked my car and all of those pieces feel tight.
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Believe or not...i lost one and decided to buy some knockoffs from ebay/china and they fit better than oem ahahah
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It is the whole cap and it seems to primarily happen on the front wheels where all our power is. Oh wait we have rear wheel drive |
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08-06-2014, 09:06 PM | #8 |
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I made it to 3000 miles and 3 months before one disappeared so you never know. It's not that it will just fall out right away when you drive.
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08-07-2014, 06:22 AM | #10 |
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you just take them off and put some tape around the inside clips
From the front or from behind, wheel off?
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08-07-2014, 07:58 AM | #11 |
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Funny, my front left one fell off yesterday.
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08-07-2014, 08:42 AM | #12 |
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Its easiest from behind but I have seen some use a suction cup to pull it out. Otherwise you have to pull the wheel to push from behind
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08-07-2014, 09:13 AM | #14 |
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Yes have had this problem in the past, and this is how I solved it. I used black electrical tape worked great. Simple tolerance issue, BMW must have missed it or manufacturers q/c are missing it.
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08-07-2014, 09:24 AM | #15 |
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Just be careful if using a screw driver. You can scratch or chip the paint. That's why i like the suction cup idea.
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08-07-2014, 09:25 AM | #16 |
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I've also done a dab of epoxy on a couple of the tabs as a more permanent solution. Not glued to wheel, mind you. Remove, apply and let dry to make the tabs a bit thicker then reinstall.
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