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Old 03-21-2013, 05:12 PM
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Hey Rennlisters,

I wanted everyone's opinion regarding these wheels. I know BBS is the favorite wheel on rennlist but what do you think of these motegi wheels. Some shops say the motegi is the up and coming modern style and bbs is the classic style. yay or nay on motegi wheels?

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http://aftermarket.motegiracing.com/...d=4&groupid=23
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BBS for me.
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BBS... in gold
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I clicked around on their website and it looks like they only have one forged wheel offered and the widest listed is 10 inches. That's not a good start. I didn't have a long enough attention span to determine where the wheels are manufactured.
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Originally Posted by PJS996GT3
BBS... in gold
A lot of alms teams running them
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I have 7 sets BBS... never heard of motegi - but they sure look good in that picture.
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Originally Posted by GT3DE
I have 7 sets BBS... never heard of motegi - but they sure look good in that picture.
baller...
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that motegi wheel has been getting a lot of press with the BBI car that is built - they call it Projekt Grip IIRC... it has the motegi wheels...
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yeah BBI has been in productions with motegi and making a set of 18". they're supposed to be showing them at BBI on 4/19 for the long beach kick off party.
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Dont see a multi piece wheel. The BBS is hard to beat. The ability to spend 250 on an outer ring instead of replacing a whole wheel.

I have 5 sets between 2 cars so I am not up there with mooty and clarke. Getting close
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BBS is great thanks to weight, strength and being rebuildable.

Motegi look nice however i do not know weight, strength or rebuildability.

I tend to use whatever is on the Cup car as the benchmark.
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Those motegi's certainly look the part. Love those Y spokes. I'd take that for street use any day over BBS. Track? Go with the tried and tested--BBS.

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+1 for BBS. That being said I am seeing those montegi wheels a lot more from the BBI project car to the 458 race cars in Le Mans.
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BBS in gold......yes perfect
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