16" alpinas. best offset question

[sharky]

in for pics, I know Levant and myself have been searching for 8" Alpinas for ages, wont give up my real alpinas but it may be a nice switch up wheel.

[IRON-E]

OMG I am giddy as a schoolgirl

+1

:giggle:

[CorvallisBMW]

OMG I am giddy as a schoolgirl

[Pabl0]

hoops are in and first set is underway. The price should be very close to 1000/1100 with painted center and polished lip. Also u can get a full polish for 200 extra. The first set is 16x8 et20 and et5 with brilliant silver center/polished lip. Should be finished within 2 weeks from today..

[Stephen]

He said $1000 a few posts back.

Well if i can hit that, more power to him.

[kronus]

I hate to rain on the parade, but..

Before everyone gets super excited, i think you might want to post a rough price target. Custom offset forged center wheels, if yours are priced anything like others, will most likely be way way above what r3v usually spends on wheels..

He said $1000 a few posts back.

[Stephen]

I hate to rain on the parade, but..

Before everyone gets super excited, i think you might want to post a rough price target. Custom offset forged center wheels, if yours are priced anything like others, will most likely be way way above what r3v usually spends on wheels..

[FKNFASTM5]

yes.

[Javier h]

Would anyone be interested in M-systems T-star reps in a 17 inch 4 lug? I'm sure it might be feasible but we need to generate interest first. The only thing coming close is the 16 inch Alpha M5S which are NLA.

Lets see what happens with the alpinas but now would be the time to ask. Thank you.

[audiquattrot]

please make sure these will be able to fit an iX! I won't mind running spacers if need be.

[Pabl0]

Levent, email sent. thanx!

[Pabl0]

Oh, ok. Nevermind, I was about to totally lose interest.

So about how much of a lip would these have in 16x8? That's one of the things I hate about the Kopis, is that there's no lip, when the real 16" Alpinas have a decent one.

as much as you can get away with since the centers can be placed anywhere inside the barrel. its really just limited by what offset you can run. i will post some pics of the hoops when i get back from h20 so people can get an idea of what we are going to be doing. i think the step creates a minimum of a 1" lip.

[Jand3rson]

Oh, ok. Nevermind, I was about to totally lose interest.

So about how much of a lip would these have in 16x8? That's one of the things I hate about the Kopis, is that there's no lip, when the real 16" Alpinas have a decent one.

[Pabl0]

well technically, yeah. they will be forged billet centers welded into a polished stepped lip barrel.

[Jand3rson]

well the offset can be changed to the customers specs. while we are outsourcing the hoops the forged centers will be machined in house allowing us to dial it in for people.

Wait, so are these going to be 2-piece?