Genuine BMW vs Fake Wheel Centre Caps: Are They Worth It?

Wheels are a major part of the exterior aesthetics of a car, even an immaculate example can be made to look shabby if the wheels aren't up to scratch.

The wheel centre caps on my 335i were looking a bit worse for wear, bubbling, corroded and dog eared from being removed a number of times. They were the older style too, showing the cars age.

Like most people I went straight on eBay and ordered a set of replacements, from a seller called asamuk2015, for the grand sum of £5.99 delivered. (Warning, read on to see why you should never order from this seller, or anyone selling fake centre caps).

Dull Clouded Side Repeaters Replaced

Much the same as with the LED Angel Eye Upgrade, I needed to do something with the side repeaters to roll back the years.

The Sun had taken it's toll on the plastic lens and, somewhere along the line, the driver's side clip had been broken causing the rear end to stick out from the fender.

As I found out when replacing the side repeaters on my E46 330d, buy genuine BMW or don't bother.

I jumped on RealOEM and found out the part numbers, then called BMW for a quote.