Hub re-Drilled

[Vladi]

I was talking about the weight of the wheels. Most of the 5 lugger wheels for BMW's I've seen generally weighed more than the 4 lug wheels.

Not exactly. What's the difference between a 4 lug wheel and a 5 lug wheel except that one has 4 holes and the other 5?
I've went to 5 lug exactly because my 5 lug 17' bbs rs are lighter than my present 4 lug 16' MAS wheels. It's all about the type of metal used.
For eg. i've also got a set of 15' OZ Fittipaldi wich are as light as the 17' bbs.

[Vladi]

Care to share a photo of that adapter?  The only reason the idea even came to mind is the wheel style option.  For the most part this was once a project car to Xcross it is becoming my daily drive and with my 1984 318i with borbet wheels on it and can't find them anywhere I wanted to give it it's own look.

I'll take some pics tomorrow. Tried them out at 120km/h and there were absolutely no problems, also drove them a few days and likewise. Right now i'm waiting for my new tires to arrive, the old ones were borrowed only for the test.

[Alpine003]

Not exactly. What's the difference between a 4 lug wheel and a 5 lug wheel except that one has 4 holes and the other 5?
I've went to 5 lug exactly because my 5 lug 17' bbs rs are lighter than my present 4 lug 16' MAS wheels. It's all about the type of metal used.
For eg. i've also got a set of 15' OZ Fittipaldi wich are as light as the 17' bbs.

The difference is that most 5 lug bmw rims are heavier than their 4 lug counter parts since the 5 lug BMW specific wheels have to be made more durable(hence more material) to handle the heavier weights of the BMW cars generally over the Japanese cars.

Also, you are not comparing apples to apples when comparing something like MAS or Fittipaldi to BBS. Try comparing SSR to BBS to be more fair.

Broaden your scope and do a search between 4 lug rims made for the Japanese cars vs. 5 lug BMW rims and you will see a difference. I'm not saying in all cases but there are a lot of the 4 lug ones that are generally lighter than 5 lug BMW specific rims.

[Shocker]

Heathen!



What do you mean, 'too much time and money invested into your car'? Is there such a thing?

Hubs re drilled???  Just replace them with 5 bolt hubs is what I meant.