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WHICH BRM'S ARE THE BEST?
hazet - January 17th, 2003 at 08:23 AM

I wanted to find out if anybody new which
repros are the best Uk or Jap.
Which width do they come in and...
how much???
Thanks:cussing

kustomkool - January 17th, 2003 at 10:13 AM

Flat 4 are the best repros they are well made but the cost $2000 a set!

vw54 - January 21st, 2003 at 08:10 AM

The Jap ones are the only ones made The shops in the Uk buy them from Japan.

splitbusaustralia - January 21st, 2003 at 08:22 AM

Dave,

I'm fairly sure Midland Wheel Supplies in the UK do a BRM copy. Supposedly 'rougher cast' than the Flat 4 but also half the price....

RobK

vw54 - January 21st, 2003 at 10:06 AM

Well if they do, I would still rather pay Jap yen for them over Pounds. The pound i a killer.

Have you got any pics of the UK ones??

splitbusaustralia - January 21st, 2003 at 10:35 AM

Just checked. They have a website at

http://www.midlandwheels.com 

Not that intuitive to drive - point at the spokes on the wheel on the opening page!

Pic of the BRM there (has BRM cap too - on a repro?). 90 pounds each. I imagine you'd double that by the time you landed em with freight, duty, lodgement costs and freekin quaratine inspection etc etc

Bizarre - January 21st, 2003 at 10:59 AM

"I imagine you'd double that by the time you landed em with freight, duty, lodgement costs and freekin quaratine inspection etc etc"

i would say more like 4X.
The pound is 36p so you are talking $270Aus just for a wheel. add 10% GST and 15% import duty and you are up to $340 ish.
Then add freight.

Cant see how you would get out under $1,750 a set!

Unity-28 - January 21st, 2003 at 11:05 AM

Thats still pretty good for good looking wheels...

Cheers N!

Dasdubber - January 21st, 2003 at 08:45 PM

I have the flat 4 brms on my beetle, and have seen up close the uk mws brms (my mate had a set for a while before selling them recently).

both wheels look great on a vw, but there are a few subtle diffs - the casting marks on the polished spokes are rougher on the mws brms (you can see fine maching marks - only noticiable from about a foot away). The black paint on the spokes is more glossy on the mws versions - the flat 4s have more of an "orange peel" appearance. the bolt holes are countersunk more in the mws versions - ie. the wheel lugs sit further into the wheel. Supposedly the offsets were slightly different but I bolted up my flat 4 brm onto his 58 beam then his mws brm (both had identical 145 michelins) - could not tell a big diff in fender clearance.

finally, the centre caps on the mws brms had a sticker on an alloy cap whereas the flat 4 caps writing was printed on the actual cap rather than a round sticker.

I think flat 4s are 5in (correct me if I am wrong) width but mws were 5.5. A 145 was a squeeze on the mws but still looked cool.

My mate bought his mws for $1600 but bought them off a guy who paid more to get them in. I think the flat 4s are around $2200.

hope this helps
Alan