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wheel anorak question - the BBS Sport Classic 17"
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Author:  Orangecurry [ Sat May 10, 2014 11:20 am ]
Post subject:  wheel anorak question - the BBS Sport Classic 17"
As some of you may know, I collect wheels.

I've just obtained (another) set of BBS SC but these have sat in the back of a garage/shed for 15 years, and as well as having tyres datestamped 1997 :shock: they have lovely metal valve stems.

My other set of Sport Classics have rubber valve stems (and more modern tyres :D )

Did all Sport Classics come with metal valve stems, which have since been binned by careless tyre-changer-monkeys at some point over the past 15 years, or are these a special tequipment version?

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Author:  Teg [ Sun May 11, 2014 9:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wheel anorak question - the BBS Sport Classic 17"
Please don't take my post as fact,

But my parners father owns a 2.5 boxster with Sport classics and it has the metal valves. I know the history of this car well as my father used to own and im pretty sure it came with the metal valves fro the factory.

Hope this helps.
Author:  Orangecurry [ Sun May 11, 2014 11:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wheel anorak question - the BBS Sport Classic 17"
Thanks Teg - that's useful info - cheers.

Any more? :D
Author:  jmgarage [ Mon May 12, 2014 7:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: wheel anorak question - the BBS Sport Classic 17"
I would agree from memory of back in the day, even through it does not seem that long ago, it has been a while since I found myself looking at a new car wearing those wheels! But I do remember that prior to Porsche using metal valves on wheels, the ones with rubber valves back in the 90's had a metal lip, a little like a wheel weight, which stuck onto the wheel next to the valve so at seriously high speed the rubber valves would not bend outwards.. But I do not remember seeing them on this kind of wheel.
Author:  sam [ Mon May 12, 2014 7:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: wheel anorak question - the BBS Sport Classic 17"
Orangecurry wrote:
As some of you may know, I collect wheels.

I've just obtained (another) set of BBS SC but these have sat in the back of a garage/shed for 15 years, and as well as having tyres datestamped 1997 :shock: they have lovely metal valve stems.

My other set of Sport Classics have rubber valve stems (and more modern tyres :D )

Did all Sport Classics come with metal valve stems, which have since been binned by careless tyre-changer-monkeys at some point over the past 15 years, or are these a special tequipment version?

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Had those valves on my Audi S8 back in the day, was a '96 car
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