Wheel Options for 296

As I know you can't repair the carbon fiber wheels. Because the wheel is under enormeous presure it is a risk driving with a damaged CF wheel. It could break without a warning (like my carbon fibre bike after a smaller accident).

A minor scratch would not be a problem, but if you hit the edge of a walkway nobody can tell you, if there is a damage. In Germany my dealer told me a replacement of one wheel would be around 8-9 k.

But I also love the optics of the wheel, too.

BTW: If you look the internet you can find old spy photos of the 296 you can see, that those sometimes had the Tributo wheels. You need to check that. My experience is that the wheel of the last or younger generation might technically fit, but Ferrari won't sell them and tell you it will be a warranty issue if you use those (on your own risk).

 

What would your car look like ? Body color ?

My "experience" through the last year of waiting is, that I am confused with the side-optics of the car. If you choose colored calipers and look closely you find out that the front caliper looks much bigger than before, just because there are parts, that were black before even if you chose yellow or red and now they are boldly colored. Then the forged wheels are in some kind bicolor. So from the side you have (in my design-opinion) too large colored calipers and a fuzzy bicolor optic concerning the wheels. Worsend by the Ferrari badge (with yellow mismatch to the rest in yellow) and body color.

You could try to "harmonize" this in taking black calipers an maybe you think about black or carbon fiber centre caps. I found that I like the wheels much more with this "quiet" optic, because the CF wheels mostly have back calipers and often CF centre caps, so you imitate the plain look of the expensive CF wheels. Maybe you give this a try in the configurator and blacken the centre caps afterwards in photoshop to get the idea.

 

The front and rear wheels are different sizes so having a spare might not be worth it in the event you damage one that is a different size to your spare. You can have either the standard cast or optional forged wheels painted in various different colours at the factory if that makes a difference to you. That is option code RIMM for a matt finish, RIMP for a gloss finish and RIMB for a bicolour finish. There are various shades of grey, bronze and gold available.

 

The carbon wheels are made in Australia https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/ferraris-hottest-sf90-to-offer-aussie-carbon-revolution-wheels

 

Get the standard wheel, then upgrade to an HRE or ANRKY wheel in a larger size. Ferrari has a HUGE wheel gap and it needs to be filled to look correct.
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I just played a little to show you, how the standard wheel could look like when in standard grigio corsa matte or darker in Canna di fucile (glossy) with CF center caps.

I know, very poor skills in image postprocessing

Canna di fucile comes very close to the look of carbon fibre.

 

I found this homepage, maybe it could help. Check the differences (none ?!) between F8 Tributo and 296GTB/GTS:

https://tirewheelguide.com/sizes/ferrari/f8-tributo/2022/#Ferrari-F8-Tributo-2019-2023

https://tirewheelguide.com/sizes/ferrari/296-gtb/2022/#Ferrari-296-GTB-2022-2023

Maybe you find a way to try the F8 wheels in down under somehow. If your legal restriction are less than here (sometimes very nasty in Germany) then you could take the cheapest wheels for the 296 and buy Tributo wheels afterwards. For the upgrade price of the forged 296 wheels you will for sure get the OEM Tributo wheels somewhere.

 

If you're open to going with aftermarket forged wheels, Novitec x Vossen have some awesome options, as does HRE.

We really love the new NF11s from Vossen x Novitec on the 296.

And of course.. we're always happy to help

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Exactly my plan. Want to keep the same rolling diameter, though.

 

I’ve done that with all of my Ferraris. Strasse wheels and now ANRKY. They look so much better than any of the stock wheel options.

 

Plus, when I sell or trade my cars in, the stock wheels and tires are in perfect condition since they've essentially never been used!

 

@Scheki you need to make those wheels black - they would look SO much better! LOL!!

 

WE DON'T NEED NO BLACK WHEEEEEEEEELLLLSSSSS !!!!

 

And btw: I said "Canna di fucile" which means Gunmetal grey. Why do I associate something with GUNmetal ???

 

You forgot to mention the latest video (I hope this is ok to post):

 

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You made my day

 

Always glad to be of service!

 

I really like these. Look like 812 GTS wheels! Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

I like these wheels. But be careful, that is just an illustration how they would look like, it is not the proof that they fit because this photo is photoshopped. Just take a look at the calipers, front and rear are exactly the same size, but in reality the rear calipers are much smaller.