Hello all, I have a Eunos S-Special II and sadly when I bought it, it did not come with the original BBS alloys. After a lot of patience and searching, I now have the correct alloys for the car, but I had to buy the centre caps separately, and I’m sure many of you know how pricey they are!
My fear is that when the alloys (with the centre caps) are fitted to the car, the caps will simply attract thieves and they’ll be nicked before you can say Zoom Zoom. Has anyone else got BBS alloys, what’s your experience. I’ve had one or two people suggest removing the caps whenever the car is parked away from home, but that seems like a faff, plus, what’s the point of having the centre caps if they’re going to spend half their life off the car?
In 17 years, no one has touch my BBS centre caps. I suspect if you spend a lot of time taking them on/off, you will be more likely to lose one because you didn’t refit it correctly, and it falls off.
My S-Special also came without its BBS wheels when I bought it. However, an opportunity arose to get some similar BBS alloys off a Golf GT. These are 15" and don’t need center caps, so no worries. Might not be approved of by the purists, but they look the part.
My Z-Sport has BBS alloys and in four years on my drive all ok. Think I would be more worried about the alloys being nicked at a retail of £850 each…if you can find any.
They are Marks & Spencer BBS alloys and rare as stray vegan Velociraptor wandering around Oxford Street.
Pinch them…it’s like sending an email to the world.
" Look what a cretin I’ve been on Fleabay etc"
I bought some BBS centre caps and spanner a few years ago very cheap including the shipping.
I got five for the price of one in the UK all the way from Yahoo Japan. ( one off a BMW in the box )
I hardly ever leave my car on the street away from home so far I have been lucky not to lose any caps.
I had a NA Eunos S-Ltd on the gold 14" BBS wheels.
A centre cap went missing on the way home from work but AFTER I’d had the car through my local hand washing crew.
Accidentally rotated and dislodged I’m sure but a lesson learned
Have you seen how much the genuine BBS spanner costs!!
Perhaps a potential thief may be put off by that.
Tempting to personalise the wheel centres, perhaps with an etched signature, registration number or similar to deter theft.
