Sorry for such a display of ignorance here...but I don't know squat about after market wheels. Anything good/bad I should know about Borbet Type B rims?

I'm looking at a W210 wagon with them installed. All I know, is they are 16", and appear to have stock size tires on them (215/55 R16.)

Quite frankly, I'd rather have stock rims, but the car is otherwise impeccable and the price is right.

Any feedback appreciated.

I had Borbet type "E" wheels on a 1991 Volvo 740, for many years and they were good looking, wore very well, and withstood a tremendous amount of abuse from San Francisco curbs, potholes, and rust attacks.

They came with a set of black AND a set of silver Borbet center caps, so you could choose which you liked better.

A teriffic value for what you get, and they look sharp on most cars.

I would recommend them most definately for your car.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

With over a century of experience, Borbet is one of Europe's leading makers of alloy wheels.
By Chester Sims

As modern cars have become more sophisticated and complex, they've also become more difficult to individualize. What with emission regulations and computerized engine control systems, hopping up a motor has become nearly impossible. Customizing a car's body is equally difficult since contemporary cars use unit bodies that don't lend themselves to much modification.

But there's still one thing on a car that can be individualized easily and affordably. Well, four things, to be accurate, and these are a car's wheels. They can change the look of a car considerably without altering its basic integrity of compromising its performance.

A generation ago, custom wheels were something of a cult thing, seen only on hot rods and sports cars. But over the past few decades, the use of custom wheels has proliferated. This has created a booming business for wheel manufacturers from all over the world.

In 1962 Peter Wilhelm Borbet, today's president, began production in a newly built works in Hesborn, Germany, manufacturing sand-cast, gravity die-cast and also low-pressure die cast parts for many different industries.

In 1977, Borbet began making light alloy wheels for cars and commercial vehicles. Today the company is specializing more and more in the development and manufacture of wheels - from design to production - and makes all its wheels under one roof.

Using modern production methods, a comprehensive quality assurance system and a staff of able and dedicated employees, Borbet has established a significant market position. On December 21st 1994, Borbet became one of the first light alloy wheel manufacturers to be certified successfully according to the DIN ISO 9110 standard for its quality management system.

Borbet employs around 620 people, including the staffs of its two sister companies in Munich, Germany and Ranshofen, Austria. In 1995 Borbet's production topped one million wheels for the first time. After taking over Austria AlumGuss (AAG), an Austrian wheel manufacturer, at the beginning of 1996, the Borbet group was able to expand its wheel making capacity to around two million wheels per year.

In addition to producing aftermarket wheels, the company is also an original equipment supplier to the auto industry. Its clients include General Motors European units, Opel and Vauxhall, as well as BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.

Borbet's main plant is in Hesborn. A modern facility, which has 24 die-casting machines that run 24 hours a day. Its sister company, AAG, also has a state-of-the-art plant with 18 casting machines and a number of robots which perform the final machining of the alloy wheels. The AAG facility is one of the few light alloy wheel plants which uses helium to test its wheels for imperfections instead of the traditional water bath. The AAG plant alone can produce 5,000 wheels a day.

Aside from making wheels, Borbet is also actively involved in motorsports, supporting teams in the German Super Touring series. It also supports three truck racing teams. This form of truck racing is uniquely European and uses their equivalent of our 18 wheelers. Just the cab portions of these big trucks compete in a 20 race series on some of Europe's most challenging race courses. Borbet has developed a special 9.0x22.5 heat treated, light alloy wheel for these huge race machines.

Another of Borbet's extracurricular interests involves a different kind of horsepower; the company was the official sponsor of Germany's equine dressage team which won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta.

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