BBS Wheel guru's...need your help!!!

[lowyder993s]

OK if you're really a guru, then it should be easy to tell me where I can find different used offset wheel halves for a set of 17" LM's. I've done the web searches and found a shop in N.C., but their lack of response to phone and e-mail was frustrating. Thx for the help. Jim

[Paul Thomas]

Who was the shop in NC?

PLT

[beamonk]

Call BBS in Atlanta

[David]

I've tried hard to find good wheel halves with no success. You can buy 5052 Aluminum halves all day long but it's really too soft for street wheels. I talked to and begged Fikse to sell me 6061-T6 Aluminum halves and they refused.

I'm an engineer at a machine shop and I'd love to design and machine my own centers and bolt on pre-made wheel halves if anyone has a source.

[rfng]

Try bobwoodmantires.com

[ValveFloat]

I'm not sure if this will help you, but the VW crowd is into putting together custom width and offset BBS wheels, mostly 15inch though. Below is a link to a FAQ discussion on where to get BBS rim pieces, hope it helps.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1022742

[David]

I just got off the phone with Darrell from Kodiak. They do make 6061 aluminum halves. He gave me a price of $177.41 for a 17x4 polished outer half and $131.79 for 17x6 unpolished inner half. These were just two sizes off the top of my head, I don't know what I'd really need for the rear wheels. I guess it's time to fire up Mechanical Desktop and ALGOR FEA software and start designing some wheels!