bbs fi-r

[MarkM3Evoplus]

Contemplating buying a set for my 991gt3, cause they look great and are light. Just curious if anyone has fitted these or another lighter wheel and noticed much, if any difference in the handling & ride??

[Cheib]

I have a set of Weiss Gold FI-R’s fitted to my 991.2 GT3. Love them and I’d say there’s a slight difference in ride I noticed on our roads….a very slight difference.

One word of warning BBS are a bit of a nightmare in my experience, the wheels are made in Japan and then painted in Germany (at least mine were). It took quite a long time and some fairly blunt communications towards the end of the process to get them delivered. That said Rimstyle who are the UK importer were very good to deal with and offered total transparency on the delivery issues…and were cheaper than the likes of JCR and JZM who also sold them at the time.

https://www.rimstyle.com

If you can find a set in stock somewhere I’d probably pay the premium if they were more expensive than a set ordered from the factory….

Edited by Cheib on Sunday 29th December 16:32

[jonny finance]

Blooming stunning. Look like RS Mags -
What would a set cost roughly ?

[arcamalpha]

What about the Manthey wheels? Might be a simpler ordering experience.

[Youforreal.]

jonny finance said:

Blooming stunning. Look like RS Mags -
What would a set cost roughly ?

I’d say @9k today.

[Cheib]

jonny finance said:

Blooming stunning. Look like RS Mags -
What would a set cost roughly ?

They’re just the forged wheels. Not sure on cost today,I think I paid £6500 four to five years ago.

Manthey are Mag I think ? So they’ll be expensive I imagine !

[IMI A]

They're £10k nowadays but then you need to add tyres and TPMS so circa £12.5k all in maybe a bit more.

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[IMI A]

[ChrisW.]

I had a set that worked very well for trackdays on my 981 GT4 ... these were five lug which at the time cost around £7k and I sold them for £5k ...

[IMI A]

Absolutely stunning. I can’t believe anyone would consider swapping one of these for a 992 of any description!

[MDL111]

still my favourite wheel. Unfortunately, I don't think they make them in a fitment for the FF with TÜV approval.

[Snowy999]

Chris - I still have them and get messages thru Facebook asking me to sell them!! They are just being repainted in satin Aurum!

[ChrisW.]

Well they need using

I will also be at the RS Day at Oulton ... it should be a good day out !!

[NO02WNG]

I run my car on bronze BBS FI-R and they do make a difference to steering and suspension. So glad I made the call to fit them. Look fab too.

[993rsr]

I went for the Mag wheels, luckily I spotted one had a crack after 4 years and BBS/Manthey were very supportive and provided a new wheel FOC. The FI-R saves 70% of the weight reduction of the Mags over OEM, and the Mags are almost twice the cost now!

In well over 100k miles on mags, from 964RS through 993GT, and CGT it's the first issue I have ever had with a magnesium wheel failing. I suspect it was a manufacturing defect on the GT3T wheel.

Edited by 993rsr on Wednesday 1st January 19:29

[ChrisW.]

I bought a set of boxed new mags for my 991.2 GT3RS including TPS valves for £11k ... last year ...

As mentioned, I paid £7k for my GT4 F1R's .... three years earlier ...

[MarkM3Evoplus]

Thanks all for the replies.

I decided to stick with the standard wheels and save my £££s!

[Youforreal.]

Check out bc forged’s center lock wheels, there are a set very close to the bbs at over half the price, quality is ment to be right up there with the best as well.

ACL05

Edited by Youforreal. on Thursday 2nd January 09:37

[TB993tt]

993rsr said:

In well over 100k miles on mags, from 964RS through 993GT, and CGT it's the first issue I have ever had with a magnesium wheel failing. I suspect it was a manufacturing defect on the GT3T wheel.

I managed to crack 3 993GT wheel centres one of which was new (probably new/old stock) and Porsche replaced under the 2 year warranty on new parts, I didn't get a chance to crack any more as someone broke into my garage and nicked them.

[Imasurv]

How does fitting bbs Fi-r work with a Porsche warranty? If fitting aftermarket stuff, including wheels can void warranty, is this different with Fi-r and if so why?