Theme Tuesdays: Split Wheel Conversions

Oct 29, 2013

Yesterday a friend of mine shared a photo of three piece converted factory e30 bottle cap wheels that quite frankly looked damn good.

This was not the first set of wheels I had seen this done too –that honor goes to the ATS Barock wheels later in this post– but it was the first time I had seen it done to a wheel that I previously despised.

To quote the same friend “It’s ridiculous the difference removing a lip and replacing it with a step lip and bolts makes”.

Due to the precision needed to do such conversions there are not a whole lot of these wheels in existence but that’s what makes them pretty unique and interesting.

Below are some of my favorites, oddly enough couldn’t find mounted shots of all of them but perhaps that is where you guys can help out.

1_2_wheel_11 — Start things off with a set of 13″ Scrirocco wheels that were converted to 15s

1_2_wheel_12 — On the car they look stellar, you can read the build right here

1_2_wheel_7 — Like the Teddy Bears the ATS Barock Wheels have had these conversion done a couple of times

1_2_wheel_8 — One by a company named Striplot that seems to specialize in this sort of thing

1_2_wheel_13 — I beleive this set came out of France

1_2_wheel_14 — There have been a few Ronal Teddy Bear conversions… this is one of the best looking ones

1_2_wheel_9 — I googled “3 piece steel wheels” expecting to find nothing but was pretty surprised when these popped up

1_2_wheel_10 — These are MK1 oem barebones wheels

A company out of Poland specializes in these sort of things and has a whole lot on their fanpage, big fan of these tear drops

Can't forget the wheels that started my night of Google searching — Can’t forget the exact set of wheels that started my night of Google searching

1_2_wheel_2 — Trans Am wheels look great like this, I’d like to see these done also

These Fiero wheels turned out pretty stunning

1_2_wheel_6 — Great fit on this car as well

1_2_wheel_4 — OEM e28 M6 boring wheels converted

1_2_wheel_5 — These wheels are pretty similar to the other set of MKI wheels in this thread and look great with the polished center cap

1_2_wheel_3 — Going to end things with these set, The name is up in the air (some say Wed G5 others Turbo 138) but either way they look great and didn’t start out like this

1_2_wheel_17 — You can read a feature on the Pug they are mounted too right here on Raceism

11 COMMENTS

Still Steezy Oct 29, 2013 At 4:01 pm

dope!

Bryan Oct 29, 2013 At 4:09 pm

E28 m5*.. lol

chris Oct 30, 2013 At 1:11 pm

lol @ teddy bear wheels , reminds me of those wheel ads in road and track back in tha day that had those “daisy” wheels as well!! needed that laugh today !!! great post !!

Andrew Oct 31, 2013 At 7:36 pm

These are all really cool. I’d definitely rock those bottle caps on my Prelude.

Alex Nov 2, 2013 At 6:58 pm

The E30 bottle cap wheels look absolutely fantastic.

ollie Nov 4, 2013 At 3:20 pm

fking rondal teddy bears of all on earth to me there in the same category as chrome snow flakes (shudder)

Larry Oct 20, 2015 At 7:52 pm

I am really interested in getting my wheels converted to a 3 piece wheel. Could anybody please tell me who does this? Thanks

- DaveT Oct 20, 2015 At 9:21 pm
  
  Where you located Larry?
  
  - Nathan May 6, 2020 At 7:55 pm
    
    Brisbane Australia. Know anyone that does these around here?
    
Kevin Bagwell Nov 7, 2015 At 4:23 pm

Where can I get a set of these bottle caps for my e30?

Chris Jan 19, 2019 At 4:06 am

Dose any one no where you can get a set done in the uk?