Wheels

[Gadget760Li]

Hi I live in East Sussex St Leonards on Sea

My car recently had the suspension arm changed but BMW said they cannot realign the wheels with my set of alloys they have to be done with BMW wheels.

Now here is the tricky question(s)

1) does anyone know where I can get my wheels realigned and do a good job as BMW would do? With my existing alloys

OR

2) does anyone live around East Sussex which would swap over wheels for a day considering my wheels are worth £1995 without the tyres (and they do have tyres which are Dunlop SP sport). I doubt it would take a full day but I always give BMW an extra bit of rope.

The only thing is the wheels would need to be at least min 18 inch

[G4VHD]

Anywhere that does laser alignment mate..

BMW not always the best

[Gadget760Li]

I've always taken whatever BM I've had to BMW and having the paperwork and stamps does make a difference when selling. Sold my 02 745i with 170,000 miles on the clock for £5800 mainly because it was dealer looked after. My friend sold his one for £4000 with less miles and no dealership stamps or papers.

I don't mind getting it aligned anywhere but just would prefer a BMW specialist

[Gadget760Li]

E46 tourer lovely car my cous has the sport one

[d_a_n1979]

You dont have to use BMW as stated above but clearly, if you do, you need to get OEM wheels

I'd say that this is just them protecting their back incase of issues etc...

Get yourself to a decent garage that has 4 wheel laser alignment, get the settings off the tinterweb and take them down with you and ask them to do full alignment.

You DONT need OEM wheels on the car; all alloys are round (unless damaged) so they're more or less all the same to do!

[Gadget760Li]

Thanks I will do that