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17-inch "cross-spoke design" alloy wheels available for the Volvo 140, 164, 200, 700, 900, and P1800

Wheels with a classic cross-spoke design look great on almost any car. As early as 1972, the multi-piece BBS RS wheel was used in motorsports on the Ford Capri RS, and subsequently made a lasting impression on virtually every car and motorsports fan. A little later, it also became available as an accessory for many sporty street cars. The cross-spoke design helped define entire generations of vehicles, such as the Golf GTI or the BMW E30.

As early as the 1980s, the design was adopted by many wheel manufacturers and offered, usually with slight modifications. They were available as aftermarket wheels from Exip, Rial, ATS, or Borbet, for example.

Also in the 1980s, the cross-spoke design became an optional feature for many vehicle manufacturers; it was available as a factory-installed extra from BMW, Audi, Volvo, VW, and others. These wheels, mostly one-piece, were often manufactured by BBS or Ronal. The Volvo 200, 700, and 900 models, for example, also featured original Scorpius or Multi-X wheels from the vehicle manufacturer.

By the mid-1990s, cross-spoke wheels were slowly falling out of favor from the vehicle manufacturers’ perspective and were discontinued by most wheel manufacturers. Not least because smooth surfaces and low wind resistance were becoming increasingly important.

Less than ten years later, even aftermarket rims like the Rial Mesh had already become cult classics, and prices for a good used set of BBS RS literally skyrocketed. Many owners of modern classics wanted exactly these wheels for their prized vehicles and often paid astronomical prices for them. There are now several reproductions on the market, and the price situation has eased somewhat as a result. At least, that has been the case so far for vehicles with standard bolt patterns and offset depths.

However, the classic rear-wheel-drive Volvos have had a rather exotic variant since the early 1970s, with a bolt pattern of 5x108 mm and offset depths of 20 or 25 mm. For these models, either nothing was available, or they had to be laboriously adapted using adapter plates or spacers and registered with an individual approval.

We are therefore all the more pleased to now be able to offer a reissue of the classic design in 7.5x17” ET20 for many classic Volvos from around 1970 onward. The wheel is produced by a well-known manufacturer, features the correct bolt pattern for Volvo, and comes with a certification for many models up to 1998.

The two-piece cross-spoke wheel is now available in the shop under the number 1109905.

Fits the following vehicles:

• Volvo P1800, P1800ES from 1970 model year onward
• Volvo 140
• Volvo 164
• Volvo 240
• Volvo 260
• Volvo 740, 760, 780
• Volvo 940
• Volvo 960 5-door up to 1994 model year

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