BBS Garage: All things BBS

[kreasims]

Just picked up these RZs and I want to make them look like new again. How should I go about polishing the lips and addressing some of the areas pictured? I've never polished wheels before and I don't want to buy a product or do anything stupid that will damage them.

You have to get rid the clear coat to clean those worm. After the coat gone, you'll need to wet sand it until its gone. Then you'll need to polish it with metal polish to make it shine. Those curb rashed can be fixed easily by manual grinder.

There are lots of detailed information of refinishing your wheels on the web. Good luck.

[E30 Wagen]

how polish/restore my BBS wheels?

Just picked up these RZs and I want to make them look like new again. How should I go about polishing the lips and addressing some of the areas pictured? I've never polished wheels before and I don't want to buy a product or do anything stupid that will damage them.

[durtyE30]

Got some new BBS...I know the car is dirty as sin, it's impossible to keep clean right now...




16x7 ET42
Centerbores enlarged from 54.1mm to 57.1mm
15mm spacers + 45mm lugs up front
20mm spacers + 50mm lugs out back.

Wrapped in Kumho KU36 XS 215/45/16

[jason952]

oh, the cover is a BBS turbofan that affixes to the acorn nut in place of the waffle cover. the back has radial fins that draw air in better. used on a lot of porsche 935 racing cars. hard to find at all, esp in 15". only have 2 of those. would love 2 more. they will mostly be on for shows, etc

the split thing is just a waffle cover the has another turbofan lying on top of it, they are both stacked on one of the wheels, it does look funny.

no explanation needed for the oriental rug, they are gold rs's after all!

[jason952]

need to get around to mounting but waiting on some ring for 67-->57.1 bore change

also can't decide about lowering vs stock height, need new bilsteins and CABS, all the "while i'm in there stuff"

A little lowering would really set off the wheels but I don't want the ride to suffer too bad.

they are RS 036 that are et25 and have a 4/114 and 4/100 dual drill. They came with nearly new 195/50 Bridgestone RE01's which look meaty and square, bigger than I thought so they will stay.

[diegom6]

Looks badass. Now take pics of the whol car with them mounted ASAP.

Two questions:

1) WHat wheel is that one (silver with the BBC cover thing)?

2) What's up with the gold center cap/lock "splited" in two with the BBS turbofan cover in there?

[Van Westervelt]

One of the few that has made me drool!

[cbouchez]

wow^^^ More info on the wheels!

[ZM Blue Devil]

Me Limey! A lot!

[jason952]

my turn, after a month of waiting for shipment!

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showpost.php?p=2634457&postcount=242

[IronmanE30]

Just got off the with Micheal at BBS America, I hope you guys haven't been powdercoating your centers!

The forged centers are not to be heated above 190°.
And they are completely out of bolts/lips/spare parts to rebuild yours. There was some info about them still rebuilding wheels, but they haven't done that in 2 years due to lack of parts.

Just thought everyone would like heads up.

He sends everyone to BFI for parts as well.

Power coating is also too thick and should not be applied at where the barrel and lip go onto the center. One more thing to be aware of is that the threads in the centers for the hex bolt should not be painted or you may have problems with getting the hex nut to thread into the center. This is especially true when you are going to use new hex nuts.

Cheers,

Jim

[z31maniac]

Yes, I've looked and seen, but I haven't seen enough.

Anyone with pictures of 15" RSs and chunky tires please post!

I'm thinking of running 15x8 all around with 205/50s or 55s for a very '90's setup'

225/50 would be even more badass.

Look up "2002maniac" his previous 318 had that. Looked amazing.

[z31maniac]

Just got off the with Micheal at BBS America, I hope you guys haven't been powdercoating your centers!

The forged centers are not to be heated above 190°.
And they are completely out of bolts/lips/spare parts to rebuild yours. There was some info about them still rebuilding wheels, but they haven't done that in 2 years due to lack of parts.

Just thought everyone would like heads up.

He sends everyone to BFI for parts as well.

[rennis]

nevermind

[formula driver]

Do you guys know of a good way to strip the old paint off the instars/waffles and inner barrels?

Besides aircraft stripper... Ive found it doesnt get the job done easy enough.

My buddy beadblasts them for me but his blaster is getting old and he wants me to try and get the wheels a little cleaner before I bring them to him.

Thanks alot!