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Post Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:36 pm

Hi everyone!

Can anyone give me any information on the wheels? I have been told that they are a popular wheel with e30's but thats it lol

I bought a mk1 golf last year and they were on it,

are they basket weaves?

4x100 15x7 cant remember the offsets though.

where they from etc? they have 4 metal caps which seem to rattle about abit, but told they are original caps?

1 wheel has some curbing and 1 possibly 2 have a flat spot, is it worth me getting them refurbed?

cheers for any help/advice/info

daz

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Post Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:09 pm

Suit the golf, not seen em on an E30 but i will give you 20 quid a wheel if they have tyres with 5 mm on! :D
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Post Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:27 pm

Rtaylor2208 has these on his convertible I think?

Mars red? Nice golf that! 8)
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Post Mon Oct 01, 2012 5:38 pm

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Post Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:09 pm

Very nice wheels :cool:
Duke137 wrote:Mars red?
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Post Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:18 pm

Kedge wrote:Very nice wheels :cool:
Duke137 wrote:Mars red?
Yup
The only colour for a mk1 golf 8)
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Post Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:45 pm

Duke137 wrote:
Kedge wrote:Very nice wheels :cool:
Duke137 wrote:Mars red?
Yup
The only colour for a mk1 golf 8)
For some strange reason I agree winkeye :wink:
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Post Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:11 pm

Have a set of these on my E30.

Dont know a whole lot about them, not sure if they were an option when new, but mine are stamped 1990 (IIRC).

They are ET13 so same spec as BBS Mahles

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Nice Mk1 by the way, here is my old one on 13" E21 BBS Mahles

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Post Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:41 am

cheers guys, gives me something to go on :) will have a look at the wiki link now :D

thats an old pic of the mk1, looks a lot nicer now, debating wether to get the wheels refurbed and keep em on it as i managed to find a set of 15" p slots

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Post Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:00 am

Duke137 wrote:
Kedge wrote:Very nice wheels :cool:
Duke137 wrote:Mars red?
Yup
The only colour for a mk1 golf 8)
I disagree- Lhasa Green 8)
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Post Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:20 am

to be honest - torn between mars red and atlas grey

my old mk1 pirelli edition
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Post Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:15 pm

Wasn't aware of MkI being offered in Atlas Grey, thought that was an early MkII colour?

If I had to offer two options it would be Lhasa Green followed by Helios Blue 8)
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Post Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:17 pm

yeh they were not many though :)
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Post Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:21 pm

fatdaz wrote:yeh they were not many though :)
Must have been a cross-over colour then? Don't think I've ever seen a MkI wearing it :)
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Post Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:39 pm

Same as mine, have a look at the photo gallery thread "urban Photoshoot" for a few pics of these on an e30. They should be ET13 and they fit no worries without spacers.
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Post Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:41 pm

fatdaz wrote:to be honest - torn between mars red and atlas grey

my old mk1 pirelli edition
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Awesome, never seen one in that colour. :cool:
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Post Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:52 am

they mad a small amount of campaign/pirelli editions in atlas grey - shouldnt of sold that one :(

just checked my wheels

they are 7x15 et 13 :) they have these codes stamped on them too

kba41146
2600 b

no idea what they mean though
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Post Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:46 pm

Pretty sure the kba41146 is the model number, no idea what the 2600b means though.

Gratuitous shot of them on my E30 :)

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