[W126 Coupe] BBS wheels and lug nuts

[Steve Lemberg]

Markus,

I have BBS wheels; they use bolts that are for a VW I think.    The head is shorter than the factory MB bolts, any wheel shop should have these bolts as they are used on VW's.

Steve
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Markus Meyer 
  To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com 
  Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:47 AM
  Subject: [W126 Coupe] BBS wheels and lug nuts


  Hi guys,

  Anybody here either currently using or in the past have used BBS wheels on their 126's?  I've got some BBS RS 2 piece wheels I'm trying out.  Offset is 24mm, so I was thinking of using the 10mm spacers I have in the rear possibly and leaving the fronts alone.  Size is 16X8.  Anyhow....I noticed 2 immediate problems trying to use the stock lug nuts (newer shorter ones).  First problem is they stick out the back of the BBS wheel about 1/2 further than the stock wheel.  Okay, I could use 10mm spacers all around to cure that, but....second problem is, the "head" of the lug nut sticks too far out the front as well.  The BBS wheel has a large center cap that hides the lug nuts, and even the newer shorter style lugs are too long and stick out the front of these caps.

  So, I was curious if anyone had or has these style wheels and what they did?

  Thanks,

  Markus Meyer
  mfm at meyerprobateproperties.com
  www.meyerprobateproperties.com
  Meyer Probate & Properties, LLC
  484-919-9762


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