BBS wheels, need centre bores enlarging ?

[chubz]

hi everyone, i bought a set of BBS wheels for my fiesta, and the centre holes need enlarging by about 3mm, so the wheels can actually go on my car.


Is there any known places in the london and hertfordshire area that can do this for me ?

iv tried the obvious google, but i don't know what sites I'm looking for to be honest, so havnt found many useful links

if anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Matt.

[joem83]

You can get them done the proper way, or this way lol:



don't know how much I would trust doing it this way, but for 1.5mm all the way around it might be ok.

[chubz]

nah don't think i'll be giving that a go! lol

been trying to find people that do it, but only coming up with posts from 2009 etc

not having much luck

[joem83]

You just need an engineering company that have milling equipment - find where they are and then have a drive around the industrial estates at lunch time

You can get a lot done for £20 at lunch time lol

With it being wheels, most wont want to do anything with them when there is a receipt involved.

[chubz]

ok, ill have a look for some of those on the web, no industrial estates near me, and my cars on axle stands minus its wheels atm, as the new wheels don't fit lol....and i don't have any more. and nobody is about to give me a lift internet and phone pretty much

[chubz]

what do you mean about the reciept part ?

[DavidB]

They will stick it on a lathe and it'll be very quick and accurate.

[joem83]

Sept 9, 2014 11:29:36 GMT chubz said:

what do you mean about the reciept part ?

Lunch time/after hours cash fiddle job

Most times I have tyres swapped over, it's done at lunch times and the money goes in the pocket/sarnie jar

[chubz]

aahhhh I'm with ya now! so it wont be overly expensive ?

probably know the answer to this but ill ask anyway aha will i need to take the tyres off beforehand ?

[pepe]

you can just use a flap wheel and bore them out, aslong as the wheels are torqued up correctly/evenly they will be fine, done it a few times now never had wheel wobble etc

[chubz]

i don't fancy taking a flap wheel or dremel or even a file to an expensive set of BBS wheels to be honest.

trying to find a place or person that can do the job for me with a big enough lathe.

[pepe]

fair enough, g23 engineering will do it but they are abit pricey as they are quite popular in the vw "scene" so they add abit of scene tax on id imagine

[composimmonite]

Look for somewhere that refurbishes alloys as they will have the equipment to do the job.
To be honest unless the wheels were free or ultra cheap then by the time you have added the cost of machining to the purchase price you might be better selling the ones you've got and buying another set that fit straight on.

[chubz]

i got them done in the end. at a cost of £80, the wheels now stand me at 270 quid after the 100 quid purchase price lol.. but look the part!