One of Fourteen

[bergie_318is]

i think they are pretty sexy, on the right car they would look tits!!

[StereoInstaller1]

You might be the new wheel whore, even if those were the only wheel you owned.

[Gooch]

Those are gorgeous.

[AWDE30]

I want to see them on that E36 of yours, badly.

[SY33]

I love them. Ditto on not dailying them either...mount em and post pics ASAP!!

[e30frosh]

I hate you. I love your wheels. If you ever, which I doubt, decide to part ways with these wheels, please make ME the first person you contact. I've never been so jealous.

Happy motoring,

AJ

[golde30]

they look aight. would look tits with black centers and gold bolts with polished lip.

[Jand3rson]

It's cool that they're rare, just not my style...

Same. Badass for what they are, no doubt.

[318isbmw]

I'm excited to see em on a car, would be neat on an e30 w/ a 5 lug swap. Can't decide if I like em tho, awesome how rare they are tho.

[Mtriple]

It's cool that they're rare, just not my style...

[SpasticDwarf]

It's gotta stop sometime, but now is not that time... I bought another set of wheels ;)

Some of you may recognize them from the "What wheels are these" thread in which no one could figure it out.
I bought them figuring they were Work Equip Centers on BBS barrels, which would be a unique and rare combo.
After doing some hunting, talking to friends, and knowing the right person, I have discovered they are far more awesome than what I had thought. A friend of mine called someone he knows at BBS NA and they went through some back records and the like, and here's what I know:
They are a Work wheel designed and made by BBS that never actually made it to production. From my understanding, it's the original Work Equip prototype wheel. It's 1 of 14 sets ever made. Extremely rare, very unique, and undoubtedly valuable. I'm pretty excited to have them, but I don't know if I'll roll on them. They're rare/important enough to be coffeetable material. I may throw them on every once in a while for pics/meets, but I don't want to risk driving on them daily.

Onto the pics:







I bought them intending to run them on e36, which will they primarily be for (which is close to completion.. this month is my deadline :)). The tires I'll mount on them are 195/40/17 Yokohama S-Drives for a stretch and poke. They're 17x8.5 et13 from my understanding, but there aren't any markings to prove it. If they are, I'll run 20mm spacers on the car to make them poke. ;)

What does r3v think?