Khoalty

Hi Everyone,
I been a long time lurker without being a member. I thought I would join and ask for your guys opinion in what you think.

I got a hold of a company that sells the BBS LM Replicas. They are 18x8.5 with a 35mm offset.
I am trying to see if he would make them 40mm or even 45mm offset. The pattern is 5x100 with the center bore of 57.1

I think these will be a good change since BBS does not offer these wheels for our great cars. The lip on these rims are 1.25" so it isn't that bad at all.

Let me know what you guys think please.

Thanks
Khoa

Hyghgynx

The blk w red are nice. What's wrong with a 18x8.5 with a +35 offset? That's what I run with my TRD Springs and it looks great. I wouldn't go with anything over a +40 offset. It will look too much like the stock 17s.

HKSpeed

do it. 18x8.5 et35 will look nice. use 225/40 tires.
those are actually made for VW's (57.1 is the stock vw centerbore), but they'll look great on our cars.

BBS made the LM in 5x100, but they cost around $700 each.

dieselstation

ok. WHERE can i get this and how much will it cost? that size and offset is PERFECT. do not change a thing.

hiximrichard

wow those arent bad, how much are u getting them for?

Jon

Hmmm...I wonder would the 19s fit?

HKSpeed

saw this on vwvortex.com a few weeks ago.


i dont know anything about this vendor.
these wheels are sold/marketed under various names, so this is not the only vendor. i'm sure you can find it for cheaper.

a google search of "BBS LM replica" will yield alot of helpful info.

Khoalty

The only thing that I wonder about is the centerbore. Since it is bigger, do you think these would vibrate? I found one vendor that has them for cheaper than raderwerks. Maybe we can get some sort of group buy to bring the price down? What do you guys think?

I also talked to the person I am dealing with and they said they can mill the wheels down 3mm to make the offset down to 38mm.

1_kLEan_tC

OH HELL NO! THESE ARE MY WHEELS......

You can get these from ALT Wheels Model 279.... Aslo 255 a wheels is way too much...175 a wheel from ALT.


Check below.....I have tons of pictures...

TCpete

THANK YOU!!! you beat me to the post man!! lol

earth to you guys.. theres already an exact copy of this wheel made by ALT..

the old model number for this ALT wheel was called the "ALT TANGENT"...but now its called "ALT 279" since Alt wheels was bought over about 1 year ago..

i know because i was about to buy these wheels before i bought my weds....

SO THEY ALREADY EXIST .... and you can get them really cheap... AND PERSONALLY i think these wheels are FIRE!!! by ALT..

only downside is that they are a bit heavy.. but screw it.. they look pimp in 17 inch and 18...

good post up sciondriver1466 lol....hows everything going man..


<-- wheel ***** #1 on SL lol...

HKSpeed

the ALT copies are not as good as these copies. the ALT spokes are too fat & wide near the center and too thin at the ends. the ALT copies have been around for 4-5 years. Euro guys (i used to be one) never accepted as good enough.
these new ones came out recently specifically for Euro models (you can find them in 5x120, 5x112, and 5x100 with the respective BMW, Mercedes, and VW/Audi factory centerbores).

here's a copy with a real BBS center cap and valve stem (some guy in socal is selling them)


btw, i think i'm a bigger wheel ***** (if you count japanese and euro only)

1_kLEan_tC

Life is good......I bent one my wheels.....no worries one new will be here on wednesday....

Khoalty

The wheels i found definitley don't look like the ALT wheels, the ALT is definitley different. The spokes are different and look at the stem placement. The biggest difference is the center, those look nothing like the real LMs at all.

MIRO Wheels.


The other BBS LMs that I found:


Definitely different...its a night and day difference.

1_kLEan_tC

Well..Whatever you think. Doesn't matter, but I just love these wheels. both LM Copies are great.

If you want to put these on the car. do it. Thats why I did it. I wanted to be different and these are different. I hope it works out well for you.