Hey guys,

I just wondering what wheels you guys are talking about. I have read every RX-7 book and magazine article I could get my hands on and have never read that 17" wheels were available for the FC. I really doubt it considering the FD came on 16" wheels until '96. If you guys are talking Infini models, the Infini II came on forged 15" BBS wheels (11 lbs) on US 'verts and the Infini II & IV came on forged 16"*7" BBS wheels identical in apperance to the 'vert wheels. The Infini I was a 323, not an RX-7.

 

My Infini III in Gran Turismo has 17" BBS Wheels. I bought a 87 RX-7 Sport model off eBay that had them also. I'm no help in reality though, I just wanted to help.

 

i think someone mis-printed that...i was confused on that as well. as far as i've seen, the JDM wheels were just 16's of the "mesh-like" vert wheels...

 

Where did you read this? Maybe it was a typo?

Steve

 

No FC had 17" wheels stock. S5 Turbos and the GTUs had 16" mesh wheels, and the Japan-only Infini models had 16" BBS mesh wheels. The current model RX-7 Spirit R uses 17" BBS wheels.
If you really want 17" BBS wheels, just go to a tyre shop that stocks (or can get) BBS wheels! There are several models in the range that are virtually identical to the ones fitted to the Spirit R. Be prepared to fork over a lot of money...

 

Those are exactly the ones, im talking about the wheels that are on the last rx-7s that just rolled off the production line

 

Sweetest BBS Rims have got be the RSII's.

 

ok, i know this sounds stupid... but what does BBS stand for?

 

bitches ball sucking. nah actually i have no clue and have wondered that from time to time myself

 

im thinkin brittish sumthin maybe?

 

Heinrich Baumgartner and Klaus Brand established a small manufacturing plant for plastic body parts in Schiltach. The initials of both founders and the city are the basis of the name "BBS".

 

well that just takes some of the fun out of it now doesn't it

 

previously posted by vaughnc in a series of 7stock pics.

 

hmmm,

seems like a big sidewall for 17's!

 

looks like the sidewall says 16

 

and so what does BBS mean? i know what they look like, just don't know what it means... :P

 

poor college student: somebody already answered your ? in a previous post.

 

I think Vaughn needs to get his eyes checked...

 

Oh....the last enfini FC ONLY came with 16" rims. To back that up, Pirelli was the only tire mfg to develop a P-zero (205/55/16)...this was the last on a '92 skunk works FC that was the ambassador to the FD.