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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 05:43 PM
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Default BBS LM'S on a 02 transit?

whats your foughys on them wheels on a transit? lowerd aswel? like to heard what you'd think of it?
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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IF you can get them in the right PCD, Offset and load rated as well then they would look quite could. However the issues above are quite big as very very few wheels are available for the MK6 Transit.

I know because I want some nice ones for mine but can not find a decent one that is load rated like they need to be.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by andy130
whats your foughys on them wheels on a transit? lowerd aswel? like to heard what you'd think of it?
Can you buy them in Transit pcd?
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:01 PM
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I saw an awesome red transit at Trax i think it must have been on air bag suspension i cant remember what wheels it had but it was truely epic!
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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Got a mate who distributes LM reps. Very good quality if you don't wanna pay the full whack!

Drop me a message if you want me to get prices/offsets etc
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:12 PM
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I saw an awesome red transit at Trax i think it must have been on air bag suspension i cant remember what wheels it had but it was truely epic!
They were big fat steelies!
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Originally Posted by bookwyse
IF you can get them in the right PCD, Offset and load rated as well then they would look quite could. However the issues above are quite big as very very few wheels are available for the MK6 Transit.

I know because I want some nice ones for mine but can not find a decent one that is load rated like they need to be.
yeah i know but most vans run car wheels

@marthin i was going to buy VW bbs Lm's in golf offset an get hub adapers made? but not sure if the off set will work dont want wheel out passed arch
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Originally Posted by DanW@FastFord
They were big fat steelies!
bet me to it
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by andy130
yeah i know but most vans run car wheels

@marthin i was going to buy VW bbs Lm's in golf offset an get hub adapers made? but not sure if the off set will work dont want wheel out passed arch
If you're carrying any kind of load you'll get through a lot of tyres!!! Mate had 18s on his VW T4. After 3 blowouts in a month, he put the standard wheels back on.

Would be a bit worried about using adaptors if you're carrying loads too.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by andy130
yeah i know but most vans run car wheels

@marthin i was going to buy VW bbs Lm's in golf offset an get hub adapers made? but not sure if the off set will work dont want wheel out passed arch
The wheels on vans are not the same as car wheels. They have to load rated in order to be safe. I could stick any wheel and tyre combination on my jumbo Transit and it would look good. HOWEVER would it be safe.

Most car wheels are only rated to around 2.5 tonne max so thats around 600kg per corner, whereas to safely put them on a jumbo Transit I would need to have rims that are load rated to at least 1000kg to be safe.

Think about the stresses that are placed on ANY wheel whilst cornering and think about about it.

Those on the red Transit were banded steelies and the van itself is on air bags.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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you can get a five spoke in 18s for a mk6, bolt straight on and load rated too. hub adaptors put wheel past the arch and look terrible
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