Removing Center Caps

mrboon · 01-03-2010, 03:54 AM

Hi guys,

A friend from Thailand just sent me some new BMW center caps for my rims. I am dying to put them on, but I cant think of any way to get my old ones off, without taking all the rims completely off the car.

If I go to a shop here they will charge me something like 50 bucks, just to take all the wheels off, so I can put the center caps on, and I think that is a bit too much money.

Do you guys know a way of taking center caps of rims, without actually removing the rim from the car?

teagueAMX · 01-03-2010, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by godius

Hi guys,

A friend from Thailand just sent me some new BMW center caps for my rims. I am dying to put them on, but I cant think of any way to get my old ones off, without taking all the rims completely off the car.

If I go to a shop here they will charge me something like 50 bucks, just to take all the wheels off, so I can put the center caps on, and I think that is a bit too much money.

Do you guys know a way of taking center caps of rims, without actually removing the rim from the car?

Just my 2 cents but probably not without damaging the wheels.

JohnT · 01-03-2010, 03:41 PM

Try some thing with suction, like those hooks you stick to tiles with a suction cup. May work.
John

rmorin49 · 01-03-2010, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnT

Try some thing with suction, like those hooks you stick to tiles with a suction cup. May work.
John

Don't think so, they have to be taken out from the rear. Just give them a pop with a rubber mallet from the front and they will pop right out.

It's not bad removing the rims, IF you have a jack. This is why I bought one. BMW is foolish for not putting one in the car, yeah, I know it has RFTs. I, for one, still want a jack.

teagueAMX · 01-03-2010, 07:22 PM

Colonel, you mean pop them from the back with a rubber mallet, right?

rmorin49 · 01-03-2010, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by teagueAMX

Colonel, you mean pop them from the back with a rubber mallet, right?

Negative. You pop them out from the front and out the back of the wheel but the wheels have to be off the car. You can usuall pop them out with your hand.

MadMan77 · 01-03-2010, 07:40 PM

I am not sure how it is on the Z but on my 135 I just use a 2" suction cup that I got from Target in the utility section. They come out surprisingly easy. Almost to the point where you wonder how they even stay in the wheels in the first place.

mrboon · 01-04-2010, 03:02 AM

Thanks for the tips guys!

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mrboon Lieutenant 76 Rep 561 Posts Drives: Speeeed Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: *** iTrader: (0)	Removing Center Caps Hi guys, A friend from Thailand just sent me some new BMW center caps for my rims. I am dying to put them on, but I cant think of any way to get my old ones off, without taking all the rims completely off the car. If I go to a shop here they will charge me something like 50 bucks, just to take all the wheels off, so I can put the center caps on, and I think that is a bit too much money. Do you guys know a way of taking center caps of rims, without actually removing the rim from the car?
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JohnT Private 4 Rep 79 Posts Drives: Z4 sDrive23i Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Yorkshire iTrader: (0)	Try some thing with suction, like those hooks you stick to tiles with a suction cup. May work. John
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teagueAMX Colonel 60 Rep 2,087 Posts Drives: Some are road worthy Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: So Cal, USA iTrader: (0)	Colonel, you mean pop them from the back with a rubber mallet, right?
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MadMan77 ↓↓↓ Ex-Con ↓↓↓ 34 Rep 1,874 Posts Drives: Jet Black '08 135i Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yigo iTrader: (1)	I am not sure how it is on the Z but on my 135 I just use a 2" suction cup that I got from Target in the utility section. They come out surprisingly easy. Almost to the point where you wonder how they even stay in the wheels in the first place. __________________
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mrboon Lieutenant 76 Rep 561 Posts Drives: Speeeed Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: *** iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the tips guys!
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