Aftermarket Wheels for 1984 512 BBi

Talk to our member ross, he has some horror stories...

And Moorespeed in Austin Texas has converted a Boxer spline to five lug rims....I don't have the number handy but they are in the book....

There are definately some vendors to NOT use......

 

Compomotive makes a very nice wheel. Many of the components are made in Germany. Replacement parts take some time, effort and expense to replace. 18's are nice, and they give that great responsive feeling, but 17's offer a better ride IMHO.

 

Call Tate at Caribou in California. He made some fantastic wheels for me, really good quality, they took hardly any weight to balance fit perfect, hes has done a number of boxers so the ofsets are ideal for the car, no science project involved. Your existing splined hubs transfer over or you can get a new set from Tate.

I went with 17 in rims, look similar to 288 wheels and I did a matt finish as I dont like the polished bling look, but they can finish however you like. Best single upgarde you can make for a boxer, better ride, better grip, predicatble handling. You will need different alignment though.

 

Caribou is making beautiful wheels for the BBi,and Tate is easy to deal with.

 

What alignment specs have you found best and with what type of tires?

Mario

 

go with caribou. stay away from 'image'

the other option is to buy a set of 365 wheels - i have done both.

the advantage of the 365 wheels is that (at least mine) are wider, and they take normal tires, so you can have modern rubber in traditional sizes, and keep the original look.

admittedly right now it is wearing the new 17" rims with kumos - much better performance and the look is close to original.

see here http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=299283&highlight=wheels+bbi

 

I have Image, no issues, these are my second set on my 348 as well.

Can't go wrong with Carobu.
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Mario I got the specs from you. Used a little less camber. You are very right about dialing back the castor.

 

Caribou in Matte finish
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http://www.ferraripartsexchange.com/wheels.htm
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boxerman, love that color. what is it?

 

Grigio? I will look it up exactly on the build sheet.

 

Wow, that matt wheel with polished spinner looks really good. Someone should do a good photograph of your car with those wheels!

 

Here are etoiles that look like fifteen inch since the centers are that small but they are custom build to accept 17s.
Had them build twenty years ago ......

Mario
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i think that color is grigio silverstone. but would like confirmation.

i had an idea to paint one of my sets of 15" wheels gold.....how do you guys think that will look with an all red bbi?

 

Good day Ross,

Why don't you take a picture of your car with the existing rims/wheels and photoshop the rims to the color you wish? This will only take a few moments and best of all you will be able to see the result with a minimum of effort/time...You will either like it or not and perhaps the picture will give you some conviction as to what to do.

Cheers,

Sam

 

i should do that. but i have no idea how photoshop works !

 

Good day Ross,

I am sure if you post a photo on here someone can do it for you.

Cheers,

Sam

 

ok here it is
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I've been practicing photoshop so I thought I'd give it a shot.

I wasn't sure what shade of gold you wanted, and gold is very hard to do in PS. Also wasn't sure if you wanted the entire wheel or just the center. It was also difficult to bring out the detail in the spinner as your initial picture is small.


If you have a picture of the specific gold I can sample that and see if I can get closer, would also need to know if you want the entire wheel or just the center.

A higher res pic of your car would help too.

I'd be happy to give it another shot if you want something different.

Hope that helps.

Namala
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Does anyone have contact info for Caribou?

 

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