Hi all,

Been doing a bit of research and just wanted your thoughts on these wheels:

http://www.bmautosport.co.uk/showroom/product_info.php/new-silver-cross-spoke-split-rim-look-alloys-p-189?cPath=52_113

People on the Mk4 Golf forum seem to love them and rave about the quality and weight.

Also..is that the correct size for a MK1 VRS Octy?

Thanks

Stef

I think they would look great on a mk1. 5x100 is right but not sure on the offset. I'm sure someone can give a yay or nay though.

They are the right fit and size for the octy

i happen to like those wheels a lot.

here is another car with them on

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/183914-my-dropped-octy/

suit's it big time....

Edited 3 January, 201214 yr by Bowders1

Do it..........nice to see someone going for something different for a change

Do it..........nice to see someone going for something different for a change

Thanks

It's something I have been looking at for...well, years really. I have always loved these style wheels and have asked on here a few times if there were any pics of a black mk1 ockty with these on.

That red one has only recently been posted up and I think it looks great.

I have also been speaking to rare rims as rota make a wheel very similar to the bbs lm but they don't make them to fit the mk1 octavia :(

So I found these and I think I'll go for it.

Found plenty of pics of Boras with them fitted and I think they look cool. Bora was the closest car I could find to an ockty

http://der-bbs-blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/cooler-bora-auf-bbs-lm.html

Thanks

It's something I have been looking at for...well, years really. I have always loved these style wheels and have asked on here a few times if there were any pics of a black mk1 ockty with these on.

That red one has only recently been posted up and I think it looks great.

I have also been speaking to rare rims as rota make a wheel very similar to the bbs lm but they don't make them to fit the mk1 octavia :(

So I found these and I think I'll go for it.

Found plenty of pics of Boras with them fitted and I think they look cool. Bora was the closest car I could find to an ockty

http://der-bbs-blog.blogspot.com/2010/09/cooler-bora-auf-bbs-lm.html

I remember the rota thread cause I was lookin at the grids at the same time when I had my vrs.

Lm's are a nice wheel

Here is my octy vrs wrc with lm's I fitted them yesterday and too my surprise they don't fit correctly. The fronts are 8x18 and went straight on. The rears are 9x18 and needed a 15mm spacer too clear the brake calipers ??? So a 9" rim ET 35 an a 15mm spacer equals huge poke :-(

Here are some pictures I taken yesterday

They look absolutely awesome!!

It's a shame about them not fitting correctly at the rears :(

I know the Mk4 Golf boys are running the 18x9 at the rears but I think the Octy should probably be 18x8 or maybe 8.5 all round.

Thanks for uploading the pics, as I say, I reckon that looks bloody fantastic!

Edited 4 January, 201214 yr by johnnyknox

The 9"s will fit but it's because I have to run a 15mm spacer. I am thinking of machining the rear calipers and try again before I sell them

They look bloody brill mate.

You car is low as mine so I would expect you get the tyre rubbing if kept like that.

In fact you rear looks slightly lower pointing than the front which i would have thought makes turning handling a little strange??

Would 10mm spacers have fitted? May make them sit a little better.

Very nice though.

Edited 4 January, 201214 yr by Bowders1

They look bloody brill mate.

You car is low as mine so I would expect you get the tyr rubbing if kept like that.

In fact you rear looks slightly lower pointing than the front which i would have thought makes turning handling a little strange??

Would 10mm spacers have fitted? May make then sit a little better.

Very nice though.

I need to higher the rear a little bit and 10 mm won't fit :-( so I'm weighing up the options to see if it's worth getting them to fit or just sell

Be very carefull with reps some are very heavy.

Also very strange that 9" rears will not fit without a spacer

Be very carefull with reps some are very heavy.

Also very strange that 9" rears will not fit without a spacer

They won't fit due to the rear calipers.

Surely the rear rim isn't et35 as it would fit if it was???

Surely the rear rim isn't et35 as it would fit if it was???

Yep defo et35 they fit my golf gti. 20v t but the vrs has bigger rear brakes and the spokes are hitting the calipers. They have sold now anyway. I got some genuine bbs ch's on the way

Yep defo et35 they fit my golf gti. 20v t but the vrs has bigger rear brakes and the spokes are hitting the calipers. They have sold now anyway. I got some genuine bbs ch's on the way

Awesome Al's by any chance? If they are then it will save me raiding the kids piggy banks

Some BBS LM porn for you sickos

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4156616-Strictly-BBS-LM-thread

Some BBS LM porn for you sickos

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4156616-Strictly-BBS-LM-thread

Lm's are nice. These are better!

http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=403032

Rota grids awesome I had these on my civic type r turbo with plenty of poke 8.5" and et 30 ( oem is 7" et 45 )

Nice!

but the 9.5" wides are the danglies. Only width to come with the concave face

Nice!

but the 9.5" wides are the danglies. Only width to come with the concave face

Very true but I tried and failed with the 9.5" on my civic. I had gtr's in that size on my 200sx and tried to get them to fit civic fail. I did get a 9" on the rear tho ultralites a techs

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cheers buddy :-)

Looks good on them dude