[atomic80]

A little back story, I remember the first time I saw these BBS FI wheels on the Atlantis Blue M3 by iND on Teamspeed and then in person at the Bimmerfest. These are also the OEM wheels on one of my favorite Ferraris, the 599 GTO so when I had the chance to get these wheels, I literally jumped! I was able to source one of the first titanium colored wheels in the states directly from BBS thanks for my friend, DJ. He introduced me to someone at BBS who was happy to get these wheels out to me. I should also point out that these are not exactly the same wheels as the 599 GTO because of the size differences at 20" wheels for that car.

Some specs about these wheels are:
Front: 19" x 8.75" and 19 lbs
Rear: 19" x 11.25" and 21 lbs

Compare that to the stock wheels at:
Front: 19" x 8" and 25 lbs
Rear: 19" x 10" and 28 lbs

As you can see, it's actually larger than stock but yet they're significantly lighter and it's incredible how BBS has managed to come up with wheels like these. That's a weight savings of 26 lbs. Motoring Unlimited, a local tuner shop did a great job carefully installing these wheels onto my Scuderia. I can't say enough how much I appreciated their work.

Arrival!


Opening them up!


Some yummy goodness.


Moving my car into place




Carefully lifting the Scuderia. Because my car is lowered they had to drive onto platforms to get it high enough for the lift pads


Look at that sexy rear!


One of the last time I'd be seeing these wheels on my car


These titanium lug bolts are super light!


I couldn't believe how heavy this wheel/tire setup seemed to be


That is a big rotor!


Carefully removing the rear


Stock vs BBS FI


Proper placement


Removing the tire stem


Removing the tire




Some good looking curves there


Look how flat the undersides look


So light Jake could lift it with one arm


Sexy curves ahead


stock vs BBS




TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) sensor

[atomic80]

No shoes!


Rear suspension components


Front suspension components


Flat bottom


Testing the fit


She looks great!


Yummy spokes!




All the parts


Everything in place. On the stock wheel, the wheel weights were on the outside because of minimal clearance. We managed to put the weights on the inside edge this time so it looks better.


Balancing the wheel/tire


Removing the tire


The rear is much harder to remove because of its thickness


Weighing the BBS wheel


21 lbs!!!


Weighing the stock wheel


28 lbs!!!


One side is finished


Love that concave look!


She looks good!




Torqued to 100 lbs/feet


All done!

[Stephan]

Holy CRAPP!!! Jason that looks incredible!

[BuzzedHornet]

Congrats JT!! Those look amazing. I can't wait to see her in person again.

[GregV]

im assuming you used the same tires, they look a little stretched.. is that the look you were going for? wheels look great though!!

[atomic80]

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Originally Posted by GregV »

im assuming you used the same tires, they look a little stretched.. is that the look you were going for? wheels look great though!!

Yes, I used the same tires for now. They fit just fine albeit a bit stretched but I'll probably go with wider tires if possible for the next round. BBS says that these wheels are designed to be used with the stock tires.

[StoryBook]

JT, those look great! We need more pics!

[Barrister]

That is just great Jason. Love every bit of it.

[Alzilla]

Sheeiiiiiiiiit! Looks AWESOME JT! You've got great taste and congrats on securing a pair of these wheels!

I can't wait to make it out there and take some more pics of your car with these wheels.

[jmusser3r]

Looks great Jason! Congrats!