bbs, worth grabbing?

[IminDiegoTriick]

lucky!! thats like finding a pot of gold at the junk yard.

[Jaxx_]

you lose offset with spacers.

et11 + 15mm = -4ET final

you'd have to machine the hub to get a higher offset. that's risky business if you want to take off a significant amount.(I'd say more than 2-4mm, but i don't know much about machining wheels)

also, offset is related to the wheel as well. look at an offset calculator and you'll begin to understand.

example:
8" wheel with 0 offset is 4" on each side of the hub.

6" wheel with 0 offset is 3" on each side of the hub. from there you push in or out with your offset, and back-spacing becomes more important.

example: I had 16x6 wheels and I moved to 17x7.5, although the ET was lower on the 7.5" wide wheels, they rubbed on the inside.

You should use spacers to correct issues with calipers, rubbing, etc. Or to get a wider track.

ET11 on an 8" wide wheel -- I don't have to use a calculator to check, but I'm pretty sure that's gonna poke.

[Raxe]

Dunno why everyone is freaking out over these, with a proper refinish they'll probably end up around $1500 for the set and they'll still be 5x120. Add another 2k on to go 5-lug and it's not a great deal at all. You can buy a set of nice bolt on 4x100 for around $2000..

Maybe I'm just bitter about buying junkyard-find wheels in the past and they turn out to be a serious headache and pile of regret later, but that's just my experience.

Haters gonna hate.

[Jaxx_]

Yup, they had just set the car out.




Well I had considered a 5 lug swap before but really didn't see a reason to since it would cost alot for the swap and really nice wheels to make the swap worth it. Now that I have the wheels that just need to be refinished, I have alot of incentive.


And since im not hip with the lingo and haven't searched yet, wouldn't et11+15mm spacers put me at roughly et25? (Im under the impression that that's the e30 offset)

you lose offset with spacers.

et11 + 15mm = -4ET final

you'd have to machine the hub to get a higher offset. that's risky business if you want to take off a significant amount.(I'd say more than 2-4mm, but i don't know much about machining wheels)

[McGyver]

Did you get those at CAP?

Yup, they had just set the car out.

That sucks, those would look amazing on an E30. Dunno if it's worth doing a 5 lug swap for if you didn't want to before though.

Well I had considered a 5 lug swap before but really didn't see a reason to since it would cost alot for the swap and really nice wheels to make the swap worth it. Now that I have the wheels that just need to be refinished, I have alot of incentive.


And since im not hip with the lingo and haven't searched yet, wouldn't et11+15mm spacers put me at roughly et25? (Im under the impression that that's the e30 offset)

[VicSkimmr]

I personally think you would greatly increase the worth of those wheels by re-drilling them to 4x100. 16" will be too small for the majority of cars with 5x120, going to 4x100 will greatly increase the potential market for them.

[Wh33lhop]

That sucks, those would look amazing on an E30. Dunno if it's worth doing a 5 lug swap for if you didn't want to before though.

[threlevenguy]

Did you get those at CAP?

[fiftytakedowns]

it's perfectly safe, there are loads of us running re-drilled wheels. Plus the center cap would cover it so you would never see it.


If the lips are shit then why not get larger ones to push them to 16x9? I don't feel like doing the offset calculations but I doubt it would push them to an unacceptable range.

Edit: Eesh now that I look again, a 16x8 et 11 is a pretty good size.

pretty perfect.

[VicSkimmr]

^^ I'm sorry but that looks like shit, I wouldn't trust a wheel like that. ( I know there are 3 holes still need to be filled)

it's perfectly safe, there are loads of us running re-drilled wheels. Plus the center cap would cover it so you would never see it.


If the lips are shit then why not get larger ones to push them to 16x9? I don't feel like doing the offset calculations but I doubt it would push them to an unacceptable range.

Edit: Eesh now that I look again, a 16x8 et 11 is a pretty good size.

[Emre]

We'll I figured I couldpolish it my self, but the lips have ALOT of deep rash and they are bent in some places. So I guess I would want the centers powdercoated professionally, but I could polish the bolts and lips once they were fixed.

The price of professionally refurbishing, balancing, and refinishing 3-piece wheels will be closer to $250 per wheel if done properly. On top of that, these are the wrong bolt pattern AND the wrong offset for your car (surely the wrong center bore diameter as well).

Personally, I would take Levent up on his offer: trade them in.

[McGyver]

That fill and drill is trash, but put up a picture of the backside of the face. If it is flat you can redrill. If it is raised then you cannot. And don't waste your money on paying someone to polish them. It is SO EASY, go to google and do a search for BBS RS refinishing and put vwvortex after it. A guy did a sick write up including what to buy(grit paper) and how to work your way to polished finish.

Also if you are going to do this correctly, you will need a torch and an impact(trust me) there is SO many bolts to remove. And use the impact on the nut, not the bolt. So you will not engrave circle marks from the bolt head. I used a wrench and held on tight to keep the bolt from turning.

So if you are going to swap to 5 lug leave it, and do the polishing yourself. Save the money.

We'll I figured I couldpolish it my self, but the lips have ALOT of deep rash and they are bent in some places. So I guess I would want the centers powdercoated professionally, but I could polish the bolts and lips once they were fixed.

[F34R]

^you can fill and re-drill wheels to your lug pattern, but im just going to go 5 lug so i dot ruin the wheels.

That fill and drill is trash, but put up a picture of the backside of the face. If it is flat you can redrill. If it is raised then you cannot. And don't waste your money on paying someone to polish them. It is SO EASY, go to google and do a search for BBS RS refinishing and put vwvortex after it. A guy did a sick write up including what to buy(grit paper) and how to work your way to polished finish.

Also if you are going to do this correctly, you will need a torch and an impact(trust me) there is SO many bolts to remove. And use the impact on the nut, not the bolt. So you will not engrave circle marks from the bolt head. I used a wrench and held on tight to keep the bolt from turning.

So if you are going to swap to 5 lug leave it, and do the polishing yourself. Save the money.

[McGyver]

Its on a vw...

[DatUtahGuy]

^^ I'm sorry but that looks like shit, I wouldn't trust a wheel like that. ( I know there are 3 holes still need to be filled)