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BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:34 pm
by Brodie320
Ive seen a nice set of 15" alloys that apprently came off an E30 about 20 years ago.
They have BBS stamped on them but are an ET of only 13.
Will they fit and look factory or will they stick out a bit too much?
Im fairly sure they are 7J
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:08 pm
by leeparkes
ET13 will make them stick out a tad but they will be fine.
Do they look like this?
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:00 am
by Brodie320
no its these:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220892243271? ... 500wt_1287
thought I could polish or refurb them. Wanting my car to look totally original, and these are fairly understated.
But with them sticking out a bit im worried the car wont sit right.
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:05 am
by leeparkes
Imo and E30 sits better on ET13.
55 profile on the rear may catch the arch, 50 profile wont catch.
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:39 am
by ImysE30
They look like MK1 MR2 alloys (teardrops)
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:17 am
by JGTI
I was thinking along mercedes wheels. 190 and W124 models, but 4 stud. Odd on an e30.
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:50 am
by Grrrmachine
I didn't put them in the Wiki because they're so heavily modified, but these are Merc wheels on an E30:
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 94#2280594
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:58 pm
by Brodie320
so the consensus is that they are a no go
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:30 pm
by leeparkes
Brodie320 wrote:so the consensus is that they are a no go
They will fit near perfect but what they will look like is another story.
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:19 pm
by mani
aren't they merc wheels ?
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:21 pm
by Kedge
Did you buy them?
I think they could look ok, a bit similar to D90s.
Re: BBS wheels with ET of 13, a good fit?
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:31 pm
by harry_p
i was going to take a punt on them if they stayed cheap enough as they were local.
i too thought they looked quite like d90s, there were a few others i thought they looked like but couldnt place them. et13 means they weren't standard on anything made in the last 30 years or so though!