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      05-01-2014, 02:30 PM   #23
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      05-01-2014, 02:34 PM   #24
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      05-01-2014, 02:46 PM   #25
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      05-01-2014, 06:42 PM   #26
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Looks great Ian, not many in white about!

Richard - funnily enough I just did that to my wheel hubs last weekend! My car's on 9.5k miles and the wheels were a nightmare to take off. I'm paranoid when taking the wheels off to not clip one of the ceramic discs or chip the caliper as there's really no room for movement!
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      05-01-2014, 10:22 PM   #27
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Ian,

A tip for you, while everything is still new, remove all the wheels and grease the wheel bearing with copper grease. The factory don't seem to grease the outside of the bearing at all, so after only a few months the bearing goes from this :

Attachment 1020133

to this

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I cleaned it up and coated it with copper grease to give it a little protection, you could avoid the clean up stage!

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ty for the tip richard
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      05-02-2014, 03:02 AM   #28
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Richard - funnily enough I just did that to my wheel hubs last weekend! My car's on 9.5k miles and the wheels were a nightmare to take off. I'm paranoid when taking the wheels off to not clip one of the ceramic discs or chip the caliper as there's really no room for movement!
As the wheels are so heavy, without some sort of lift, then best approach is to only raise the car so the wheels are a few mm off the ground. Depending on the surface the car is on, slide a piece of cardboard and a sheet of paper under the wheel, you can then just slide the wheel out from the car without fear of it hitting the disk or calliper - so long as you can get the wheel off of course!
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Thats exactly how I do it Richard Lifted it just enough to lift the wheel a mm or two off the floor. The only issue was the amount of force it took to remove the wheel given the amount of corrosion on the hub - it sure was a lot easier removing the wheels when the car was brand new!
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      05-02-2014, 11:50 PM   #30
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As the wheels are so heavy, without some sort of lift, then best approach is to only raise the car so the wheels are a few mm off the ground. Depending on the surface the car is on, slide a piece of cardboard and a sheet of paper under the wheel, you can then just slide the wheel out from the car without fear of it hitting the disk or calliper - so long as you can get the wheel off of course!
I weighed a front Style 433M wheel without tire: 30.95 lbs !!!
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      05-03-2014, 01:52 AM   #31
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Official weights for the wheels without tires are :

Front

433M - 31.1 lb
601M - 31.1 lb
343M - 25.1 lb

Rear

433M - 32.8 lb
601M - 32.2 lb
343M - 26.2 lb

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      05-10-2014, 12:53 PM   #32
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That really looks great Ian, I was keen on the Blue, but seeing the Car in Alpin Whine makes it look great, I would go Orange leather with the White though.......... food for thought.
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      05-15-2014, 11:53 AM   #33
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Fantastic Richard! I've switched into M6GC mode today having seen the deals out there, and white and those wheels are exactly what i want.. ahhhhh roll on saturday dealer day
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Fantastic Richard! I've switched into M6GC mode today having seen the deals out there, and white and those wheels are exactly what i want.. ahhhhh roll on saturday dealer day
Me Too, just sealed a deal Pxing the LCI M5 for september delivery, M6 GC CP Alpine with Red Leather all extras.
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