Wanted: BWA wheel center caps

myredracer

myredracer

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Just got a set of BWA 5x13 wheels I'm going to use on my 600 (need cleaning/refurbishing & tires are junk). They don't have center caps and I'd kinda like to have them, but not the end of the world if I can't find any.

I know this has come up in the past, but does anyone know what's out there as of 2019? I tried some googling and came up empty handed.

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They are rare so difficult to find. Ask on all forums including old Bimmer ones . These BWAs are very well known in the BMW 2002 and 320i world. Also they come up on ebay every now and then. The original casted aluminum ones are the priciest ones.
Be patient n good luck!!
 
Karfrik said:
They are rare so difficult to find. Ask on all forums including old Bimmer ones . These BWAs are very well known in the BMW 2002 and 320i world. Also they come up on ebay every now and then. The original casted aluminum ones are the priciest ones.
Be patient n good luck!!
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Thanks. I used to be heavily into '02s at one time and will check out a couple of the forums I remember. I've found some Alfa ones but don't suit a Fiat.
 
For my set of BWAs it has cast caps which say FIat on them. I will see if I can find them the next time I go to my storage space to take a pic if you want.
 
kmead said:
For my set of BWAs it has cast caps which say FIat on them. I will see if I can find them the next time I go to my storage space to take a pic if you want.
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That would be great if you could, thanks. These repo's are available on ebay.it. I don't know if the hole dia. is the same on all BWA rims?

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myredracer said:
That would be great if you could, thanks. These repo's are available on ebay.it. I don't know if the hole dia. is the same on all BWA rims?

Nope,,...they come with different center hub sizes.
Just measure them in mm in order to make sure which ones u need and that they are all the same.
Another option is to buy generic plastic ones with same center hub size as yours and find BWA stickers.

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I have two BWA caps. They are the non Fiat logo version. I'll post a pic tomorrow and you can decide.
 
myredracer said:
That would be great if you could, thanks. These repo's are available on ebay.it. I don't know if the hole dia. is the same on all BWA rims?

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I think Ricardo makes reproductions of this center cap. I sold wheels, but IIRC, Ricardo's version says both FIAT and BWA on the cap. PM Ricardo and see if he has any available. They were beautiful and very well made. All metal with paint filled recesses.
 
Here's another version of the cap with most of the paint gone, 20190916_163258.jpg on a very dirty wheel. Unfortunately I don't have any extras.
 
20190916_221835.jpg This is the center cap on the bwa wheels that came as an extra wheelset when I purchased my x. Mounted with race slicks used for autox.
 
On Ebay.it are some reprodcutions available, I bought them for 8x13 BWA wheels and they fit nice and are looking nice, but are BWA badges not Fiat if I remember good.
 
andreav said:
On Ebay.it are some reprodcutions available, I bought them for 8x13 BWA wheels and they fit nice and are looking nice, but are BWA badges not Fiat if I remember good.
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That seller has ones that look like this (that I posted earlier above): It looks like they won't fit the opening dia. my rims have. I sent a message to the seller a couple of days ago and haven't heard back. They do seem to be good quality, but that won't help if they don't fit...

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BWA-WHEELS-CERCHI-FELGEN-8-X-13-ALFA-ROMEO-GTA-FORD-RS-CITROEN-PEUGEOT-SUNBEAM-6.jpg Ah sorry, didnt read all until my respond.
There is another type, at least I bought different type than this, look photo attached.
 
I have one set on red right now available

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107.00 for a set of 4 (FIAT LOGO ON RED) includes hardware (much better than the original system)

PM if you are interested.
 
I now have the set of 4 new reproduction center caps from Ricardo and they are outstanding! Better than the originals too. I also just bought a single original one off ebay and they're side by side in the photo below. The reproductions are solid cast metal (pot metal?) and plated while the originals were aluminum. The originals were apparently known to fall off regularly - I can see why. The metal tab on Ricardo's are screwed on versus the originals which were attached to the cap with a piece of aluminum bent over it.

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