BBS RS 240 custom

[dubbed_up_daz]

Just finished these and was pretty chuffed with them,thought id share

Been waiting on a set of 14" RS centres being returned from canada(long story,guy wanted his polished,we split a set,polished the centres,sent them over and waited on him splitting his and returning them)waited on lips coming from Image which they hucked up but we finally got all the bits back and started work. Ceramic'd the weaves as per,mike polished the barrels and faces of the lips back when they got split/delivered

Fast forward to the other day ........... I cut them out the wrapping and gave them a once over and they were pretty marked up and/or still raw finish in areas like the complete reverse off the lip here


following from playing with polishing and satin'd finishes on the trophies and with one of the previous fully polished sets struggling to get a solid seal on the beads I decided to satin the bead areas after id polished the reverse


went over them with some hoch to remove handlin marks and polish remnants


3 1/2"x14"


couple trial shots




getting through prepping the parts






all set up ready to get stuck together

[dubbed_up_daz]

off to bed with them


and off to bath with him,long day.....


way back when the lips arrived they had been supplied raw as asked for but they had drilled them for the bolts as well....told mike as much and left them in disgust as they were pretty marked up as well.Told Mike to return them and get the blanks that we ordered but he came up to the unit one night during his offshore stint and checked them,he pronounced them 'fine' and he would get the marks out no bother. When he came back onshore he polished the lips,checked the spacing and declared them fit although one or two holes may need a slight 'tweak'.... then wrapped them up in cling film to await the centres getting returned.

Then when I went to build the huckers and silicone up the first barrel,place on the weave,silicon the top of the weave,line up dish and place on,fit the first bolt....

oh wait I cant........

EVERY HUCKING HOLE was 6.5mm and the dubious out of sync holes are a ****ing mile out although this only seems o really have been on one lip but I wish to hell I had inspected them myself more closely at the time now. So had too re-drill,fix and re-polishing the lips after machining them....

blew the table down and laid fresh microfibres


laid a bead


smear


repeat


lined up the valve just to the left off the diamond in the middle off the centre section part with the bbs info,with them being four stud that puts all the valves tdc,It also means that when you put the caps on the nuts all line up on the same side of the hex facing the valve,you either get a flat side or a point facing it


all four bolted up the same


nuts on finger tight


expensive stepping stones lol

[dubbed_up_daz]

whoring










left them in the office with the heater on over last night to cure,gave the bench a clear and then more microfibres and wood




easily spinnable for applying sealing run without any risk of damage to the lips and barrels


I guess you can just throw sealant on but a little weave ensures theres no trapped air bubbles which when rubbered up and on the car expand and can cause the seal to fail leading to a slow puncture


finished


and spun a few times with light pressure to spread it evenly


zero trapped air,neat and no wiping necessary

[dubbed_up_daz]

wasnt sure of the final specs so double checked the widths




pretty much done and one of my favourite sets yet

[Jarred]

WOW.

just WOW!

[Mr_Bob]

any hotter and this would need a NSFW prefix...

[GoLfMan]

WOW.

just WOW!

ummm what he just said!

[pansy]

So much shine, they are some proper sexy wheels. I hope you whore the crap out of them

[dubbed_up_daz]

Thanks for the really good comments I was really happy with how they turned out as they're the widest 14's we've done yet.These are a customers though so im just hoping they treat them good

[Lorenz]

Holy crap sht batman, they are stunning! Wow....

[rayray086]

They're bloody beautiful mate!

So the centres are fully polished followed by a ceramic coat?

[Jace]

Even I like those.
You'd almost need a really REALLY big deep-bore socket to remove the centercaps! Getting the center cap wrench in that dish safely would be a PITA!

[dubbed_up_daz]

no the centres are prepped then ceramic polished,to fully hand polish ONE full centre weave like that would take @ 200 hours,we have a machine which uses ceramic media mainly for polishing bbs centre weaves or odd ball stuff

[dylan8]

Thanks for the really good comments I was really happy with how they turned out as they're the widest 14's we've done yet.These are a customers though so im just hoping they treat them good

and they aren't even for you!?!?!?!

They look sick as! want to come over to AUS and do mine? haha

[dubbed_up_daz]

no theyre not unfortunately,but my 15 RS's are next as soon as I strip my OZ's down and reclaim the lips This is what I kind of play about with during the week