458 on 599 GTO wheels

[Beefmeister]

Yum. Very very yum.




Yes, it's a photoshop, but by gum it looks rather good...

With thanks to PorscheFanatic on Teamspeed for the 'shop

[Jonty355]

I was going to suggest going retro and putting 288 GTO wheels on a 458. However, its amazing how much a set of wheels can age a car!

[ferraridetailer]

That looks fantastic on the GTO wheels!!!!

[Jonty355]

ferraridetailer said:

That looks fantastic on the GTO wheels!!!!

Which GTO?

[CIE560]

I'm not a big fan of the standard 458 wheels, the 599 GTO wheels look absolutely perfect however.

When I get my numbers, I'll take an Abu Dhabi 458, 599 GTO wheels if possible, yellow calipers.

Porn

[UH-Matt]

Will Ferrari let you spec a new car with wheels from another model? Or is this a case of buying them seperately if wanted desired look?

[Beefmeister]

UH-Matt said:

Will Ferrari let you spec a new car with wheels from another model? Or is this a case of buying them seperately if wanted desired look?

Well there are some chaps on Teamspeed who have approached BBS to get some of the GTO wheels for their 458s, but they aren't allowed to make them in that fitment yet on Ferari's orders (i guess for exclusivity).

They've only just started making them in the 430 Scud fitment:





So i'd guess that when the 599GTO has been out a while they'll start making them.

[CIE560]

Bloody hell, get that Scud away from me before I try and shag my laptop

[Murcielago_Boy]

Jonty355 said:

Which GTO?

The REAL GTO - the 599 isn't one.

[Beefmeister]

CIE560 said:

Bloody hell, get that Scud away from me before I try and shag my laptop

That was a genuine lol moment when I read that!

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

Beefmeister said:

That was a genuine lol moment when I read that!

+1

[d8ean]

loving those GTO wheels!

[iandc]

Daft question but if they fit the Scud will they not go on the 458? I seem to remember the 360/430 wheels were inter-changeable.

[JADF]

Beefmeister,

Any news on the ecurie25 599 GTO?

Cheers.

J

[JADF]

I've just noticed that there is a new car category "Ex" on the ecurie25 website. There are no cars in this category yet tho'. Any ideas? Hypercars?

Cheers.

J

[Pork]

Beefmeister said:

UH-Matt said:

Will Ferrari let you spec a new car with wheels from another model? Or is this a case of buying them seperately if wanted desired look?

Well there are some chaps on Teamspeed who have approached BBS to get some of the GTO wheels for their 458s, but they aren't allowed to make them in that fitment yet on Ferari's orders (i guess for exclusivity).

They've only just started making them in the 430 Scud fitment:





So i'd guess that when the 599GTO has been out a while they'll start making them.

That looks superb! UH-Matt, your new wheels, perhaps?

[UH-Matt]

Hmmmmmmmm if I can find any I bet they are £££££££££££££££££

[MogulBoy]

Looks great.

Wheels can really date a car though as when the 288 GTO, I thought the wheels were truly magnificent but today they are its least appealing feature, IMO.

The wheels on the 599 GTO are rather similar to the BBS F1 forged wheels that are available for 997's as per the following link..

http://www.teamspeed.com/forums/gt/40174-997-gt2-w...



For comparison..

Edited by MogulBoy on Thursday 12th May 09:09

[UH-Matt]

Not sure they work on mine..

[Beefmeister]

JADF said:

I've just noticed that there is a new car category "Ex" on the ecurie25 website. There are no cars in this category yet tho'. Any ideas? Hypercars?

Cheers.

J

Hi JADF, the Rolls Phantom Drophead has recently been added to the fleet and this is the first car in the eX group. eX will apparently contain vehicles that don't 'fit' with regular groups and each vehicle in there will be individually priced. You could see anything from motorbikes to a Winebago in there in future, and i'm guessing a hypercar or two. The Phantom is a phone to book car, i.e. can't be booked online at the moment.