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Offline thai-wronghorse

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Re: BBS RX2's are they worth it? What would you do?
« Reply #10 on: 10 February 2011, 09:08 »
Are you aware that those Team Dynamics alloys come with the incorrect size tyres fitted for your car?
They need to be 205/40/16  NOT 205/50/16 as they'll possibly rub, look rubbish and throw your gearing and speedo out.

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« Reply #11 on: 10 February 2011, 09:17 »
Trust me mate the rx2s are easy enough to refurb, i used my cordless drill wi a sandin bit in the end to get the rim down to the alloy then smoothed it off. Im not a proffesional but i was well chuffd wi the job and how easy they were to split and rebuild. Gonna get sum pics of them on at wkend and see wot every1 thinks. But i like em so. :-) plus wen there done there worth more than £80 lol

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« Reply #12 on: 10 February 2011, 11:51 »
Trust me mate the rx2s are easy enough to refurb, i used my cordless drill wi a sandin bit in the end to get the rim down to the alloy then smoothed it off. Im not a proffesional but i was well chuffd wi the job and how easy they were to split and rebuild. Gonna get sum pics of them on at wkend and see wot every1 thinks. But i like em so. :-) plus wen there done there worth more than £80 lol

See i've heard that they are a right b@stard to split and that the bolts are expensive to replace if they get broken? :undecided:

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« Reply #13 on: 10 February 2011, 12:03 »
I got told they were hard to split but they wer a piece of cake mate, i had them all split in an hour n half. 1bolt snapd owt of them all and theres 16 in each wheel so was chuffd and i just stuck the head back on when done. A little tap in the back and the faces come out easy. Up to u at end of day mate and how confident u are. Id give u tips if u nd them pal

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Re: BBS RX2's are they worth it? What would you do?
« Reply #14 on: 10 February 2011, 15:49 »
Are you aware that those Team Dynamics alloys come with the incorrect size tyres fitted for your car?
They need to be 205/40/16  NOT 205/50/16 as they'll possibly rub, look rubbish and throw your gearing and speedo out.

yeah thanks mate am aware though i'de just sell the current tyres if i did go for them, but not sure if they look right though  :wink:


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Re: BBS RX2's are they worth it? What would you do?
« Reply #15 on: 10 February 2011, 18:24 »
If you don't go for them give me  a PM because I will. :)

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Re: BBS RX2's are they worth it? What would you do?
« Reply #16 on: 13 February 2011, 13:28 »
If you don't go for them give me  a PM because I will. :)

Cheers!

Soz mate the guy ended the auction early, other wise I would have let you know or had them myself  :wink:

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Re: BBS RX2's are they worth it? What would you do?
« Reply #17 on: 13 February 2011, 13:33 »
Cheers for the advice guys, I've now managed to get me some nice 16" BBS RX alloys, wrapped in some almost new Yokohoma S-Drive for £250.00, well chuffed  :grin:

Thanks again,

Cheers, Les. :wink:
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Re: BBS RX2's are they worth it? What would you do?
« Reply #18 on: 13 February 2011, 23:56 »
Good result and a bargain at that price :afro: