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is it "borbay" or "bor bet"

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Thanks to the honda owners of NZ for another set of e30 wheels, covered in matt black paint.

Off getting refurbed .

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16x7.5 et30

Will be going on my red e30.

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Being an English company you'd have to assume "bet" may have been founded by a Frenchie though.

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always said bor-bay myself

but i just found out Thule is said "Tool-ey" today, not, well, "thool" lol

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Wow - that's a huge difference!! Looks primo. Whats rough cost on refurb like you've done......?? Cheers ae...

ive done wheels before for cash, $20 each for blasting and $20 powder coating per rim, but on these i wanted the lips machined to remove kerbing and restore the little edge detail. Agreed $450 the set but ended up paying $600 due to 2 rims requiring straightening. I think that would probably still be a good deal north of the Bombays.

Lesson learned, next time ill get them to spin the wheels up before we agree a price. ha ha bastards. still they have done a good job, the paint work is real good barring a couple of specs. silky smooth and real glossy. Almost a shame to put them on the car.....almost.

If you get rims blasted separately make sure they are not done too coarse and that they leave the bead alone.

Now all i need is some new lock screws.

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Now for sale, looking for $1k

Will they fit E30?

ET30 on a 7.5" rim - do your own calc's please

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always said bor-bay myself but i just found out Thule is said "Tool-ey" today, not, well, "thool" lol

Hahah, we sell the f**king things and i only found out how to properly pronounce it recently.

Not a huge fan of the borbet wheels, but damn that refurb made an amazing difference.

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Yep perfect fitment.

Would look porn with some 16x9's out back.

I love the refinish, nice work!

Jon from JKS Euro is in Auckland this weekend looking for a set of Borbet's, hope he sees this!

I've always pronounced them Bor-bay, bor-bet sounds kinda stupid, but Moet & Chandon is pronounced Mo-et not moway, so there you go.

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