BBS wheels

[dubstar]

Here are my new wheels for the GTI. I will post up some 'on car' pics once I have them (this weekend). Thanks to Robin for the deal on the lips!

[evorobin]

Awesome job. Seems like just yesterday they were in the oven to soften the sealant LOL

[Golf Loon]

Awesome job. Seems like just yesterday they were in the oven to soften the sealant LOL

Bet that makes you popular

[h100vw]

IIRC, Sarah suggested it.

Gavin

[aussieg60]

Great lookin wheels! They look RS, what size ?

[joshyd-mk2gti]

^^ yeh what size and et?


im looking at some at the moment, but they are 15x7 et0 front, 15x8 et12 back. im thinking it will poke out even with g60 flares.

[h100vw]

6.5 X 15 I think.
Gavin

PS is that engine in yet?? ;0)

[Satanstoenail]

Very nice

[intensem1]

Wheels look fantastic!

Did you refurbish them your self? If so congrats im sure all the hard work payed off! Would be interested to know how hard they were to bolt back up and seal and if there were any tricks?

Once again look great and look foward to seeing pics on the car!

[dubstar]

They are RS033, 15x6.5, ET34 (or 38, can't remember). They are 4x100 and the centre bore is 57.1mm, which emant they bolted straight on.

I did refurbish them myself. It was easy enough to pull them apart (large mallet and heat gun required) and putting them back together wasn't too strenuous. When you bolt them together you do it 'dry' and then seal the gap after they are torqued up.

I had the centre nuts and lips mirror polished, the centres were powder coated and I hand polished all the bolts (not good for sanity).

[OEM G60]

Very nice mate..........

[mrgolf]

When you bolt them together you do it 'dry' and then seal the gap after they are torqued up.

I believe you can do it the other way too. I siliconed mine as I bolted them together, and the fact that you have to remove silicon from the mounting surfaces after pulling them apart from the original factory assembly would suggest that they dont dry assemble and then silicon... Mine pushed the silicon out the edge where it was spread as a bead around the rim. A mate who works at a wheel repair shop helped me with them.

Nice wheels, though. I think they are almost the same dimensions as mine. I heart RS...

[dubstar]

I did quite a bit of research on rebuilding the BBS's. Everywhere I read it was recommended that you do it dry. When BBS assemble the wheels they use a special vacuum/pressure machine that 'pulls' the wheel parts together.

The main problem I have read about when people put silicon between the pieces is that when the silicon shrinks the torque on the bolts changes which could lead to leaks.

[mrgolf]

Hmmm.... Hopefully no problems then.... Image wheels, who made my wider outers, reccomended the way I did it as well.... No probs yet a year on...

[JR.]

nice wheels, ummm bbs rs o33 (jap spec bss) same as mine.