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Let's bring a new wheel to market: BBS FI-R

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So let me jump right into it. I went to the OC Festival of Speed this last weekend and had the opportunity to talk to BBS about the FI-R wheels. I was previously unfamiliar with these, probably because they are currently exclusive to Lamborghini, Audi, BMW, and Porsche. The development of these wheels is fascinating in itself and I'd recommend researching it. Here's some images of this gorgeous set:

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After speaking with BBS about fitments, they are willing to fit these to our cars with 10 orders so I am trying to gauge interest as I would love to grab a set of these. These wheels lose no structural rigidity in their design over the track-proven FI wheels despite the weight savings. To provide an idea of what the weight would be, a 19x11.5 in Porsche fitment is 19.85 lbs. I'll start a list below of interested members. I've committed to this so we will need just nine more interested buyers. The price is $2050 per wheel, but is well worth it after having seen and interacted with them in person.

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This is not meant to be an advertisement for BBS whatsoever, but just the potential to fit our cars with a proven forged wheel. I also posted this over on 6g, but I think more of the audience that would be interested in this wheel would reside here. I'm happy to forward any questions to BBS and provide answers here. Additionally, it may be possible to go to BBS with our desired fitment in case a square setup is more desired. The initial specs I provided were R-spec.
 
I’m very familiar with these wheels and have seen them in person. They are awesome! GMG in Orange County sells a lot of them to their GT3 customers. These are the pinnacle of forged AL wheels. I think this might be a tough sell at over $8k a set but wish you luck in getting at least 10 commitments to get these built. You really have to see them in person to appreciate how cool looking they are.

Here’s the photo I keep on my phone. LOL

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Bill Pemberton

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Have to agree with the pricing concern, since a lot of us are Track Rats and with the quality wheel Sponsor , Apex, so active on this Forum , my first reaction is I could have a couple set of Apex rims ( which I will have soon, since my second set was shipped and could be here today) and a couple sets of Hoosier R7s and still not have spent as much as one set of BBSs rims.

Just my humble opinion.
 
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The BC Forged wheels are nice and great quality for the money. I have the their RZ05 in a 19x11 for my S550 GT and chose their free weight saving Race Spec option. This option provided additional relief cuts to remove excess material and a center bore that is cut all the way through the wheel to reduce material. You won't be able to use center caps, but you shouldn't for the track anyways. You can also opt to have the wheel bead knurled at no additional charge as well.

My wheels were weighed by the vendor I purchased them from at just over 21.5 lbs.

https://www.bcforged-na.com/monoblock/rz05/
 

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I was looking at these for my car as I love their design but unfortunately Volk doesn't offer any offset even near the ET52 that the GT350 has in the rear. They have something that would fit the front (close enough to the OEM offset) but nothing for the rear. And I've tried to get in touch with them for months now, their official distributor in the US doesn't answer the phone or emails, the HQ in Japan is not helpful either... The only "opportunity"I had was to meet them at SEMA, but I'm not a professional and therefore can't go...

Bummer.
 

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My second set of Apex rims just arrived at work a few minutes ago. Thanks to my loving wife and kudos to Santa Cory at Apex. Proper offset , nice and wide 18x11s , priced quite reasonable , tons of space between the caliper and barrel, and we got a discount by getting in on the late offer Apex put out JUST to members of this Forum! Am I biased and loyal to Apex --- uh, yeh, I like having my questions answered and getting personal service not offered by many Website based companies anymore. Nuff said....
 
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Both designs look/cost similar to some of the newer Rays/Volk wheels as well.

https://www.rayswheels.co.jp/products/wheel.php?lang=en&wheel=TE037-6061

Not sure if these actually fit on mustangs (probably not)

Anthony was rocking the special ordered 19" TE37 for his GT350 before swapped 18" gs1r. They are 19*10.5 all around.
I'm very close to a local JDM shop that the owner told me Volks would custom make any wheels for him with 5 sets of minimal order and he had done that several times consider they sell a lot of wheels from them.
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