Hello I’m new here so sorry If I’m messing up but I picked these up yesterday for 440$ apparently they came off a vert m tech that’s what I was told. He only had 3 paint looks oem white with polished lips. He did give me a different one but it is silver and not stamped “made in Germany” i don’t know anything about these rims I just got my e30 a few weeks ago. 3 of the caps are metal and 1 is plastic why is that ? Anyone have the 1 rim I’m missing ? Or know where I can buy if. paint looks original white if that’s the case I kinda don’t want to repaint them but then again I do have a white 325e with white rims idk idk. Anyways any info / help is appreciated. where can I get caps that say “bbs” instead of BMW logo?
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they did a couple of versions, full silver and and dark grey with a polished lip. Maybe in your region weiss was an option, unsure. I would say someone damaged a wheel and couldn't find a polished version to replace it (they're rare) In any case your painted version is genuine. The caps look correct. There should be a 7 digit part number stamped into the wheel and cap which should be specific to the colour. Add 3611 to the front of the 7 digit number and thats the full BMW AG number.
are they the same width?
Boris - 89 E30 325i
84- E30 323i
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Originally posted by bangn View Postthey did a couple of versions, full silver and and dark grey with a polished lip. Maybe in your region weiss was an option, unsure. I would say someone damaged a wheel and couldn't find a polished version to replace it (they're rare) In any case your painted version is genuine. The caps look correct. There should be a 7 digit part number stamped into the wheel and cap which should be specific to the colour. Add 3611 to the front of the 7 digit number and thats the full BMW AG number.
are they the same width?
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Originally posted by E30 Xskyshi View Post
i see yes i have 3 of the same white polished lips but have only 1 matching white metal cap then have 2 metal caps but silver then 1 plastic cap all stamped w. "Germany"
the white ones would have been original to the mtech. the last one sounds like it's a standard e30 rim. probably not a fakie. the metal caps are standard e30 bmw caps. no idea on what is up with a plastic cap.
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Originally posted by 82eye View Post
will they all fit and lock in the wheels ?
the white ones would have been original to the mtech. the last one sounds like it's a standard e30 rim. probably not a fakie. the metal caps are standard e30 bmw caps. no idea on what is up with a plastic cap.
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Originally posted by E30 Xskyshi View Post
yes they lock into wheels i was told from the seller that they where off a vert m tech e30 picked these up yesterday at first i thought that they where painted but when i went to see them in person they defiantly professorially done if they are real m tech rims i kinda don't want to paint them
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Originally posted by E30 Xskyshi View Post
i see yes i have 3 of the same white polished lips but have only 1 matching white metal cap then have 2 metal caps but silver then 1 plastic cap all stamped w. "Germany"Boris - 89 E30 325i
84- E30 323i
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Of my old collection of 14" weaves, all dated '88 to '91, I think there were at least 3 different manufacturers so I assumed BBS wasn't the only supplier to BMW. In fact I want to say that none of the early weaves I had were by BBS, but could be wrong. I remember that "Alusomething" brand that you have pictured, and then one I think by a "Lemmers"?
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+1 to other manufacturers beyond BBS.
They are all OEM to BMW for 'basketweaves' - BBS, Lemmers and 1x more I can't recall right now.
Unless you're a hardcore basketweave aficionado with OCD tendencies, you can get away with having different BMW OE basketweaves made by different OEM manufacturers, so long as they are the same size/offset.
Once the centrecap is on 99.5% of people can't tell the difference.
I haven't seen any cross-brand comparison on weights & strengths for the same size basketweave.
e.g. BBS are 'x' lbs & Lemmers are 'y' lbs
But lots of threads on the interwebs that BMW OE basketweaves made by BBS are 'stronger'...
Regarding the all-plastic centre cap, yes these are non OE.
E30 320i vert
But daily drive is Volvo V60 Polestar
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