The BBS RC 090/BMW Style 5 wheels thread

[da_joint]

http://vimeo.com/46081088

[tttomek88]

my daily compact from ger on styling 5 (rollin on M5 turbines in the future ^_^)





two more shots - trip to italy yeah!!!





sorry for bad pic quality

[Wu! Wraps]

guys i have some questions....

so i'm putting my style 5's back together. the centers & bolts are powdercoated and lips polished.

so i smack the face back into the barrel and it is a bit tight. i'm assuming it's from the powdercoating. there is a bit of powder on the area where the face meets the lip. i smack one side and the other side lifts a bit...

question1: most threads i've read people say they just "seat in"... mines are not quite seating in with ease. is it because of the powdercoating or are all style 5's a bit tight going back together?

question 2: i'm wondering if once i get the bolts torqued back down will it kinda pull the face center and flat?... or should i dremel a bit of the powdercoat off the area that meets the lip?...

question 3: is it ok to smack the bolts back into the lip front the front?... i've kinda given them a light smack with a piece of wood and a rubber mallet just to get them started, is it ok to knock them into the lip as opposed to bolting the nut on from the back and slowly going in a star pattern and torquing down?...

thanks guys for your input!! getting these things refurbished has been a step by step process from hell!!...

mark

[Wu! Wraps]

heres a couple pics of mine, bad lighting, iphone pics....

17x8 et 20 square. face, inner barrels & bolt heads powder coated foundary silver. lips polished

[Exami]

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1st: Don't smash them down, they should be long enought that you just tighten them from 'inside'

2nd: Depending on coating, if you sandplast or some otherway take off the original coating then yes there should be coating aswell..

Some old Styling 5 related picture:

[kwest]

Here's my 18" Style 5's!

[e46cruiser]

Here's my 18" Style 5's!

Where did you get your bolts from?
All the places Ive looked are out of stock for the gold bbs bolts

[Catalin]

BBS rc090 Gold - enjoying the summer time of 2012 in Bucharest/Romania:

[dieseldubber]

What I did was hit the bolts in slightly with a hammer covered in a towel. Then when the splines are just slightly in I tightened them from the back and it pulls them down.

The face should be snug and I would just hit them from the back until they seat mostly in and begin tightening bolts, the face will seat in eventually

[Wu! Wraps]

thanks guys for the tips! hope all goes well!

[einstein57]

Slow and steady wins the race. Got sidetracked restoring a set of enkeis. Bolts were polished then nickel finished.

[animal]

nice shot in Romania!

[dieseldubber]

Love the nickel finish it's exactly what I wanted to do. How much did it cost?

[einstein57]

Under $100

[Catalin]

nice shot in Romania!

thanx !