Thread: Five New Shiny 17 x 8" BB6 Rims Arrived Today For The D3

Yeah they look great! What offset did you get? Is it the same as the LR 17" wheels? Do they use the original nuts? How much?

Jools

I asked for the replacement rims to have the same off set as the original rims they are replacing, which had the maximum legal off set increase for NSW.

I will measure them tomorrow to see what they sent.

These are the new BB6 casting that uses the OEM LR nuts which is a good thing. How much? I don't know as Performance Wheels provided these as replacements because one of my earlier model BB6's cracked.

Again thank you Performance Wheels for standing by your Australian made wheels.

They do look good these rims....nice one. I'd heard of the early ones cracking before...

Cheers!

They look ugly, BMW rims look much better

They look great Terry.

Kev.

nice new wheels are exciting i cannot wait to get new set of slightly bigger rims and nice new tyres for mine!!

I've put 17" BB6 on my D3 recently too, with Toyo Open Country ATs. I think they look fine. They certainly roll well on the Tarmac. I disposed of the OEM 18" rims. I simply don't have the space to store a spare set of wheels, and I wanted the 17" so that I get more bag out if the deflated ATs as a compensation for not being able to store MTs. Trying to organise the first opportunity to deflate them and try out the theory.

Just measured the off set on the new BB6 rims and it is 43 mm, give or take a millimetre, standard is 53 mm so they provide 10 mm per side wider track, which I'm more than happy with. ...