Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:55:00 -0500 From: Fred W <Malt_Houndnospamm-me-not*yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Beware!-Re: Removing rear spoilers?
Bob wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:52:41 -0500, Fred W > <Malt_Houndnospamm-me-not*yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>BBS are generally regarded as top quality and are a large producer. But >>they are not inexpensive... > > > I have a ex-racer friend who runs a "motorsports" garage. He sees lots > and lots of wheels and tires in a year. He likes BBS - but in the $400 > usd /wheel class. He says that those resist the bumps better. Even the > lower priced BBS wheels do not stand up well in his observations. I > suspect that, as I mentioned in my earlier post, it's a question of > the alloy - magnesium and other upper end metals are not cheap. > > Once you get up to ~$400 per, you are usually talking about forged wheels, which are definitely superior. -- -Fred W
