E30 Zone

A mate of mine has a set of (what i believe are) Borbet C's. They are 6 spoke, 17"x7.5j. Don't know much about them though and can't find any information on them. Says i can have them for £150 which i think is cheap and has given them to me to try out but i havn't had a chance to try them on the car yet. They have VW centre caps so i'm guessing they are FWD offset so i'm thinking i'll need a spacer. Anyone know anything about them though? or know how i can find out the offset of them?

Cheers Raf

Borbet C`s are timeless classics IMO

Also anyone got any pictures of them on E30's?

Raf17 wrote:Also anyone got any pictures of them on E30's?

Tailoutcharlie has got 16" C`s on his car,search under his name for pics?

there the same as gsi vectra wheels.

how very dare you rebelcruiser

mine are 16s but gotta admit they really suit the e30 shape imo.

no offence mate

i like them but they are the same as what come on a vectra gsi.

nice car by the way.

Iv got 16's but i'll take a pic 2mo. IMHO they look sweeeeeeeeeeeet!

they look cool on yours Charlie. The car is away having a little work done for the MOT atm but hopefully tomorrow i'll have it back and be able to try the wheels on it. What width are yours Charlie?

im pretty sure7.5". will check when its light if you want.
have a gander here
http://www.eliteone.com/wheels/borbet.htm

So assuming yours are 7.5" wide, did you need a spacer? Is your car lowered? And did you need to roll your arches?

nope, no spacers, loweered about 35-40 on billies, rear arches are hammered in a bit diy stylee by previous owner but id don't think the wheels get anywhere near them.

yours may be a funny offset tho from a VW. put em on and see

tailoutcharlie wrote: yours may be a funny offset tho from a VW. put em on and see

Yeah i had thought that. I have a mk1 golf and i put one of the wheels from that on to the beemer just out of interest and bordom and it was just rubbing on the strutt, and they were 7j so i am thinking i'll need abit of a spacer. Hopefully the monkey mechanics will finally put an MOT on it tomorrow though and then i can try em out.

just make sure you get decent spacers, cheap ones will wobble like feck and prob kill you

good luck dude

tailoutcharlie wrote:just make sure you get decent spacers, cheap ones will wobble like feck and prob kill you

good luck dude

Oh well can't be anymore dangerous than the tyres i have now, they should definatly come with a 'slippery when wet' warning
Cheers for your help, will get some pictures up when i get them on.

H and R, do decent ones i think.