Re: BBS rims tool?

[Richard J Lebens <rick-l@rocketmail.com>]

Are you sure these aren't the 5 spoke Speedlines with the faux bolts
around the rim?  Kind of like ford pick up trucks with fake plastic
lug nuts on the wheel cover. 




---Dan Simoes <dans@ans.net> wrote:
>
> I have a set of 15" BBS rims (I think off a 90Q20vSport)
> that I'd like to refinish for track use.
> These appear to be a 2 piece rim, held together by what looked
> like normal nut/bolts.  Wrong...
> 
> The outside of the nuts and the bolt heads are grooved, looking
> like a reverse torx or something.  It's not torx though, because
> the set I bought at Sears won't fit.  Torx has far fewer grooves
> than these things.
> 
> Anyone ever tackle this before?  I'm also wondering if I separate
> the wheels, will they go back together in proper balance?
> Perhaps I'm better off just leaving them the way they are and
> cleaning them up that way...
> 
> | Dan |
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