Mv2 were fitted to % series as i had them on my old 530d one problem with them is they are a pain to keep clean between the spokes as it it is a small gap. My point is that they should build a car that can cope with local conditions. They came off my 5 series the alloys come with low profile falken tyres. It is alleged that the alloy wheels are subject to cracking as early as 20,000 miles. We will even fit your brand new bmw 3 series wheels for free. The first few generations of runflats were notoriously stiff in the side wall, hence the bad ride and cracking alloys much like driving on flinstones wheels.
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Bmw has been aware of the issue for quite some time and is not. My wheels are the 19 3 style and only done 24000 miles i am surprised by bmw s its your problem not ours attitude. Genuine preowned or refurbished bmw alloy wheels for sale browse a wide selection of genuine preowned or refurbished bmw alloy wheels for sale from uk sellers across uk and ireland. The problem seems to only affect bmws 19inch rear alloys, coupled with runflat tyres. I then tried on my new wheels, which are the style 216 bmw bbs motorsport wheels.
It looks almost perfect in that photo, but annoyingly the inner lip on the arch is rubbing on the wheel. San diego mobile alloy wheelrim repairrestoration duration. I had severe curb damage on my bmw alloys which i thought was not repairable. Have been told as it is not the style 225 that had a problem with cracking they wont have anything to do with it.
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