18" bbs rf

[1badg35]

haha me too. saturday is the day it looks like. I have a crazy week ahead as usual, so i dont ever get home from the office at a normal time to pick the parts up. My work day starts before 7am and sometimes goes till midnight. Part of the territory working for a design firm and running my own on the side .. And I have 7 sets of wheels over there at the moment, so i want to make sure the bulk of the powder is done before i take the ride.

soon enough.. there shall be updates. 2 more 4x100 RS sets, the 4x100 RT set, this RF set, and a few more unique things

[Beware]

Hop to it and go pick up those faces......I want to see one mocked up

[1badg35]

well they are all complete, so larger parts are pretty much out for this set.. This was a one off order I coordinated for these, which I do not do that often unless it really interests me. these should be next to perfect for an e36/46 in terms of size, and i will be test fitting next weekend on both if all goes well to show that. the lips are pretty huge in real life. But i made these conservatively wide because i did not want to have a hard time selling them. you make something too wide, and suddenly people are afraid they cant fit it..

no trades at this time for this set. I am looking to lighten the entire collection and will have about 10 sets up for sale come spring..

[Khalil]

Trade for Futura's?

I'd love these with wider lips though

[1badg35]

some of the parts arrived from the machinist! Now if only the centers were here, i would be able to assemble one. haha

faces are at the powdercoaters and are waiting for me to have a minute to take the trip to grab them.

wheel halves are insanely good quality. If you compared to the wheel halves i had in my hands a few weeks ago from a certain shop on the other coast, you would be shocked at the difference in the thickness of the forgings. those other halves from the competitor were paper thin compared to what i have been making.

i think i am going to be face mounting the RF set possibly. But that is all dependent on the test assemble



the next things that are in prototyping are the upsized slant lips. 16-18 and 17-18. springtime...



So, to update for those who want the set,
two options as to widths
info
18x9.0 and 18x10 if I face mount the faces

18x9.5 and 18x10.5 if i sandwich mount

lips are 3 and 3.5 and barrels are 6 and 6.5

faces have been powdercoated metallic 3 stage gumetal -gloss
chrome bolts are waiting in the bin.

will come with mirror polished aluminum half height hex caps (not typical to RS) and if i get my price of 3800, i will throw in red/gold bbs logo caps into the mix

lets get these sold. pictures of the assembled set in 7 days.

[1badg35]

aaaaaahhhh, the last cap has still not made its way over from germany. As soon as it comes, things will move forward at a much faster rate on this set.

[336motorsports]

beautiful. haha looks like we are building very similar sets. I cant wait to see how the stepped lips compare to these.

off topic but I need to get my hands on a few rs285 or rs286 lips.... I have always wanted to hang a single one on a wall with one of the prototype faces and make a clock for the garage

Thanks dude!

[1badg35]

beautiful. haha looks like we are building very similar sets. I cant wait to see how the stepped lips compare to these.

off topic but I need to get my hands on a few rs285 or rs286 lips.... I have always wanted to hang a single one on a wall with one of the prototype faces and make a clock for the garage

[336motorsports]

18" rs285 lip, chrome OEM bolts, polished OEM half height caps, chrome logo caps, polished/2 stage powder coated faces!

[1badg35]

thanks, yeah i look forward to seeing your set too. I added quite a bit of lips to the order (a few new designs i came up with), and the parts are shipping all at once, so the wheel halves have not arrived yet... soon I hope though. Itching to get these mocked up. Im going to wait to powdercoat these until I am able to mock up one of the wheels and stare at it for a little while.

Even designed new vinyls made for the lips of special sets I put forth. I will debut them on this set even though they will be for the wheel line thats in prototyping.

[336motorsports]

Cant wait to see these when there finished.

My set of 18" RF's is just about done.

Ill post pics here when I get one mocked up.

Yours will be sick!

[Beware]

Any of the 16/17in RS half heights will work that have the three tab mounts for the original plastic threaded part, the RF locking mech will clip in place of the threaded setup. They are more commonly found on original Japanese RS sets as they more often used the half heights.....maybe post some pics of your RF's, or if OP doesn't want them in his thread, I'd love to see some via PM.

[Mr. Rictus]

I was toying with the swap when I got my RFs but didn't want to mess up my caps. Is there a particular RS cap part number that definitely matches up to the RF plastic mounting mechanism?

[1badg35]

most people dont know this but the hex from a bbs rs will swap onto the plastic mounting mechanism of the rf. pop off the logo cap on your current set. if both caps have those three locking tabs that hold the pieces together, they can be switched. It takes a little work to not break the tabs, but I have done it a few times before.

[Mr. Rictus]

Can you elaborate on which metal half-height hex nuts you'll be using on this set of RFs? I've got a set of 18" RFs built by Rotiform and I'd love to swap out the plastic hex nuts for metal ones. I can post a picture of the wheels if you'd like.