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Old 07-13-2010, 08:07 PM
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Default Anyone had their BBS wheels re-drilled?

I'm pretty much new to the scene of "redrilling" rims.
Now a lot of people redrill their bbs's and was wondering if any of you guys rockin the bbs's had any problems.

If you live in SoCal, recommend me a place to do the redrilling for around $200.

P.S. please do not say get rims in 5x100
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Pretty sure VrWheels.com does redrilling, I've seen a lot of BBS RS's that were re-drilled to 5x100 on their site. They are out of SoCal too. I can't chime in much about the problems, but tomy knowledge a lot of the VW guys run re-drilled wheels with no problems.
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Old 07-14-2010, 01:36 AM
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http://dippedparts.com/ does it iirc
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^thats some quality work, very nice
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thank u for the responses guys
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Originally Posted by CleanFMtC
Pretty sure VrWheels.com does redrilling, I've seen a lot of BBS RS's that were re-drilled to 5x100 on their site. They are out of SoCal too. I can't chime in much about the problems, but tomy knowledge a lot of the VW guys run re-drilled wheels with no problems.
My coworker use to work there... they're pretty cool. I actually been there once.
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No problems with my RS's done by RB/VR wheels.

Rotiform does it as well. http://www.rotiform.com/wheel_service.html
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Rotiform ftw.
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heard rotiform does quality work as well. how much do they charge for a set and do they mold ad then redrill?
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^ it says it on their website, but in case you missed it, it's $100/wheel, and for that price I'm pretty sure it's a fill and redrill.
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well i've decided to go with bbs's IF my seat sells next week and IF they still have them lol anyways wish me luck
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just found a place here in socal, don't know exactly where, but
Simple Wheel Works
Rebarrel | Widened Steelies | Repair | Redrill

Call 1-714-651-7239


Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

Ask for Ralph.
Prices are pretty good. Just redrilling are $25 per wheel and $200 for a set for fill and drill. the cheapest i found so far.
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I dont know what all goes into this process but it sounds to me that this is not the time to be finding the cheapest price/place to do it...this is what is holding your wheels onto your hubs :/
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Pretty simple questions for those who did a bolt conversion to their rims.
This question is directed to wheels that have a center cap, which covers the center console.
Now there are 2 types when it comes to the back of those rims.
1. bolt specific

2. flat back

Now all the flat back ones can be redrilled 100%, but i'm wondering if the bolt specific wheels can be redrilled to 5x100 if the original was 5x114.3.
Can this be done with the fill and drill method?
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Sorry for the thread revive.
But Did you ever get those rims and fill and redrill them?
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