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BBS Wheel Rebuild

So I bought a 1996 Formula Mazda (FM) for SCCA racing. The previous owners raced the car from 1997 to 2001 and it was then retired to a barn until I purchased it in 2009.

Engine testing revealed great compression numbers; however, the body was beat up and various components needed to be replaced such as the fuel cell, various rod ends, safety harness, etc.

At some point over the winter of 2009 - 2010 I decided to rebuild the 3 part BBS wheels.

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Early car pic
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Early car pic
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Nasty oxidized brake and rotor dust.
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Nasty oxidized brake and rotor dust.
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Yuck.
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Yuck.
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Why did I buy this car? I can't remember.
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Why did I buy this car? I can't reme…
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Old style gasket that goes between the 2 wheels halves.
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Old style gasket that goes between t…
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Wheel center cleaned up a bit.
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Wheel center cleaned up a bit.
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P1000793
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P1000793
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Wheel halves. Three halves? What?
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Wheel halves. Three halves? What?
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To reassemble cleaned wheels...
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To reassemble cleaned wheels...
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Cleaned & painted wheel center...
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Cleaned & painted wheel center...
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Inner wheel half goes on top of wheel center
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Inner wheel half goes on top of whee…
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New style gasket
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New style gasket
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Gasket goes on top of inner wheel half
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Gasket goes on top of inner wheel ha…
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Yup... that's a tire.
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Yup... that's a tire.
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Outer wheel half...
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Outer wheel half...
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Torque the wheel bolts.
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Torque the wheel bolts.
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One rebuilt wheel.
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One rebuilt wheel.
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Four rebuilt wheels with new rubber
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Four rebuilt wheels with new rubber
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