Carlsson 3/6 by OZ RACING, Mercedes R129 Fitment. A study in massiveness

I have said that before, wheels might be round, when it comes to desirability they all fit in a pyramid. That is especially true for Carlsson. That company has been through a lot lately, however in Japan it is still popular as the company made the odd decision to start building wheels in 5x114.3 PCD …

BBS RS070 RS071, Golden Twins

Let's just put it out there : there is something special about solid gold wheels. It only makes sense that they are now associated with the only decade with enough bravado to pull it off, the 1980's. In a way striking colors like solid gold on a wheel is already starting the movement of considering …

BBS RS001 White Edition. Do meet your heroes.

I should start off be saying thank you.

[FRA] Restaurer des jantes en s’éloignant de ses sous, partie 2 : ponçage, peinture, finitions

Et nous voila donc au bouquet final, la peinture. J'avais ramené du boulot pour mes congés en France. Une ligne de mort aussi : pas plus de 2 jours pour poncer - dégraisser - peindre (apprêt, base et vernis). En réalite, en comptant les touches finales c'est plutôt 4 jours dessus. J'ai donc commencé par …

[ENG] Packing Wheels : another tutorial, 4 x 1 method

Not being - quite - utterly obtuse i tend to still pick up techniques and tricks along the way. More precisely, living in a country with different and sibyllin package size limitations (between regular AIR mail, super fast EMS, and leisurely paced SURFACE shipping...) it is sometimes a safer option to pack wheels individually rather …

[ENG] Speedline for Ferrari 550 SL1363 : A swan song for the Modular.

It is only fitting that i address a term that defines the wheel-as-object-of-interest by itself. The modular wheel. It is a 3 piece wheel but with gusto. To put it in plain english, a 3 piece wheel for some exotics, mainly Ferraris. 3 piece wheels are good and beautiful but not the most telling for …

OZ TYP 06.A and the intractable bend toward Virginity

How "new"can you go ? And what "new" really means ? Having seen a few countries and took my ever increasing passion with me, I discovered soon that the notion of new is as numerous as the countries themselves. For some countries like France and the Philippines new is more of a perceived quality, a …

BBS RS. Part One, RS033 : Through Japan’s glance

Building another bridge. It might be weird that I never got around to comment this behemoth. That’s even weirder because i broadly use it to introduce my ever consuming passion to non-car people “Felgen ? …wheels ? BBS, basketweave. You follow ?” And they generally say yes while waiting for me to stop talking. Yes, …

Ronal for Lorinser R91. Solid Work. [Mercedes W201, W124, R129]

Ronal, Lorinser. It is not the most exciting duo. One could associate Ronal with boring OE Fares, while Lorinser’s tend to be the shiny and heavy stuff older gents put on their R107. It is not groundbreaking. But that’s not quite fair. If it wasn’t for Ronal, we would not have the sublime 3-piece wheels …

[ENG] Packing Wheels : a Tutorial, 2 x 2 method

Buying wheels online is a non issue. That is, you buy wheels off eBay, and you pay the shipping costs associated with the purchase*. Once shipping costs have been paid, and delivery is scheduled, then it’s smooth sailing. Unless if, on the other side of the transaction, you don't know how to pack wheels... I …