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BMW i8 Rendered on ISS Forged Wheels

The first reviews of the new i8 are in and, somehow, all of them agree on a couple of things and disagree on other. The one universal thought though, that we’ve been seeing in everyone’s test drives, is that the car could use some wider tires.
BMW i8 Rendering 5 photos
Photo: PS-Garage
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As stock, the i8 comes equipped with 20 inch wheels plus mixed-sized tires measuring 195/50 R20 at the front and 215/45 R20 at the rear, that have been chosen in to drop the fuel consumption as much as possible. As you can imagine, they don’t offer a great deal of performance when it comes to ‘spirited’ driving.

Not even the optional, wider rubber doesn’t change things too much, the 215/45 R20 setup up front and 245/40 R20 at the back compensating a bit but still leaving room for improvement.

In that regard, the guys from PS-Garage.com did a rendering of the i8 wearing bigger wheels, in collaboration with ML24 and ISS Forged wheels.

Their design is wearing ISS wheels all around in either matte black with custom yellow center locks, or other interesting color choices that either blend in with the yellow exterior of the car or stand out.

The car was also altered a bit in photoshop to make room for these big rims. The front fender had to be trimmed a bit to allow the F1-15M wheels to fit, while carbon fibre bits and pieces were added to the side skirts and rear bumper. Check out the photos and let us know which you like best!
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