Where are people finding moderately priced Style 5 lips and barrels now? I'm having some faces machined and haven't found any decent prices yet. Any comments would be appreciated.
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Originally posted by Jlyons617 View PostI thought style 5's are 2 piece? That being said I know there are wider German Style 5's. Also I wonder if you could use other BBS lips or barrels.
Originally posted by Tino21 View PostBest custom lip price I found so far is wheelflip around 180each i didn't ask for the barrels.
Any more comments/advice is still welcome. Thanks guys.Last edited by Samuel L. Jackson; 10-21-2013, 09:27 PM.
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Originally posted by Samuel L. Jackson View PostFrom what info I've collected the past month, after you machine a groove on the smooth side of the face you can mount some type of custom halves. I do not think they are RS or any other bbs parts but I'm not the expert by far. If there is a style 5 pro lurking it would be good to hear them pipe up.
Pics from my project can be found from: http://pazi88.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Projekt...a/3pcs+BBS+RC/
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I've built a few sets.
You could sandwich mount the halves in theory, but I think reverse mount is the best way.
About 2-3mm has to be machined off the face so it will pass through the lip and barrel.
Funny thing about style 5's is that you can do both stepped and reverse lips on them.
For example, you could do use stepped lips on 17" style 5's or reverse lips with a slightly bigger bolt shelf.
These sets are 17-18", so they have a slightly larger bolt shelf. I don't think you can notice it as much as some other wheels. I think it looks good.
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Originally posted by Tino21 View PostThat set looks really nice.
Why do you think reverse mounting is the best way ?Hella4 | MTechnica Wheels - Wheel Designer | Memoryfab
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Originally posted by Clun9 View PostI don't think its necessarily better or worse but it is definitely cheaper to reverse mount them then to sandwich them. If you sandwich them, more machining will be needed in the front and in the rear along the register.
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Also when youre sandwich mounting you gain positive offset because the face is sitting on the barrel, it helps when youre reusing the original barrels because the final offset can be low with a good gain of width without going negative too fast when you reverse mount it.IG@valentinoduplan
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