Bought BBS SuperRS 17" for my Touring: what do you thin

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Sat May 04, 2013 5:16 am

Hi all!
Yesterday got hold of these Japanese-specific 5*114.3 BBS SuperRS 17" for my touring. Don't wanna redrill them, but go an adaptor route. They are 8j, ET39 front and 9j, ET35 rear. With an adapter of 20mm width they should sit very well on touring.
How do you think they look? I want to replace the center caps for red coloured ones. Front will be 205/40/17 and rear 215/40/17 tires. Anyone has any experience with these spec wheels and tires.

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Sat May 04, 2013 5:36 am

nice
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Sat May 04, 2013 8:50 am

I do tyre stretch for a living and i work on many on the uk top show cars. Them wheels & tyres will look sweet. Especially running stretch
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Sat May 04, 2013 9:27 am

They will look good how the cra will drive is another question.
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Sat May 04, 2013 9:45 am

Im not a fan of bbs, but they do look spot on on tourings :cool:
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Sat May 04, 2013 9:53 am

for some reason i get the feeling initial_g isn't a fan of bbs'..... can't for the life of me explain how i get to this conclusion :P

they look smart dude but seem a lot of extra cash with adapters.... think they'll probably be an extra £150-£200 :/
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Sat May 04, 2013 9:54 am

They will definitely look MEGA, just as long as you keep them original - no silly red caps :D
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Sat May 04, 2013 10:13 am

I like them, but agree with the above. Leave the red caps for LMs.
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Sat May 04, 2013 10:18 am

The_Haywood wrote:for some reason i get the feeling initial_g isn't a fan of bbs'..... can't for the life of me explain how i get to this conclusion :P

they look smart dude but seem a lot of extra cash with adapters.... think they'll probably be an extra £150-£200 :/
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Sat May 04, 2013 11:51 am

A set of adaptors custom made would cost me 100 quids. Thanks guys for input.
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Sat May 04, 2013 12:28 pm

pnd wrote:They will look good how the cra will drive is another question.
Agree. I know that these wheels would defo be overkill for my tiny m40 1.8. I am after looks at the moment. So yes, car would drive even slower. In future plan m52 swap, so that should remedy this slow going bastard :)
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