tires and wheels BBS RS047 Rebuild and install

[nicktahoe]

Well, I've been looking to rebuild a set of RS's for about a year now and finally a little more than a month ago a stumbled across a set on craigslist...IN TOWN. I thought it was too good to be true but sure enough, they were legit. Went through the full disassembly, mirror polish, powdercoat and reassembly and I think that they turned out like jewelry. I've heard before that RS001 (ET25) were the ideal offset but these were RS047 (15x7, 4x100, ET38). I had a set of replica RS's (terrible looking) to hold me over until I found these and they were ET35 and fit pretty good with small spacers. Anyways, here are a couple pics of the build. Got tires mounted to them last night and everything fit PERFECT. Probably drank 3 brews just staring at them in the garage after I got everything mounted up last night. Probably one of the most rewarding builds I've done in a while. I'll have some more pics of the mounted this weekend. 

[Arash2002tii]

Wow

[PaulTWinterton]

Beautiful! And it looks like you had a lot of fun doing it.

[PaulTWinterton]

I have polished alloys and interestingly brake dust helps keep the mirror finish, if you clean with a dry soft cotton cloth on a regular basis.

I know what you mean by staring at the job in the garage. It just looks soooo cool!

[Beach_Bum]

Looks awesome! I've always wanted to do my RMs in gold.

[jmr_1602]

Looks great. I actually just started rebuilding a set of 15X8.5 et10 Epsilon Mesh wheels (going on a pig cheek car.) I tried sanding down one of the faces and gave up.   I'll just have a pro blast and powder coat them. The barrels I can definitely do myself.

 

Im still undecided wether to go with gold or silver. Love the gold on your wheels, but unsure which direction to go with mine.

[jgerock]

Looks beautiful - hope you can keep them clean.

[PaulTWinterton]

Surprisingly, gold/mirror combo looks good on a lot of different body colors.

 

I had EXIM gold/silver wheels once upon a time.  2006 picture:

Edited March 13, 2015 by PaulTWinterton

[Nesset127]

I would love to do that one day... Beautiful job!

[nicktahoe]

Looks beautiful - hope you can keep them clean.

 

Thanks. It's definitely going to be a task to keep em shiny...

Edited March 13, 2015 by nicktahoe

[adawil2002]

Great wheels, I have a set of BBS RSs for my 3.0CSi. Heard or read a tip to cut sponges to fit the triangles of the basket weave. Keep them clean by not letting them get too dirty.

 

[PaulTWinterton]

I made a cleaning tool for the EXIMs.  Cut strips of cotton, wadded together and twisted in the end of a folded piece of metal coat hanger.  Poke it into each hole around the wheel.  Still takes some time but really gets into the corners. 

 

If you want a better description, please post.  I'll draw a diagram or take some pictures of twisting coat hangers and cloth.

[achman]

Amazing!

[Mike Self]

Almost too pretty to drive on.  They belong on your wall as art!

 

mike

[oz_tom]

Stunning wheels - look forward to seeing them mounted. I am partial to RS's too!