BBS - just say no?

Sooooo….

I've bought a Mk1 GTI and I wanna get some new shoes but I'm not sure about getting BBS.  I KNOW they will look good BUT I was kinda hoping to do something different but I still want split rims.  I was wondering if anyone has any experience with splitrims.com or imagewheels.co.uk?

All opinions welcome…

I know what you mean mate, I've got BBS RM for mine but I was lucky enough to be given them for breaking a mates mk2.

Some refer to them as scene tax as they are so expensive and everyone seems to want them. They do look great!

Have you looked at revolution and compomotive yet? they do some trick old skool rims. I'm a bit obsessive with wheels so will probably end up with a set of boots for each season  

Image make some great rims, pretty penny though!
exip are quite cool too! good luck on your quest dude!

"Scene Tax" lol.... that is funny.... very funny

I haven't heard great things about image wheels. Been a few folk on edition who've ordered them and they've turned up with scratches, paint defects etc/ and image have been reluctant to sort it out.

Apparently the dishes are also made of chocolate.

Thought about schmidt? TH lines are gorgeous and as you can see they're damn tuff with radinox dishes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5bw-C6NSrg

what type of chocolate?

The kind of chocolate that results in this vv







And the inner face:



These were new wheels direct from image. Fair enough the majority of sets are probably fine, but for the money they want for a set of wheels I don't think I'd risk it.

Looks like dark minty chocolate….I HATE dark minty chocolate!

Thanks for the advice though, I know they're pricey but just figured I could get exactly what I wanted you know?  Something a bit different from BBS or Schmidt but maybe they'd just be the best way to go…

The other problem with BBS on e-bay is they seem to fluctuate in prices for the same models.  For instance I've seen some RM 012 for ?650 and others for a grand…hard to judge the going rate when you're an unschooled newbie like myself!

Is it the same type of choclate they make impreza pistons from?

That radinox test is awesome! if only I was minted!

^^^ I know


Haven't heard anything about splitrims.com but the billet they use looks meaty as hell and the prices are reasonable - might be worth giving them a pop

I have a set of BBS RM after a lot of debating about it,  liked lots of things but never as much as the BBS.  I don't got to shows so i just got what I wanted in the end, and not what people may judge me for getting.

http://www.golfcabrio.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=122



But as an alternative, perhaps these

http://www.rotawheels.com/wheels.asp?wheelid=14

Or these

http://www.rotawheels.com/wheels.asp?wheelid=46

^^ that first set in gold - drool

BBS's are so popular simply because they look so good. If I were thinking of new wheels they'd certainly be one of ones I'd consider.

Had a good nosey into those radinox rims.
It seems you pay more for the privalage of BBS fitment.
For Shmidt replacement Radinox ?142
For replacement ally rims for BBS your looking at around ?80 a pop for the Radinox equivalent its more like ?180, when you consider the longevity of the Radinox I personally will save the extra cash.

I'm always super careful with my wheels but theres always that one time.

so if I found something I liked and they had an offset of 12 would they fit straight on to my GTI?

The orange BBS in that thread are fugging A-mazing!

www.willtheyfit.com

have a look, see how they compare to your current rims width etc, then go out and get the measuring stick and see if they clear suspension etc.. Unforunately can't really kow if they clear calipers / discs as some of the rears of rims can be quite weird. Good as a ballpark to see how much more "poke" you will get (for wheel arch purposes if you are contemplating a severe thrashing with the lowering stick).

Hello mate
why not try lenso bsx / eagles or ronal ls?
Nice alloys