Vic

I have now in my collection 2.5 sets of BBS wheels. 1 x set of 18" BBS LM (for the street) and 1 x set of 17" BBS RS for track. I also have two BBS RS's left to use for drag wheels. The track wheels will be done factory type with polished lips and half height caps and the drag wheels will be whored out. Not sure what final colours will be but expect something different.

Anyways, here are pics of my BBS LM's (real deal, not copies) in which they have been powder coated chrome base and finsihed with silver flake. The lips were polished and then the centre has been remounted behind the lip to add another 0.5" dish.

If anyone is thinking of doing the whole exercise.. its pretty darm expensive and takes lot and lots of measuring and re-measuring.

Tried on the set today:
refinshed with powdercoat chrome and silver flake centres. lips polished and then remounted behind lip:



Front

Rear

Vic

my BBS RS wheels to be refurbished:

RONNIE AMIS

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any pics of the whole car with them on mate?

would love them for mine

AGAR-COSWORTH

Looks great - I think we need some more pics of them on the car

Staffi

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LM's look stunning imo......

Vic

here's an old pic of them (with the centres on front of the lip)



and a few more i took today:

RONNIE AMIS

iTrader: (17)

that looks stunning!!!

TT300

Gold centres ftmfw!!!!

Vic

cheers Ronnie, im a fan of your car

I have three different sets of badges: red/gold, black/chrome and black/gold

Staffi

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+ 1 SOOOOOOOO fat @ the rear..........

focus 4x4

Gold inserts needed here pal , looks stunning tho!

NoRubNoDub

What rs's are those?

H7 CYA

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Them wheels look awesome! The rears are perfect!!

Vic

thanks for the comments!

the RS in front of the pic is a RS 198

the track wheels are RS 212

NoRubNoDub

Don't think those are propore 17"s, would you sell them?

Vic

the RS198s are 17s ... they were the early 17" that BBS made and use a 13" centre from the 16" wheel. You can see an extra step in the lip to compensate for the extra inch.

BBS later made 'proper' 17s with larger centres, which my RS212 are

Ill keep the RS's for now

gus

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automotive porn

NoRubNoDub

My mate is looking 17" rs's for his st focus but he keeps turning his nose up at the steped up ones

BRAMMER

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What hubs are you using??

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Very nice

jonny s2

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been after some decent splitties for my s2 for aaaagggess

Glenn_

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I was gonna say that then i seen the pic lol.

fezzajsy

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R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

lovd it - how is the 5 stud conversion done - adapters, granada hubs, etc

Vic

the rear hubs are granada, they bolt straight on.

i was told the hubs on the front from a granada should fit, but as it turned out the hubs from a 1990 2.0l did not fit. I was told later that the granada 4x4 hub should fit, but got fed up and had my guy make some custom machined alloy hubs.

LINCOLN

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Wow Vic!!!!!!!!!

P.S. = give Gav the things that need to be flocked - will wait for them mate.

P.P.S. = sorry about not getting back to you.

LINCOLN

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P.P.P.S = leave them SILVER you tart.

ossie cossie

VIC. I have just got a pair of 4x4 granada front hubs to maybe go on my escos. i already have the 5 stud granada rears i may go the 5 stud wheel route myself but then again i may not. It may all be a bit too much work, easier to get the 4 stud wheels direct from the UK.

Rs_Nick

Here a pic from a mate that lives here in the netherlands.
He loves bbs also.

RSRoy

Just love the original BBS splits rims. Better then all the replica's out there.

See my resto topic for pictures from my BBS RS wheels

Vic

RS Nick: ive found out (unfortunately!) that there's another world of wheels and there's quite a fair share of BBS wheel horders lol.

RSRoy: just saw your resto thread. looking the goods there . its reassuring knowing that your rims wont depreciate or lose its appeal over time

Vic

yeah going 5 stud, is quite an effort to get it right (for my fussy standards). you also need new brake bells or use a 5 stud 1 piece disc. Having said that you can get the majority of wheels on the market with the suitable pcd and offset...the list is endless. Personally I only like a few of the 4 stud choices in 4x108.

i think the oz rally with centrelocks would suit your car just fine! Linc can get you some centrelock hubs

Vic

I maybe a wheel whore but never a tart!

Ive got a few ideas for my drag wheels:





Oh and it might be easier if I send the parts to you, but I'll send gav a message this week. cheers mate

TWoods

have you got the steel or ali outers? i have same rs with the small centres I had my ali outers hard anodised def worth while doing for longer lasting finish mate.

Vic

i have the ali ones, and yeah i may just have to get them anodised as keeping them polished (well 2 sets at least) will be a pain. does the hard anodising turn the metal grey?

MONSTER

Lookin good Vic

RSRoy

Thanks for the comment Vic

If you look closely at Nick's picture you see my 4 rims in front of all those others. Those others are all owned by my mate who is doing the refurb on mine wheels aswell

Fortunatly I've got the only geniune 16" 4x108 set of him

Niall.b

looks great, keep the centres silver imo

m4tt274

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i think Vic's 3 door looks fantastic and i like these wheels alot but imo, this under-tyreing thing like in the pic above looks gash. its carried over from the VW scene i think and i dont like it

Vic

thanks again for the comments guys

the track wheels will def be a silver/chrome powder coat, so dont worry bout ruining a classic..

dont worry about the under tyre stretched look, i will definately have the correct sized tyre for the wheel

i will be doing something a little different with the drag wheels, which will be on only on the rare occasion the car goes to the quarter mile strip