Jeff McVicar

You're welcome man, your car looks sweeeeet. Those rims look kinda unique to me ( but i probably dont have a clue) what are they? are they a porsche wheel?

Yeh man when I bolted those puppies on for the first time before i tore the car down I was like"" OH HELL YEH!!!!" hahhaha rims sure maek or break the looks of a car. Kind of a shame how that works but hey at least we know

jserio

The BBS's do look really nice for real. And they are lighter to. I'm leaning to those now hellllllp. Would 275's and 235's be okay for rear and front 9.5 and 8.5" rims without a floppy roll over look?

BC

(OPINION)

I've always had a problem with any wheel when it has a large and thick "lip" or a large portion of the outer section "metaled" out, meaning on open space. Look at a 928 with some turbo twists, or some R-Kenesis, and you may see what I mean.

Andrew Schauer

Sheesh, I never looked at this thread until today... I kinda knew there was a love-hate opinion of the BBS style wheels, especially the gold ones, but I didn't think it was quite so extreme in most cases.
The BBS wheels really aren't that hard to clean. I waxed them once over a year ago, (they're clearcoated/anodized) and spend about 20 seconds per wheel with a long-bristle, soft scrub brush when I wash the car, and they stay perfectly clean.

Here's a ridiculously big picture of how they normally look:




Andrew Schauer
1980 5-speed w/ GOLD BBS wheels

Jim_H

Nope, those are 18" Fikse FM/5's I have a little work to do to get the Porsche center caps to fit.
Fun to watch your Shark go together.
I LOVE your bike. I rode for quite a few years, I had a Kawasaki 750 3 cylinder 2 stroke that couldn't be touched from stoplight to stoplight. It was bored and blue printed and at the time (78 - 79) it was an animal. I can't imagine the rush your rocket gives off

Styln928

Dude . . You knew posting this that everyone has different tastes. You know I dig those BBS's and when I dropped off your S4 and I had the Euro washed & spit shined it was looking good. Sure it needs paint, who cared at the time. The car would run circles around a lot of others and probably would have smoked your S4 especially if I was driving it. The wheels look 80's, who gives a ****. If my memory serves me corectly it's an 85? Hmmm. . Wheels from the 80's on an 80's car. The wheels have a classic look. It's a no brainer in my book, keep them or i'll take them. End of story! BTW . . Put the fatties (275's) on them. If you don't, I know you won't be happy until you do.

Vilhuer

That's the one to have. Anyone have them in 17"? 15" and 16" was common back then but surely they must have been available in 17" also?

Perx

Joe,

Nobrainer. Keep the C4's!

And, thanks again for the help refinishing the calipers -- they look awesome.

Jim_H

Is there an argument I am missing here?

Jeff McVicar

Man Those H2's were fast as a mother' and they sound like a chainsaw on steroids drag racing haha...... Yeh man those rims are hot, they dont look ghetto either.. I didnt know they were 18's just looking at them, they really look cool. If I didnt have rims already I would get those. What did they run?

Warren928

I found a 996 sport rim for my car. They are 18" 10 spoke arch and I have changed the centers over to a porsche emblem. They have a dark silver metallic spoke and polished lip. Best thing is that they dont rub at all.

Styln928

Jim . . Joe is my brother. If anyone ends up with those wheels it's gonna be me.

Randy V

How about a nice set of basket weaves...?

goliver

Randy,

do you have any pics. of the wheels you are referring to? Also, do they come in the correct offset?

Thanks,

Styln928

Now that's what i'm talkin about . . forget those BBS's . . oh yeah baby & very lightweight too. I gotta get me some of those!