I've only had the RG-Fs on Smacky for 2 months & I'm already itching to get new wheels for it. Well, I'd be lying if I said that the fact that I got lukewarm reactions when I switched to the RG-Fs from my diamond black Volk Racing SE37K isn't contributing to my itch

Here's the setup now: BBS RG-F 16x7 +35

Pros: lightweight, rare (well, at least where I'm from), no reps, got them in mint condition
Cons: looks out of place (?)




And the wheels I'm thinking of getting: Volk Racing RE30 16x7 +33 (exact spec as in the pic but silver)

Pros: lightweight (just a tad lighter than the RG-F), more neutral look
Cons: copies EVERYWHERE




My flares have been shaved and compared to a 17x7.5 +40 wheel, the 16x7 +33 will only stick out 1mm more.


What do you guys think?

 

Yeah, I agree - they don't seem to go well with gold on blue. I think it'll look better with silver wheels.

 

Those rims do nothing4the car at all!!

 

The cheaper option would be to have the RG-Fs repainted. The only thing I have against the RG-F at the moment is that they're gold. The blue + gold combo has never looked good in pictures

 

Go back to the SEs - they look much better as they were 17s. The problem with the 16s is the size of the tire sidewall which just detracts from the wheels themselves.

 

I switched to 16s so I can save a few bucks on grippy tires. The price difference of around $80/tire is pretty significant for me There's a set of 16" SE37Ks available in japan now but with specs of 16x7 +42, they're gonna look a lot less agressive

 

Actually, I think +42 would be better than +33 or +35.
And the Volks look a lot better than the BBS, but they're
both very light, very strong wheels (couldn't find hard numbers,
but they should both be 11 +/- 1 #).

 

Better how? For the wheel bearings?

 

33-35 isn't low enough to stress the wheel bearing much more than stock, but it
does change the scrub radius (makes it more positive), which has some disadvantages (and advantages).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrub_radius

 

Buy the Volks and sell me your BBS wheels ;p

 

That brings up a good point - you can't buy the Volks if you can't find a good home for the BBS wheels;
they're too good to just sit around collecting dust.

 

Well, the cost factor is definitely kicking in now If I'm lucky & sell the BBS locally (I'm all the way here the Philippines) & not too far off my asking price, I can get the RE30s for an additional $1,000 The other day I was thinking I could've had bigger injectors, cam & a tune had I not splurged on the ICE setup in my former daily driver

Well, I think I'm gonna go the practical route & stick with the BBS for now, maybe have it repainted silver soon. I really do like the RG-F, the color has yet to grow on me. I also got to thinking that the RG-F might be a tough sell since for some reason, they don't seem to have a good market here (no thanks to reps!). My only hope of selling these are the JDM boys. you'd be surprised on how much money they spent on wheels

 

I hope the shop who will be doing the repaint can closely match the color of these limited-edition LMs sold last 2007

http://www.bbs-japan.co.jp/topics/lm_dbk.html