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    Please Help, What Are These - Genuine Question

    here goes,

    can anyone please tell me the brand of the wheel below?



    i genuinely want to know as i have bought these wheels and unfortunately they only came with 3 centre caps. they do look ok without but i'm trying to locate a fourth cap if i ever fancy a change. i have already tried german ebay without any luck.

    more details on the wheel:-

    there are the words GERMANY cast in between the spokes on the front and 17x7.5JJ also cast in between the spokes on the front.

    stamped by hand on rear are 120 13 76

    i know what all this means but cannot find a brand name, i assume for copyright reasons although they seam to be a good copy, no heavier than original and nice machining on the front

    i've started to clean them up already, pitch black on the back when i bought them



    this is after the first round of cleaning so i'm confident that all the brake dust can be removed. altough i have a feeling the fronts will be a lot harder to clean and polish and will probably result in a lot of skin from my fingers being removed



    the car as it stands before the wheels are fitted. they are going on with 8mm spacers so will be ET5 when finished, i'm hoping it will give the look i am after.



    no takers?

    are any of our German cousins on this forum that might know?

    nobody has an idea, i'm stumped too, maybe the wheel faries made them?

    anyway two are on the car now, i'm waiting to get tyres fitted for the other two next week,

    tried them on the front with et5 with about 2 degs camber and they work great!

    tried them on the back et5 with max camber and ONE rubs, the other is close,

    i'm considering getting the fenders pulled, does anyone know what is involved, i've never done it before. i realise this is probably the wrong forum and will search and also post elsewhere,

    i'm considering rolling back and forward with the breaker bar between fender and tyre, does this pull the fender or just roll the edge?

    any help would be brilliant as i'm really not far off and itching to run them on the car,

    a few photos below to explain things and so you can see how they look,

    thanks in advance,















    done a bit more research and decided to go with the paper pull,

    for anyone actually reading this, wish me luck!
    Last edited by richardguile; 02-26-2010 at 06:28 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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    all sorted now thanks chaps,

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    gave the wheels a bit more of a clean, pretty happy how they came out




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    they sure look good

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    bad style 5 reps?

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    Quote Originally Posted by N05 View Post
    bad style 5 reps?
    bad as in wicked, cool man thanks,

    thats what i thought too

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    Quote Originally Posted by dickie g View Post
    bad as in wicked, cool man thanks,

    thats what i thought too
    not sayin they look bad on the car..just how they look by themselves.. to me anyways

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    nice find mate!

    Quote Originally Posted by N05 View Post
    bad style 5 reps?
    lol
    Last edited by luke318is; 03-19-2010 at 04:35 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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    Quote Originally Posted by N05 View Post
    not sayin they look bad on the car..just how they look by themselves.. to me anyways
    no worries mate, i'm not that sensitive

    Quote Originally Posted by luke318is View Post
    Borbet B's

    nice find mate!
    thanks man , i really like them and haven't seen many other sets around
    Last edited by dickie g; 03-21-2010 at 08:03 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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    Re: Please Help, What Are These - Genuine Question

    I'm confused.... Who has the rims? Dickie G or Richard.... And who ever's green E36 in the OP, loose either the Ambers or the yellow.. Way to much going on up front.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Spahrticus View Post
    I'm confused.... Who has the rims? Dickie G or Richard.... And who ever's green E36 in the OP, loose either the Ambers or the yellow.. Way to much going on up front.
    thanks mate i'll keep it in mind

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    Re: Please Help, What Are These - Genuine Question

    Quote Originally Posted by dickie g

    thanks mate i'll keep it in mind
    So it's your car? You have 2 different screen names?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Spahrticus View Post
    So it's your car? You have 2 different screen names?
    yup, i don't use the old screen name anymore, i decided it wasn't the most secure

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