[PaulBailey@ltbmw]

Originally Posted by FC4

Unfortunate, isn't it?

BBS is the premier wheel manufacturer in the world. There was a time when people who modded BMWs actually cared about what they put on their cars and a certain level of prestige was sought after. Now, these low-budget replica or Miami boutique wheels are all you see (specifically two or three styles, too) from names which have barely been around longer than the F30. What gets me is all the new fancy names they come up every week for a new style of "forged" wheel to fool more people...I think UltraHyperDiamondForged is next on the list. But, hey...perhaps I'm an old timer. I miss the days when every E36 was on BBS RCs, and E46 M3 owners were shunned for having anything less than BBS LMs.

One contributor however is the limited sizes and fitments BBS offers, even for their higher-end. If they made more fitments for these cars, I'm sure we'd see more...but that's certainly not an excuse to go from the creme of the crop to the bottom of the barrel.