Borbet C's

[Raf17]

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

[eko]

Borbet C`s are timeless classics IMO

[Raf17]

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

[eko]

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?

[eko]

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... highlight=

[rebelcruiser]

there the same as gsi vectra wheels.

[tailoutcharlie]

how very dare you rebelcruiser

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

[rebelcruiser]

no offence mate

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

nice car by the way.

[Rik178m]

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

[Raf17]

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?

[tailoutcharlie]

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

[Raf17]

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

[tailoutcharlie]

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

[Raf17]

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.

[tailoutcharlie]

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

good luck dude

[Raf17]

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.

[tailoutcharlie]

H and R, do decent ones i think.