BBS CH.....and a tire dilemma

General Discussion
#1

…going onto the S5. Mounted pics coming soon. Terrible pics enclosed.

When I got the car I was given a set of brand new Yokohama Avid Envigor tires 255/35R19 96W which haven’t been mounted yet. They’re brand spanking new.

The CHs I just bought are shod with Michelin Pilot Super Sport 245/35ZR19 with tons of tread. Probably 90%.

I sat an unmounted Yokohama 255 next to the wheel/tire 245 Michelin and the Yoko is surprisingly larger. I was expecting a negligible difference…how much of that goes back to the Yoko being unmounted?

So what do I do - unmount the Michelins and put on the Yokos? I expect sale price of Michelins to be higher despite Yoko being brand new since they’re a way better tire. Or leave the Michelins on and sell the Yokos?
If the size difference is negligible once the Yokos are mounted then I’m inclined to stick with the Michelins since the premium I collect will get eaten by the cost of remounting… sheesh


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#2

I buy and sell a bunch of stuff, and have found that used tires are one of the toughest things to sell. Even with a lot of tread left, the value diminishes greatly on a used tire. The brand new set of tires you have for sale should be easier to sell. I would say stick with the Michelins if that is a better tire. You will likely get more for the brand new set of Yokos, and save yourself the money and hassle of swapping the tires.

Tire size does change when mounted (width anyway), but the difference in size between those two tires is not really going to change anything on your car, except maybe throw the speedo off a little bit. Now, if you are looking for aggressive lowering and fitment, then the narrower tires may prove to be the difference between rubbing and not rubbing. Otherwise, no big difference

#3

Nice wheels btw. I have always loved those.

#4

x2, tires diminish in value with use similarly to condoms

#5

Ahahahaha

#6

I bought Dunlop wintersport tires for 850 and after 300 miles I decided to sell them. After 4 months on the market, they finally sold on ebay for $300 shipped. I made 180 after shipping and fees

#7

for reference: BBS CH 19x8.5 with Pilot Super Sport 245/35ZR19


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#8
#9

That’s food info. Those tires are around 23lbs I reckon so the wheels must be in the 26 range which is decent.

They look great.

#10

Nice light set up!

Ya, keep the PSS since they are the better tire, Sale the yokos and dont look back. Looks like you have shaved about 10lbs off the stock setup right there which are 29lbs each for the tire and wheel.

Now simply adjust your stance as needed by lowering and bolt-on spacers for an ideal look!

#11

spacers will be needed for sure. probably 10 all around. We will see when we mount them up this week.

#12

So here’s how all of this came about. Bought the car in January. It had come into the dealer on trade with new sottozeroes on the peelers but no summer tires. So Pfaff Audi was kind enough to supply me the new set of Yokohama Avid Envigors (after having lead me to believe they’d give me an OEM set lol.) I was this close to mounting the Yokos on the peelers for this summer and getting wheels next year. Actually I had my appointment booked but called it off the morning of because we were supposed to get that snow or ice storm or whatever a few weeks ago.

Enter the BBS CH with PSS 80% tread for $2000

Just sold the Yokos for $500 and since I was this close to going through with doing a tire swap winter/summer and flushing $400 down the toilet I’ll factor that in too this one time…so I’m at $1100 cost on the wheels and tires. Feeling pretty darn good

#13

sketchy…

#14

LOL typo

Saki - “which, the 80 or the 90?”

#15

I vote for 75-80% based on your pics posted above

#16

So I posted those pics April 20th. They’re still not on the car yet. So I guess this is now a cautionary tale for those considering a purchase of 2nd hand BBS wheels.

First thing that happened was the seller provided me a set of hubcentric rings that he told me would get the wheels onto my car. The attempt at getting the wheels on at Saki’s place showed that the rings were wrong. I think they’re 66.56 down to 57. Meanwhile the bore of the wheels is 72.5, and BBS uses a proprietary Precision Fitting System or “PFS” that essentially complicates things for you because when you look up your wheel model to determine what size ring you need you’re told “PFS” rather than a number in millimeters.

Now the bad press for JRP - they’re a local BBS dealer in Mississauga but they won’t sell me a set of rings without spacers included, so to get myself hooked up with the rings I’m looking at $300 and 10mm spacers that I don’t want.

MTC Tire in Oakville will get me the rings but they say it’ll be $20/corner plus shipping and a two week wait while they come from BBS in Atlanta.

Luckily another Canadian BBS retailer (PG Performance in Surrey BC) knows wtf is going on unlike JRP and they have a set of the rings I need and they’ll expresspost them to me for $55 shipped. So the wheels should be on by early next week.

#17

that’s mental.

#18

FINALLY


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#19

need better photos. Car looks weird with the darkness.

#20

Can’t wait to put an OEM peeler/sottozero on the scale now. Hoping for 7lb/corner. Haven’t stepped on it yet though, just had a quick drive through traffic from the tire place back to work this morning.

Is it reasonable to believe that I felt a noticeable difference between Sottozero and Pilot Super Sport while rounding an on ramp (stuck behind someone else) going 50kph? I think I did.