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Wheel dilema.....
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:17 pm
by robz
Jst looking for some advice....
I had my pslots polished during the summer & i thought they looked great (tho i like how they looked in silver when i got them), but the harsh Scottish summer has eaten away at them.
So I have 3 opions do I:
1) Get the pslots powder coated in silver
2) Clean up the 13" BBS GT alloys ive got & use them
3) Save up & buy come new alloys (something in the style of RH cups)
Im trying to sell another set of alloys ive got in my garage so that will bring in some £££. So any views are welcome.
Thanx
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:31 pm
by Tahrey1043
something novel, not p-slot, not bbs.........
get some fully painted ronal teddies on there!
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:44 pm
by robz
well i could be persuaded to be different but Ronal teddies wood be too crazy for me. Feel free to photoshop some teddies on2 a polo, you could start a trend!
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:36 pm
by hardhitter
Are they 13" BBS RA's like fitted to G40's ? If so I might be interested
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:28 am
by robz
erm... im not sure, they came with my 2nd GT.
heres a pic of the one i cleaned up (all seem to be in good condition jst years of grime.....
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:30 am
by pettsy
robz wrote:erm... im not sure, they came with my 2nd GT.
heres a pic of the one i cleaned up (all seem to be in good condition jst years of grime.....
hmm, haven't got a clue what they are!
my advice, get a set of wide steels
www.wellerwheels.com
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:31 am
by robz
I cant seem to get much from that site exept one type of wheels (or is that the point?)
even at that none of them have a main stud fixing of 100mm, it has a main fixing at 101.6mm & a secondary fixing of 100mm, if u no wot im trying to say!!?!??!
they only do wheels in 13" so i would need to go lower with my polo as well......
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:01 pm
by SpikeyG40
something different, unless u get some really rare bbs wheels! mayb some merc or porsche alloys!
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:06 pm
by Tahrey1043
corsa steels?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:26 pm
by hardhitter
Let us know if your selling them 13" bbs, Rob
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:33 pm
by GroovyCarrot
robz wrote:erm... im not sure, they came with my 2nd GT.
heres a pic of the one i cleaned up (all seem to be in good condition jst years of grime.....
I think that's a vauxhall wheel.. don't know what it's called, but it looks like the wheels a friend of mine has on her 1.4 Nova Flair..
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:48 pm
by Karl_CLCoupe
They can't be Vauxhall? I was interested in that style of BBS, as I had previously seen them on a squareback and a red Coupe. Both were CL spec, so whether they were optional?
Karl.
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:20 pm
by genesisGT
Hi robz,
A think they are bbs RAs of a G40. A can vouch for them - they are good wheels as a helped clean them (held the hose)! Could only benifit from new center caps to make them look extra good.
A would either get your Ps re coated silver with black painted p recesses and centers or sell all of them and get other wheels! but not the same as mine! grrrr! a wanted RH cups but had to settle for replicas.
A still like your old TSW wheels mind as they were smart and would show of G40 brakes nicely!
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:22 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Too similar to the BBS RA's for it to be standard VW trim, surely? Why would VW have two versions of the same style of wheel as optional extras when very few people would notice the difference? Really does look very much like the vauxhall version, whatever that's called.
Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:15 pm
by genesisGT
They do look like Vauxhall wheels especially the ones fitted to caviliers spelt that wrong! but they are vw as they came of a 1991 gt estate and the sticker in the boot lists the wheels as factory optional extras.
ETKA only lists one bbs type wheel for the 1991 polo range so a presume this is it! might be wrong but groovy carrot! I have the vw part code but a dont think bbs would stamp it on the wheels.