Bola b1

[dmur197]

Hi, I was looking at alloys for a 197 and sort of fancied some bola b1's. The ones on eBay are 17", 7.5 wide, offset 40 and 5x108

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/401042617489

would these fit/fit well?

Thanks

 

[Sean197]

you'll need to find out the centre bore, but they should fit with spigot rings. however, et40 is the equivalent of fitting 28mm spacers so they'll stick out a bit - have a look for threads with standard wheels plus 25mm spacers to see what I mean.

 

[dmur197]

How can you work out how much the wheels will stick out?

 

[Sean197]

Standard wheels are et68 7.5x17 therefore keeping the same width but lowering the offset to et40 means 68-40=28. The lower the offset number the further the wheels will stick out.

 

[G8RSH]

Willtheyfit.com

 

[Aaron S]

I've got some 3SDM 0.05 being delivered tonight unsure how they'll fit :')

 

[Sean197]

I've got some 3SDM 0.05 being delivered tonight unsure how they'll fit :')

post up the offset etc

 

[dmur197]

would an offset of 40 be the same as adding 28mm spacers? and would it fit

 

[Warren]

would an offset of 40 be the same as adding 28mm spacers? and would it fit

willtheyfit.com

Yes it's like adding 28mm spacers, they might scrub the archs but nobody knows because they've been fitted.

 

[Aaron S]

I think the offset is 38 on 3sdm and they're 8J

 

[Aaron S]

Just worried about clearing the caliper

 

[Sean197]

with et38 you should clear the caliper, but 8j et38 will stick out massively, and in my opinion look terrible. They will also rub like hell if your car is lowered even slightly.
Look for pics with the 8x17 cup racer speedlines on, they're et68 and they fill the arches just nicely, as do the OZ Ultraleggeras at 8x17 et55.

 

[Aaron S]

I'll see how they look when I get them on later, the car is really low, but I'm trying something different. Everyone has speedlines or OZ

 

[Sean197]

@Aaron S - those wheels would look great on the Clio, seen them on quite a few Golfs. You could always look into having 10mm machined off the mounting face to bring the offset back to et48, but this depends on the amount of metal available for machining on the mounting face.

 

[Aaron S]

[MENTION=1918]Sean197[/MENTION] that's a brilliant idea, I've never thought of that!

 

[Warren]

Calipers shouldn't be an issue, look how close they are on standard wheels at ET68 anything lower than that should be fine.
I've also decided on something different to Speedlines/OZ's, although I'm only not getting OZ's due to price. If they where £600-700 I'd buy a set right now lol. Have you also considered Rota's? IIRC they're about £600 a set, 17x9 5x108 ET42. Few people have fitted them but they stick out a fair bit.

 

[Aaron S]

Yeah rota grids? they look pretty cool but they're done a fair bit too tbf

 

[Sean197]

9x17 stick out a fair bit, and look a bit naff imo - https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/h...e35/11925881_797769570349016_1713736786_n.jpg

 

[Aaron S]

That 197 is on sale, I saw it on eBay yesterday. I dunno I think I quite like it tbh

 

[Aaron S]

Does anyone know the standard wheel bolt/nut specs?