BBS CH.....and a tire dilemma

Wheels look awesome. Too bad I didnt see your post earlier about the rings. Tire Rack supplies them for a very reasonable price. I just purchased a set of BBS REs, and needed the PFS rings. Tire Rack sold me the rings, with new clips, shipped and taxes for about $50. Shipping and taxes were more than the rings themselves.

BBS RE?>???

What size? Where’d you find them? I looked everywhere for a set.

Did you buy them from that Bruno guy or something? he had a set that I was tracking for a while. They were sold by siggiepop to another guy…then his car was stolen…then Bruno bought the car from insurance auction after it was found. Had 18x8 BBS RE on there and they only weighed around 18 lbs each.

I had to look outside the box :slight_smile:

Found a set off a 350z in California. The width and offset are perfect for the S6/A6 4.2. 18x8.5 front et24, 18x9.5 rear et24. Ill have to use wobble bolts, but I already have a set and used them many times before with no problems. The 5x112 18x8 size is too narrow for my cars, and the offset in that size wasnt great, and would need spacers.

Apparently, BBS lists the weight of the 18x9.5 at 21 pounds, but the actual weight is 19.8, verified on two different scales.

The set I got comes with 255/35 front tires, and 265/35 rear. Eventually Ill change them, but should be fine for now, since they are within 1.1% circumference, and the rears are probably worn down slightly more than the fronts, coming from a rear wheel drive car. When I purchase a new set, Ill go 265/35 front and rear.

The other nice thing about the 5x114.3 wheels is that the aggressive offset results in a deeper center hole. I like the look better anyway.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d59/gambel/P1040488.jpg

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Seller wouldnt ship to Canada, so I have to drive to Niagara to pick them up. I figured it was worth the hassle considering the rarity of the wheels.


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get a photo from behind, and along the side of the car so we can see how tucked they are

you said they’re 19x8.5 ET35 right?

What are the peelers? 19x8.5 ET32?

Wasn’t one of the S5 wheels 19x9.0 ET32 somewhere along the line?

RS4 wheels are 19x9.0 ET 29, or the equivalent of the BBS CH wheels shown with 9mm spacers

Your CH measurements - yes

Your Peeler measurements - yes

The peeler/sottozero on the same scale weighed 53.5 so I dropped 5lb/corner.

They look fairly tucked. 10mm would be good; 15 maybe awesome maybe a little much don’t really know.

what are guys running on the forums? There’s probably a big AZ wheel thread somewhere in the S5 section.

holy fuck a LOT of guys are saying 20/25 with the stock 19x8.5 ET32s.

yes. Makes sense.

or you mean 20mm spacers? That’s kinda too big.

I am 19x9 ET29 with 10mm = 19x9 ET19 effectively.

That’s my RS4.

I reckon 15mm would be perfect on the S5. 10mm for sure necessary. Stock (et32) looks tucked.