Fitting wheels over UFOs

[t44tq at mindspring.com]

Thanks for clearing that up.

The S6 Avus are made by Speedline, the S4tt by Ronal, I guess
differences in manufacture result in the S6 Avus weighing approx.
26 lbs. vs. the 28 of the S4tt.

None of the BBS wheels sold in the US are forged except for the
LM and the BMW-only 5x120 RG-R. Street wheels, that is. You can
buy forged magnesium BBS for racing. For 5x112 applications, that
limits you to the 18x8.5 BBS LMs that Jeremy Williams had on his
old '91 200q at S-Car Nationals. Very pretty, very pricey at over
$900 per corner just for the wheel.

Personally, if I were spending around $1k per wheel and 18"+, I'd
go for Fikse FM-5, satin center, polished lip. Classic 5-spoke,
very clean, very nice, any offset/width/finish you like. Then I'd
need some GT-3 360mm rotor rings and custom hats to fill the wheels.
:-)

In more affordable wheels, the best price/performance wheel out
there now is the OZ Superleggera- around $350/wheel, IIRC, very light
at approx. 16 lbs. in 17x8. Cast construction using some "special F1
alloy" or something like that.

Taka

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Dikeman [mailto:brett at cloud9.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:18 AM
To: t44tq at mindspring.com; Zoot531 at aol.com; 200q20v at audifans.com
Subject: RE: Fitting wheels over UFOs


At 9:50 AM -0400 10/1/02, t44tq at mindspring.com wrote:
>Brett,
>I don't understand your comment- Bob's S6 wheels are identical
>cosmetically to the S4tt wheels.

Correct.  My comments about asthetics apply equally to both wheels of
course.

>  They're not really wide, either-
>17x8 ET35.

That's a half inch wider than S4tt wheels, but lighter by a couple of
pounds.


>I didn't know they made RKIIs in 16", but in 17" sizes, the RKII is
>heavier than the RK, due to the 2-piece construction (neither the
>center nor the rim is forged).

My mistake- I thought most/all BBS rims were forged.  I might have
also mixed up the names, I guess.

B
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