Hamish
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Kinda after a pic request/more information
The BBS rims that the fitted to polo gti's/some old golfs. What sizes and fitments did them make them?
Im looking at Robin/ Paul H for inspiration here 
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Robin
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They're BBS RXs, the ones which came on the Calibra DTMs 
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Hamish
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no not those ones, these ones:
[Edited on 12-09-2007 by Hamish]
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Robin
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Oh, they weren't the ones on the Polo GTi though 
Those are BBS RSs.
Offsets and widths are confusing as fuck with them as they were numbered like RS001 and RS031, but I don't have a clue what any of that means.
Basically, I THINK they were 6.5" wide standard, with a 1" dish, but new dishes are available from loads of places.
The bottom ones are 8", not sure about Pauls 7.5 front 8" rear maybe? no idea.
RSs are expensive, RMs are cheaper and look pretty much the same.
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Hamish
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yea im looking through edition38 classifieds  . Tbh RS's look the tits 
PCD 4x100?
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Robin
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Yeah 4x100, there's a set on page 3 of the classifieds on there which are well worth a look.
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Hamish
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Just seen them. et25 though  how come some have higher offsets than others though 
Is it to do with the depth of the dish?
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Robin
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The RMs are ET33 by the looks of it, and the RMs came as ET25, when you add more dish, the offset gets lower as there's more on the outside, so it sits further out in the arch.
Not a lot you can do about that TBH, unless you buy a VW when it's not a problem, my wheels are ET25 and 7.5" wide, I've got space for about another inch 
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Hamish
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
I've got space for about another inch
is that what you always say 
ok then, so it seems its perfectly possible. The reson im asking is that ive seen a set on a corsa c round me and i want to know how wide they are.
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Hamish
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seeing these just makes me want to do it, the attention to detail is second to none. £1500 asking price though
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Robin
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What car are you aiming to get them on?
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Hamish
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a corsa c
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Robin
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I reckon even with 6.5x15 ET33 RMs you'd struggle, they'd probably be sitting right on the outside of the arch. Any wider/lower offset and it's not going to happen I don't think.
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Hamish
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the ofset on a corsa c is et38 isnt it?
Even with super stretched tyres and super hard suspension?
7J may be possible
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Robin
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Corsa C is ET49 unless it's an SRi, when it's ET40.
You MIGHT get a 7" RM on there, which would be ET27 (I think) with a 165/50 15 tyre and some arch trim trimming.
I'm not really sure, I never tried anything more than an ET49 6x16 on mine
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Hamish
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Remind me again what the differance between the RS and RM wheels are?
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Robin
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RMs are ET33 and 6.5" wide, RSs are ET25 and 7" wide, RMs have the dots on the centre cap, RSs have the spokes continued on the centre cap, RMs are a shitload cheaper than RSs.
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davey_jack
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I thought about doing this before, but the offsets are just miles out, thats why I went for the RX's from a cally DTM.
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Hamish
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Tbh the RS's just look so much better than the RM's. Even if the differences are so slight.
It must be possible
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