Am I going crazy??

[Y30]

Hello again gents.

I have a 1987 325is. Would there be any reason bottlecaps would not fit?

I went to put on my spare (which is a BMW bottlecap stock rim) and it would not go over my rear hub. As if the center bore of the wheel was smaller than it should be.

Am I doing something wrong here??

Did the "is" models have different (larger) center bores than other models?

[Varinn]

Are your hubs rusted to shit? The only difference I've ever heard of is 5lug and ix, and you would likely know if you had either. Even then, I'm 90% sure the iX hub's are the same in diameter, just stick out further than rwd e30's

[Y30]

Are your hubs rusted to shit? The only difference I've ever heard of is 5lug and ix, and you would likely know if you had either. Even then, I'm 90% sure the iX hub's are the same in diameter, just stick out further than rwd e30's

Ya. Not 5 lug or ix. But since i was putting on a spare (which usually implies that it is an emergency or you are in a hurry/not prepared) I did not take too much time to look if they were bent or flared out in any way. I just repeatedly put my wheel up to the hub and was like "why the eff is this not sitting against the hub flange?"

Luckily my bud had a extra wheel lying around so I'm limping along.

But I'm interested in getting 4 stock bottlecaps for my car and now I'm nervous.

[bmwguy325is]

Well a stock wheel for an 87' iS would be the 14inch basket weaves.

[AndrewBird]

Take a picture of your hub and post it. Something is very odd here...

[Farbin Kaiber]

Is the brake rotor not installed?

[Y30]

Hmm. If it is that strange then I'm assuming it is probably bent or got hit at some point giving it a strange lip.

I don't have the ability to take it off right now and check which would probably answer all of my questions. I just thought maybe you guys knew something I didn't or the bore was smaller on bottlecaps than basketweaves.

I'll investigate and take the wheel off when I have the opportunity.

[DÌEGØ]

I've had it where it is DIFFICULT (not impossible) to remove/re-install wheels because the hub was corroded or just really dirty. So that's my guess