BBS wheels on FE GTS

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Finally, I had a chance to install the BBS wheels and did an alignment.
Car feels (and looks) great :D even at higher autobahn speeds :drive:

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On a side note. I did measure the weight and the BBS wheel (rear) is 12 kg only.
The stockers are 16 kg!
 

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Looks great , that car must really stand out amongst all the compacts in the area . Even more so then Vipers stand out here .
Those rims are a bit more effort when its time to clean them but well worth it . They look excellent in pictures but even better in person. My favorite rims on a GTS :2tu:
 
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Family owned. Family name. Great people to deal with!!!
I do a +100 miles drive to the place (one way) :2tu:

Like Chuck Tators :usa:
 
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That's part of the deal and I am not afraid of using the high pressure washer ... :D ... on the rims

Got some looks, especially when accelerating out of the tunnels on the autobahn with headers, HF-cats and Corsa cat back :lmao:
 

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My GTS has Forgeline VR1 Billet wheels. I'm sure they weigh less than 10 pounds - they are amazing. Only thing that bothers me about them is that they're polished aluminium with clear coat and can't shine like polished aluminium or Chrome.

But my ACR has chromed BBS wheels and they do look amazing. Notice that Nimpo Lake is still frozen today.

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The chrome sure makes them sparkle and much easier to clean. The main thing I did for cleaning was change from EBC Greens to EBC Red pads. The Greens dusted up the wheels first time you touched the brakes.

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They were done when the car was in the USA, I think that the wheels were chromed then black powder coated, the coating was then removed from the rim to reveal the chrome underneath.
 
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Nice pics guys :2tu:

I am not a fan of anything chrome and like the tarnished look of the BBS wheels a lot :wow: makes the FE GTS perfect IMHO
 

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Nice Marcus, looks good.

P.S. She's wearing PS2's now.

Familiar..... some pics that I took a couple years ago when I was in the UK..

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from what i remember from a post years ago, chroming the aluminum wheel makes them more brittle or weaker.
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Since Chrome plating is essentially an acid type wash, polish, hten electoplate with copper and then chrome with polishing between each coat there should be no difference to the strength of the wheels. The wheels are forged when made.

No heat used.

Mike I remember when you posted those pics.

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Looks great Markus. Are you keeping that North Carolina inspection sticker just in case I steal that car back from you! Ha. Glad you're enjoying it.

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Car looks great! I'd love a set of those wheels... If you ever find another set for sale in Europe let me know Markus...

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