What wheels are these? and what do people think of them?
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Gene_Genie
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They look like BBS wheels in every way. The black paint on the inside faces of the spokes were applied to the VW BBS fitment and the ford Sierra Cosworth 3 door BBS wheels, but which of those is a 4 stud wheel i don't know for sure. It appears to be quite a dished rim so it might be a non standard fitment BBS wheel but if it's a replica, it's a bloody good one.
You could recreate that effect with the e30 15" BBS wheel by masking and painting the spoke insides, but obviously the dish wouldn't be quite as much.
Very nice look to them in the photo.
You could recreate that effect with the e30 15" BBS wheel by masking and painting the spoke insides, but obviously the dish wouldn't be quite as much.
Very nice look to them in the photo.
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hongkongfuey
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borbet 'b'?
if there wern't people like me,
with cars like mine,
who would you put down to make yourself feel better?
with cars like mine,
who would you put down to make yourself feel better?
remember seein them before on a can.... i think they were either borbet or they could of been ronals.
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alex-e30
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ive been looking at the wheels on this post alday and i cant make up my mind if i like them or not 
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this is my beemer, there are many like it but this ones mine
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excuse my ignorance but what as a "metric fitting"?hartgefan wrote:they are the wheels that mk motorsport used to fit to their tuned e30,s,they claimed they were their own design of wheels but someone must have made them for them,they are stunning imo and were a metric fitting strangely.
similar to e28 m535,michelin made an unusual size of tyre,i assume they done a deal with bmw to supply them and you had to buy michelin when they were worn out,very clever but they were rubbish in the wet very dangerous,if you look closely at the pictures you can make out the large distinctive tread blocks,the size for the e30 wheels were 195td390,tyres were 220/45vr390.very very rare wheels
yup, definately borbets. i managed to find the link i was lookng for
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/345328.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/345328.htm
different wheelsCook318IS wrote:yup, definately borbets. i managed to find the link i was lookng for
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/345328.htm
They are not borbets. If you look at the pics closely you will see on the borbets the spokes dont go all the way to the centre like the ones in th pic at the top of the page. I'm 99.9% sure that the wheels in question are made by Rial who incidently made the wheels fitted to the 3dr cosworths. I had a set of these Rial's on an escort RS turbo i had 6 years ago.Cook318IS wrote:yup, definately borbets. i managed to find the link i was lookng for
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/345328.htm
oh yea 
Are they not MSWs like the ones in this thread ? (Obviously wider and with black centres....)
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=93246
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ic&t=93246
These are sensations as hard to forget as they are to ignore.....
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tailoutcharlie
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have seen these on an e30 before and they looked goooood in the flesh. if you have them or can get them just get them and worry about what they are and who made em later 
Chris
