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General => General discussion => Topic started by: weedwhacker on 16 December 2005, 21:37

Title: bbs x spokes
Post by: weedwhacker on 16 December 2005, 21:37: how much realy should i be paying for a set... and ive just been told i can get em powder coated pretty cheap............. if anyone is interested i can get prices for anything to be powder coated.. just ask
Title: Re: bbs x spokes
Post by: ...joe on 16 December 2005, 21:41: depends which bbs...... ra's rm's rs's 15" 17" etc
Title: Re: bbs x spokes
Post by: weedwhacker on 16 December 2005, 21:53: like them
15s realy better ride imho

black centers pref but as i said i can get em powdercoated black.
(http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b239/mikantash/bbs.jpg)
Title: Re: bbs x spokes
Post by: martinb on 19 December 2005, 09:08: i just bought a set of 4 15" bbs RA's with good tyres for Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£200, was after a few sets on ebay etc and they all seemed to be fetching between Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£200-300 depending on condition.
Title: Re: bbs x spokes
Post by: wag,en,volks on 19 December 2005, 11:42: If there the wheels pictured then i dont think they are vw ra ?,
they look more like the lightweight ones (which are better :cool:) but check centre bore etc :nerd:
Title: Re: bbs x spokes
Post by: rabbit_mk1 on 20 December 2005, 23:16: For Powder Coating of wheels (in the south at least) try Swanick Gritblast not too far from Southampton, they did the centres on my RM's and made a beautiful job, i think I paid Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£100, that was for the wheels to be stripped and the centres and inner ring to be powder coated and the centre nut to be painted in 2 pack, all done within a week. They also did a friends 18" wheels for his focus, he told them he needed them very quickly, and true to their word the job was done in 2 1/2 days... very good service indeed :smiley: