mikeric

iTrader: (20)

I made a mistake of purchasing wheels on the Zilvia forum. I usually buy my stuff on this forum, but they have much more volume and options. I purchased some BBS RS 16x9 for my widebody turbo FB that I am building. If you want more detail on that click here:

https://www.rx7club.com/1st-gen-general-discussion-207/mariah-wb-seats-harness-rollbar-t04-re-speed-etc-894184/

Anyway, I had some issues with the seller right off the bat as there were no center caps. Seller claimed they where shipped. This turned into a dispute.

The car is currently at KDR which is doing the widebody conversion. Yesterday Dave called me and said that the wheels do NOT fit. The guy who sold them to me claimed that they were a +35 offset which would mean that they should fit fine in the back and probably require a small spacer in the front. Dave goes to mount them and it looks like they are a +50 offset or so as the rears only fit with 20mm spacers and there is no way in hell that the fronts fit.

These are three piece wheels so the barrels can be changed out to pretty much whatever offset or width that you want. The one place I know that sells them is in Germany: http://www.wokke.de/ and he is stupid expensive--about $600 for just the barrels per wheel. I can obviously buy CCW wheels for that.

So, I am looking for someone that sells cheaper barrels (yes, I will take a knock-off) to see if these wheels can be saved for my car. If not, I guess I will have to sell them.

Any help is appreciated!

turbo_dave

iTrader: (50)

here is one i found while trying to find bigger lips for mine.
http://yhst-1918367471896.stores.yahoo.net/wheels.html

mikeric

iTrader: (20)

Damn! Looks like I just have to go with 3" spacers

TrentO

Check out Bob woodman tires www.bobwoodmantires.com
Actually, scratch that he says he doesn't stock RS parts as they are a street wheel and not meant to be serviced.
It appears he only deals in BBS race stuff.

I think you might just learn to like spacers. I've run a 1" spacer up front on my FC without issue for years. Just make sure you get a good quality centerbore aligned spacer and it should be good. If the scrub radius changes you will notice harder steering effort and potentially a sensitivity increase in the steering when you run the berms.

-Trent

Grip

iTrader: (9)

There are multiple places to buy bbs rs parts, i have 3 different width lips, and 2 different widt barrels.

mikeric

iTrader: (20)

I guess I should have specified, inexpensive was what I was looking for. By the time I ordered both halves to change the offset, I might as well have just gone with CCWs.

So, I custome ordered some spacers to the exact diameter of the wheels. I should be getting them next week. Not the optimal solution, but I have track wheels that I will not be using the spacers with.

Thanks for your help!