Nice!! That's a good loooking set-up you've got there.

 

Tell us more !

Size, name, offset ?!

 

17x8, BBS (RX??) they are 20 year old wheels, ET38. Tires are Khumo ecstas (sp?) 215/40/17. The car is lowered with H&R springs, Adjustable lower rear arms.

The wheels/tires are flush with the fenders, which I like. Only rubs during extreme bumps/dips.

Heres a pic from behind:

 

BBS a classic rim for all application, just makes Minis look good!

 

They aren't RX thats for sure..
There should be model name stamped around

 

yah not RX's....especially if they are 20 years old

Don't even look like any BBS's that i know, and i know most of them

 

got a word into a guy at BBS, he will help us get the right info on these wheels !

 

Can you get us any pictures of the casting numbers off the wheel? Or a picture of the BBS stamp on the inside. The guys at BBS are saying

 

BBS does use the same letters for newer wheels, for example:

The old BBS RZ's came stock on VW Corrado's and looked like this:



Since BBS retired that wheel years and years ago, the new BBS RZ now looks like this:




So all I'm saying, is that they could be old RX's, but to be honest, I've never seen hem before either.

(Contact Michael *** at BBS-USA, he might know.)

 

another example, here is a scan of a tirerack ad from over 10 years ago (showing my wheels )

you can see how the names of wheels have changed over the years.

image to large to post:
http://konkyphotography.com/webphoto...%20ad%20lg.jpg

 

The guys at BBS says that they need more information than just the picture he posted here. They do not recognize the wheel. Thus need the casting information..

 

. . . ah, the good ol' days. Back when the Ronal "Bear" was all the rage!

Wonder who's still hording a big NOS stash of them?

 

mitch that you?! you sold the M3 for a Mini?

btw, did you get the LMs on your Mini? I want it on mine too!

 

hmm, any new BBS wheels to add ?? Rally ?

 

I sent you pics didn't I?

I'm not gonna go through the hassle of posting them on NAM....don't have the energy to put up with the flaming i would get

PS...it was funny seeing you over on wheelwh0res

 

I think just one simple pic would be nice for the others to see. Yeah, I am a wheel *****. Good website for us wheel lovers..

My new set that is in the works is something that should be very nice, even with a little poke..

 

fair enough...a little glimpse at the wheels (still in progress)

BBS RM012's [2-piece] fully refurbished by me

• Custom polished lips from Schmidt....made of radinox which means no bends or curb rash
• Gold bolts imported from Germany through RKImporting
• Centers were sandblasted and then custom powdercoated in a semi-flat silver called "rally silver" by a local Porsche guy in Ohio
• Centercaps are still being worked on. I'm sourcing some of the discontinued polished centercaps to match the polished lips

Ride height will go lower once i work out some custom arches that i have planned

 

Nicely done RallyMINI

 

Great lips, but it doesn't look like curb rash would be a problem with those rim protectors on the tires. . . at least from that angle. . .

 

Rim "protectors" are really pretty worthless. They're just a thin strip of rubber, after all, and fighting against a couple thousand pounds of car. If your wheels are headed for the curb (or a nasty pothole), those rubber ribs are going to give way without a blink.

 

Hence i spent a little extra and got lips made by schmidt.....you could drive around with no tire at all and get zero curb rash.

As seen here

 

Nice man! Looks good, where's the rest of the pics?

 

Nice! I'm sure you'll still be giving wide berth to curbs, though.

 

hahah of course, wouldn't want to hurt my babies

I guess some more pics since partsman asked nicely

15x8 up front , 15x8.5 in the rear

 

Looking good Rally. How are those centercaps coming along? The gold bolts I could do without but your setup is tight. Don't listen to the haters on this board lol..