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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Peskarik on 28 February 2008, 13:10
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Do you know where BBS, Borbet etc, as well as Formula 1, take their forged rims?
You are right, in RUSSIA!
http://www.agforged.ru/chooser/
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BBS have gone bust havnt they? :smiley:
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BBS are now back in buisness, to be honest they were never out of it, I think production of aftermarket wheels ceased for a while due to some sort of licensing issue but I stand to be corrected
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Didnt go bust, some european production problems.
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Mine says 'Made in Germany' on the box and they happen to come from there too......
(http://www.tyresmoke.net/attachments/1302375-26022008044.jpg)
BBS was bought out by someone just before xmas as far as I know.....
Thats when the prices went sky high.....
19x8 CH's £1100.....................................£1350
In the uk.
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After the collapse in Russia in 1990, many factories that produced parts for military planes and rockets with very high-tech machinery almost shut down, but some people were smart enough to use the machinery for other things, like rims. And since aluminum is there in abundance and cheap, the rims are cheap as well. A forged rim for 150 Euro, before paint, how does that sound? Many foreign companies producing rims made agreements with russian factories.
That's the short version.
The main factory, mentioned on this page, supplied rims to companies like BBS, Borbet, also made rims for competition bikes in Japan, and for formula 1. The companies buy those rims, put their labels on them and sell them with quite a profit.
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After the collapse in Russia in 1990, many factories that produced parts for military planes and rockets with very high-tech machinery almost shut down, but some people were smart enough to use the machinery for other things, like rims. And since aluminum is there in abundance and cheap, the rims are cheap as well. A forged rim for 150 Euro, before paint, how does that sound? Many foreign companies producing rims made agreements with russian factories.
That's the short version.
The main factory, mentioned on this page, supplied rims to companies like BBS, Borbet, also made rims for competition bikes in Japan, and for formula 1. The companies buy those rims, put their labels on them and sell them with quite a profit.
Im in the wrong job, why did'nt I think of that :angry:
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So has the price of bbs rims gone up?
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BBS wheels are primarily made in the BBS factory Schiltach in Germany, some of the forged rims are made in the BBS factory in Japan.
Just come back from the BBS factory in Schiltach a few weeks back, a very impresive set up as you would expect.
BBS continue to trade and supply wheels, most are available from stock.
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So has the price of bbs rims gone up?
i dont think the prices have go up as in RRP, but i do know prices have increased due to crap Euro against the pound