Well, today im rather depressed. Firstly, the wheels werent quite as good a condition as i hoped for ............fresh refurb............... standards. Fresh DIY refurb maybe, but the finish is pretty rubbish. A BBS bolt was missing from them, considering they were all meant to be new and genuine ........... -1.
And i was really, really hoping that the ET35 BBS rims would clear my brakes without issues. Errrrr..............no. Not even close.
The wheel needs a minimum of a 5mm spacer, even being 11mm difference in offset. Actually really frustrated at this point, as Dave told me 3mm would be fine for standard rims. It wasnt, i needed a 15mm spacer on the front to clear the standard rims.
So with that in mind............i will now need to run 5mm spacers on the BBS RK504 as well. Not only that, they need a refurbish before i put them anywhere near the car on a permanent basis, as they just look crap.
On the upside, once they are done ------------------ and by this time then will have cost me more than £900 (is it really worth it? why dont i just get some brand new replicas?????) they will actually look really decent, and pretty rare. And im certain nobody else will be running these on a Polo GTI.
BBS RK 504 Trial Fit by
LukeDeakin, on Flickr
So opinions?