Re: wheels

[Jim Buck <vwpride@mixi.net>]

Ian wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can find specific information on wheels, in
> particular I'm looking for wheel weights. I eventually want to upgrade from
> the 13inchers to 15's, but I don't want to put 50lb lead wheels on my baby.
> At the same time I don't want pieces of crap that will fall to pieces (PA
> has crappy roads), I'd love to see the BBS RC's in a 15inch but I think they
> only go as small as 16's. The tirerack is great for general info and
> pictures, but not specifics.  I really like a couple of the Borbet designs
> (types M, S & T) but I thought Borbet's were heavier than most?
> BTW how are you supposed to pronounce Borbet?

Ian, I had a set of 14x6 Borbet type "C"'s on my rocco once that I got from the
Tire Rack, and they are excellent rims.  They looked much bigger than they
actually were, and I put VW centers in them so they looked factory.  When you go
up in wheel size, you usually do go up in unsprung weight.  15x7 with a 35mm
offset seems to be the optimum set up for A1 VW's, but 16's work ok too.
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Jim Buck
1990 Passat Wagon 2.0 16v
1987 Scirocco 16v "lil 109"
1982 Rabbit Convertible
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