style 5/19 three piece

[Dinandave]

Does anyone in the US know what it takes to do this? Parts list? Any machine work required?

[nicco1117]

You can try James aka "FLOSS". He rebuilds wheels to any spec you want. His number is 310-999foursixsixfour. Tell him nicco sent you. Also, you can try wheelflip.com or tunershop.com

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[badwayz]

Yes, of course there is machine work required to make a rear mounted 2-piece wheel face work with sandwhich mounted 3-piece wheels. Wokke does conversions for the style 5's, but why not do BBS RS versions for cheaper? And for style 19, they did make a Nardi BBS 3-piece wheel in 1992, that used BBS RS parts, and was basically the same design as the style 19.

[Dinandave]

Yes, of course there is machine work required to make a rear mounted 2-piece wheel face work with sandwhich mounted 3-piece wheels. Wokke does conversions for the style 5's, but why not do BBS RS versions for cheaper? And for style 19, they did make a Nardi BBS 3-piece wheel in 1992, that used BBS RS parts, and was basically the same design as the style 19.

Thanks for the idea to do it, I love the style 19 face... but can't find the nardi wheel. I've never even heard of them...

[badwayz]

I have a set I am about to refinish with wider lips, here's a quick pic of the front before i took them apart.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/luckbone/bmw/016-2.jpg

[Dinandave]

How are you putting wider lips on them? Wokke is in germany and it would cost me a small fortune getting them done by him.

[badwayz]

Unlike the style 19, these are 3-piece and use RS parts.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h149/luckbone/Mobile%20Uploads/ResizedImage_1342564378969.jpg

[Dinandave]

Oh wow now I see they look just like them... Nice where did you score a set of those?

[badwayz]

There are sets out there, but not too many left. I always keep an eye out at the wheel classifieds on a few forums, and have come across these a few times over the last couple years, but finally bought a set myself this summer.

[Dinandave]

So theres no way I could sandwhich a style 19 center between a bbs rs barel and lips?

[badwayz]

Its not that easy, or else a lot of people would be machining the edge off the rear of a style 5 face and building sets with RS parts.

[Dinandave]

Damn nothings ever that easy lol... Thanks for the info. Would love to see how your set turn out.

[illadlephia]

I would love to see a set of these with flat caps

[stagen]

You'll have to cut the outter lip off and have the mating surface turned down flat, have the back side of the wheel face to have a relief for the back barrel.

Then you'll need to have custom front lips made. Here are the dimensions you'll give them.
http://www.titanium-touch.de/bilder/ringdaten_shop.jpg

ZD = 356mm
LK = 372mm
RG = 17"
AB = 34 (number of bolt holes)
RB = as wide you want

I priced one place out at $1200 for 4 lips. I got those dimensions from a guy that has actually converted his Style 5/19's into 3 pieces.

Then you'll need new hardware, most likely from BBS RS since your old stuff will be too short.

If you bought the wheels cheap and have a hook up at a machine shop it really doesnt seem TOO bad for a set of 3 piece wheels.

[Dinandave]

I would love to see a set of these with flat caps

It's funny how things have come full circle... I purchased Badwayz' set of BBS Nardi splits. I re-finished them and used flat caps:eek:.

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