New wheels...?

eta Epsilon · 12-23-2009, 07:36 AM

Hi guys,

someone just offered to me these wheels. They come from a vw golf 1992 and they are OEM.
I like there style!
I'm looking for the spec of the wheel: offset, centerbore, tire size.

I'm sue somebody on here knows that or knows where to find the info.

Anybody can help me?

thanks

Steeven

eta Epsilon · 12-23-2009, 07:37 AM

They are 15''

eta Epsilon · 12-23-2009, 07:43 AM

O think I found...
Name: BBS RA
Size: 15" X 6"
Bolt Pattern: 4 X 100mm
Offset: 35mm
Part Number: 165 601 025
Bare Rim Weight:
Found On:
Center Cap Part Number:

E30M42cab · 12-23-2009, 12:49 PM

Pretty sure John (dble trouble) has the exact same rims... Not sure if he has to run spacers for the 35 offset though.

eta Epsilon · 12-23-2009, 01:01 PM

Why would I need spacers? The offset of by bottlecap is 33 and the RA is 35. Would 2mm makes a difference?

InfiniteDice · 12-23-2009, 01:02 PM

Et35 is standard for non-IX e30's.

I'd personally go for a wider 7" or 8" with et 15 - 24.

They are nice, and you could pop some 10mm spacers behind them to stick them out a bit.

Cheers.

eta Epsilon · 12-23-2009, 01:06 PM

I would love to go wider, but BBS at 125$ seem too much of a good deal to pass on. What do you think? I'm not planning to track the car.

Ceeker · 12-23-2009, 02:48 PM

go to A vw forum or just hit the dealership and ask them to look up the year, model and pic. That should give you the specs.

325isStephen · 12-23-2009, 05:49 PM

Those wheels are very very soft, will bend quite easily.

But for a 125 bucks, who care's.

eta Epsilon · 12-23-2009, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 325isStephen

Those wheels are very very soft, will bend quite easily.

But for a 125 bucks, who care's.

Oh yeah? Did you had a bad experience with them?
By the way, I still have the wheels you sold me last year. I'm planning to repaint them (again). I'm thinking to go silver for the barrel and gold for the center part.

325isStephen · 12-23-2009, 07:05 PM

Its a known fact that RA's are really soft.

Yeah clean em up and rock those.

Nguyen_E30 · 12-23-2009, 07:20 PM

yup, ra's and yup double trouble has them. i used to have them too!

eta Epsilon · 12-30-2009, 05:41 PM

I picked up the wheels today. They are in a very good shape except 1 that must be a little unbalanced as there is a lot of ''weights'' that were installed to balanced it.

And there was a bonus! They came with 3 tires (the fourt one blew up). Two of them look brand new, they still have these small rubber things sticking out everywhere.

For 125$, I think it was a good deal. Can't weait for the summer to arrive to polish them! I also have a idea to make these wheel different!
I'm happy...

E30M42cab · 12-31-2009, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eta Epsilon

Why would I need spacers? The offset of by bottlecap is 33 and the RA is 35. Would 2mm makes a difference?

Sorry, you're right... they should be fine... I didn't realize they were only 6" wide, so yea, the offset will be fine.

supernaught · 12-31-2009, 12:40 PM

ive got a set of those for my ix with black centres and polished lip. They look damn good acutally with just 205/55s on them. If one of them has a load of weights on it, theres a good chance its bent. For a normal e30, some spacers will definitely make them look better.