bmw alloy

rje66

hit a pothole and damaged one of my alloys, a crack about 8 inches. got a quote to repair for €150 and one of the salvage yards said they only sell in sets of 4. anyone got ideas where id source a second one or of dealers that i could all into to have a look. based in dublin.
thanks i advance

biko

Do you have a pic of the alloy?
Try Traynors in NI and similar for sourcing parts.

a_v525

Kilcock Car Dismantlers has about two mountains of alloys that you can pick through. I got a spare e36 one last year for €15 with excellent thread. Was in there last week around the BMW section and most the cars still have their alloys on them and some have good tyres aswell. try emailing them with a picture and they may check for you.

rje66

thats great lads thanks, will try kilcock first and if no joy ill try up north, will post up pic later.

a_v525

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rje66

bmw alloy.jpg


bmw damaged alloy.jpg

hope this works, just lost an hour of my life before i saw your advice v_525, thanks for help

Captain Slow IRL

Is that an original BMW rim? Is there a "BMW" stamp somewhere on the inside, along with a part no.? (Disregard the small sticker on the face of the rim)

Northern Monkey

That's a CSL rep. I think your problem is going to be trying to get a replacement that is identical to your others as most of the reps are slightly different in design.

rje66

had a look inside , no BMW stamp , so prob not an original. They were on can when i got it, so dont know origin.
best case senario, i get very lucky in salvage yard and find one the same, (its a 225/18, will i be lucky?)

other senario, i find a 225/18 in a 'similar' alloy, could live with that if it wasnt too expensive, apart from astethics, would this be ok?

other options......... apart from me being 150E lighter?:mad:
ta

a_v525

Worst case scenario, you COULD buy a secondhand set of alloys for your car with tyres for about 100-150. They'd likely be stock alloys so wouldn't look the coolest and likely be about 15"-16", but at least all 4 would be the same. Theres a few nice sets of e46 alloys on donedeal & adverts a.t.m. with good thread going for around the 100 mark.

Beyond that I can't help, sorry.

edit:

best case senario, i get very lucky in salvage yard and find one the same, (its a 225/18, will i be lucky?)

Highly doubt it, bigger tyres like 18" in decent nick and the exact size you're looking for are hard enough to come by in scrappies. But you could be lucky

Captain Slow IRL

rje66 wrote: »

....other options......... apart from me being 150E lighter?:mad:
ta

Buy a second hand set of alloys and sell yours, you might sell them individually as spares.