How do you like your classic split-spoke wheels?

In reply to Keith Tanner :

Another car that has gone out of my price range. Literally told my wife this 5 minutes ago. 

David S. Wallens said:

In reply to codrus (Forum Supporter) :

Looks terrific. What specs are you running? 

I run 275/35R18s (either NT01s or Toyo RRs) on 18x10s for track days, and (soon) 245/40R18 Hoosier R7s on 18x9.5s for NASA ST4.  The Hoosiers need to be on the slightly narrower wheel to fit in the 266mm NASA template.

BBS RK II

In reply to codrus (Forum Supporter) :

Thanks. And that all fit without massaging the fenders? 

David S. Wallens said:

Thanks. And that all fit without massaging the fenders? 

The 275s fit with some rolling.  The car was built by a pro race shop, so I'm not sure exactly how much they needed to do for the 275s but it did not require paint work.  I believe the 275s also require significant camber to fit -- fine for a race car, but probably too much for a street car.

Later they massaged the fenders some more (which did require paint work) and it will now fit 295/30R18 Toyo RRs, which are significantly cheaper than the 275s for some reason.

I have always liked split 5 spokes. The BBS RK is probably the halo and variations of the c5z wheel were always on my mind. But for some reason they have to be big for the proportions to work in my brain. 18"+

And a submission from the BimmerWorld crew: the brand’s own TA5R.

And another one from the BimmerWorld team, currently en route to their SRO season-opener. Wheels are Forgeline GA3R.

I did like the BBS RCs I had on my Golf back in the day. 
 

Some Miata shop has a cool design as well. 

Best BMW wheel ever !

Love me some mesh/split spoke wheels. Kinda partial to these. 

My Fikse are really the only ones that beat the original BBS in my book, there is a lot of awesome in this thread though.

Are the BBS RS001 on my e30 considered split or mesh spoke?

I really like the TSW Nurburgring. A buddy of mine ran these on his ZL1 and they were slick looking.

As for stock wheels, I have been really happy with the stock wheels on my 2019 Series Grey (Series White Version Shown Below in Bronze)

Sean

Slippery said:

Are the BBS RS001 on my e30 considered split or mesh spoke?

Not sure but it's always a pleasure to see such a nice E30. BMW got it so right back then.

In reply to Slippery :

I think split-spokes are a little different than mesh or basket weaves but, really, no wrong answers here. 

In tri-spoke form please.

David S. Wallens said:

And a submission from the BimmerWorld crew: the brand’s own TA5R.

 

Those are BBS RK knockoffs 

David S. Wallens said:

And another one from the BimmerWorld team, currently en route to their SRO season-opener. Wheels are Forgeline GA3R.

 

These also look like BBS RK knockoffs. 

93EXCivic said:

In tri-spoke form please.

 

Yum.

I can appreciate split spokes, but I never had anything new enough to really have them fit the look.  Big ole chunky five spokes for me.

Advan SA3R that 93EXCivic posted above are among my favorites, however, how do you all call yourselves wheel guys when I see not one mention of what is clearly the best split spoke design for Japanese cars, ever, the Blitz Type 03?

Admittedly, it looks a lot like the OEM R33 GT-R wheel, but you can get this one in all sorts of sizes, lip styles, colors, etc... down side is, they're stupid expensive these days. As in, this specific set that's BNIB above, costs about what an ND1 does at the moment. Not joking.

Since I know that we have some MR2 fans around here:

S14 anyone?

FD:

And since I'm a little biased here, just a bit, a jelly bean:

In reply to te72 :

Ok, those do look pretty good