JP's Golfs

[JP-009]

Old school cool BBS

As mentioned before, I have managed to get my hands on a set of old school 13x6 BBS rims for the manky little Mk1





Now I just have to lower the little beastie before I put them on (to do them justice - standard ride height is ok for standard wheels, but not for these).

At the moment, they are wearing 205/60-13 which fill out the guards nicely (nice and fat - but not sure if this is good for handling).

Can't wait to get them on permanently

[rayray086]

They look awesome! I wonder how old those wheels are?

[Jarred]

those wheels will look schmick. Are you going to refurb them or anything?

[JP-009]

They look awesome! I wonder how old those wheels are?

Probably at least as old as the car


I will give them a full going over when I am close to repainting the whole car. Trying to go for the '70s look where the little Mk1 will remain as true to the era as possible


Would white walls look ridiculous on the BBS? Still haven't made up my mind yet...

[Jarred]

Would white walls look ridiculous on the BBS? Still haven't made up my mind yet...

imo they would look bad. Maybe maybe maybe a white strip on them wheels with the balc centres and polished lips. But still no.

sorry, white walls on mk 1's is prolly my least fav mk 1 mod. sorry, but just my opinion.

[JP-009]

BBS 13x6...

I couldn't help myself any longer and put these puppies on.

I was going to wait until I had the lowered springs put in, but meh...





Just out of curiosity, I weighed each wheel...

OEM wearing 175/70-13


BBS wearing 205/60-13


Bugger all difference

Anyway, that's it for now.

New springs will be in soon...

[Jarred]

nice, those rims are sweet. will look good as once it's lowered some more.. are you going to polish the lips as well??

edit, just looked back, and you said you would refurb the wheels when you were close to painting it. pays to re read stuff dunnit??

[99gti]

Nice work - what rims are they? Can we have a close up of the meeeeeesh.

[Water Boy]

Looks hot mate... Give it a good wash and get rid of the tow bar n:

Also it will look extra cool when lowered

[ontarv]

looking nice
lower is always better

[JP-009]

Thanks for the great comments guys

Nice work - what rims are they? Can we have a close up of the meeeeeesh.

Good question, if anyone out there can tell me exactly what are - that would be greatly appreciated!



Another BBS that looks very similar is the BBS RA, so I'm guessing that they are from the same era?

Eventually, they will be fully restored with the charcoal mesh and polished lips - sweet. Big thanks to Pete for passing them on to me