Postby 92rrrandall » 06 Nov 2008 21:14
The front wheels are 14 X 6 and weigh less than 9 pounds each. They have 45mm offset. I made my own front hubs with the 4 X 100 bolt pattern. Before then, I used wheel adapters.
The rear wheels are 15 X 7 and weigh about 12 pounds. I put the rear wheels on a milling machine and drilled a second bolt pattern in them so that they would bolt up to the rear axle. With 40mm offset I am able to use the 225/50 wide tires with no rubbing issues at all.
The front wheels were from a Miata special edition. The rear wheels are from a BMW E30. There were other cars which have the same, or very simular BBS wheels. But most of the other examples have a 5 bolt pattern or not very much offset. Some of the other cars which use these wheels have a different color, such as gold or black.
Another reason that I decided to use these particular wheel style is that you cannot really see thru them. Almost all other super light weight wheels would allow you to easily see that there are drum brakes on the rear.
When you can find these on ebay they are not super expensive. There is a demand for BBS wheels, but due to the "small size", they are resonable.
Randall
