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Choose one, please.

BBS CK Silver
23 (53.5%)
BBS CS-5 Silver
15 (34.9%)
Cades Bern Hyper Silver
5 (11.6%)

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Author Topic: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?  (Read 82828 times)

Offline Snoopy

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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #240 on: 20 August 2011, 14:33 »
Can you get VW badged centre caps for BBS wheels?  :undecided:
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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #241 on: 20 August 2011, 14:50 »
Can you get VW badged centre caps for BBS wheels?  :undecided:

Neither Sundaydriver nor Exonian have VW centre caps on the BBS wheels. So I don't know.
Perhaps Ess_Thee has the answer. Can't find the pictures of his car with the BBS CH wheels.

It seems one can, having just looked at a picture posted on the other thread by Gene Hunt.  :smiley:


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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #242 on: 20 August 2011, 14:52 »
Those look like mk5 edition 30 passcara/rockingham VW wheels.
They are 7.5x18 with ET50 and standard VW bolt hole type and i suspect different centre bore for the standard VW badge size.
Rather than the BBS VZ version which looks similar but are much cheaper.
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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #243 on: 20 August 2011, 15:03 »
Those look like mk5 edition 30 passcara/rockingham VW wheels.
They are 7.5x18 with ET50 and standard VW bolt hole type and i suspect different centre bore for the standard VW badge size.
Rather than the BBS VZ version which looks similar but are much cheaper.

Ok. The VZs are 18x8 ET44.
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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #244 on: 30 August 2011, 15:37 »
Can you get VW badged centre caps for BBS wheels?  :undecided:
Sorry, delayed reply, been visiting Mickey Mouse and avoiding hurricanes. BBS wheels have a much larger centre cap unless you're buying OEM specced ones such as Pescaras. One good thing about BBS centre caps is that they don't suffer from the same whiteworm issues as OEM VW caps.
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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #245 on: 03 September 2011, 17:02 »
BBS VZ

For those who are interested in the actual colour of the wheels:

First without any overhead lighting:



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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #246 on: 04 September 2011, 16:06 »
They are nice wheels, but the spokes are too short which makes them look dumpy.
For approximately £200 a set more, the BBS CKs are so much better looking. IMO.

There are also these that are advertised as 18x8, ET45 BBS VZ Alloys for £652.80.
http://www.performancealloys.com/wheel-details.aspx?ID=1094
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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #247 on: 05 October 2011, 21:32 »
Snoops: They look bloody marvellous. BUY, BUY, BUY.  :laugh:
Hmmmmm ....... I am thinking ..........  :shocked:
Asker every time you post in this thread I look in anticipation of seeing your new wheels.......
Enough now, get the wheels and fit them....
Jim

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I've already said so.  :tongue:

The 1st has been and gone, where are the pics Asker?


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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #248 on: 05 October 2011, 21:36 »
Read my signature! :wink:
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Re: To BBS or not to BBS your GTI?
« Reply #249 on: 05 October 2011, 21:39 »
Yes come on Asker where are the pics, don't get caught out,

Gonna be like this next week  :grin: :grin:




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