Great Wheel Deal
 

Sombody who isn't buying a new house has to take advantage of this deal so I can live vicariously through them.

http://www.edgeracing.com/2003/Subar...WRX/wheels/17/

Good deal... Since they have seventeen by seven and a heif, and I'd just paint 'em something..

But I'm broke too. Heh heh.

Yah, and they're lighter than Rota's by a couple pounds...

*sigh*

That is a good deal on light 17x7.5" wheels. They look a lot like my RP01s on the Stealth. Unfortuntely, they won't fit over STI Brembos or Stoptechs. Shipping is reasonable at just under $55.

Why can't I find cheap and light 17x8's. Woe is me.

2003 Subaru Impreza WRX
Enkei Wheel
Rp02 (silver)
17x7.5 - PCD5x100 - ET48
15.2lbs.

Hankook
Ventus Rs2 Z212
215/45R17

Price: $95

Tire
Price: $89.75

Bundle
$739

Autocross setup much? Also, weight grand total: 37.7 lbs. Not bad.

Damnit!

Wow... that's what my Volk/S03 setup weighed almost exactly. For like, 1/4 of retail!

I can't believe I'm the first to say it...GOOD FIND! Seriously though, this is a great deal on fairly light wheels. I think I can't pass this up, but the wife will kill me.

Wow their server is crap, I couldn't order last night or this morning at all.

They've got some seriously killer deals right now. They're probably getting hammered.

Thanks for the heads up. Got it mounted with $100 RT615s.

Wow, living vicariously through others sucks. :P Glad you hooked up that deal bemani.

That deal is awesome o_O. Makes me wish I could get a refund on my wheels and buy a set of those.

wow that is good deal. i paid 110 a peice for my enkies a year or so back. sold em with my 03 wrx though. hehehe

Alright, the deal is still available and I think I can afford them. Since they have some great deals on tire packages, can anyone suggest what auto-x tire I should get mounted on them please?

Falken Azenis Rt615 or Hankook Z212 are the best choices.

Discount Tire has your size (225-45-17) for $106 for the Hankook

615s for Street Tire, V710s for R compound. Go read the Grassroots article from this thread...

RE070 :p

Okay thanks. Some 225's could rub since I have a wagon. should I just pick a tire and then decide if I have to go 215 or 225 depending on how the specific tire is known to run (wide or narrow)?

The Falkens run large... a 225 has a 9.1" cross-section (equivalent to most 245 tires).

I used to run 225-45-17 Azenis 215's on my wagon and had no rubbing issues, even though as Scott said, they are a very large 225.

Any clue how much camber you were running Matt?

Since he didn't have any suspension components on that thing, I'm gonna guess "stock" camber.

Damn, that's crazy. What offset and size wheels?

IIRC he was running the 17x7+55(?) Prodrive P1's and the 17x7.5+48 Rota Tarmacs.

You can come test fit a 225 R215 if you want this weekend. I'll probably be doing brakes again I think on Sunday since it is supposed to rain Sat.

The +55 would probably explain why he could run those wide ass tires with stock alignment. Stock ride height doesn't hurt either.

Thanks Dean. I have plans to board on Sunday, but I'll keep in touch. I need to drop off that brake fluid I owe you too.

Yep, good memory there Scott...Yeah, I had a feeling the stock suspension is what gave me all the room :D

Although, you can check out the STX standings in Event #14 8/10/03 at Stead to show how well my stock setup worked. FTW

Well, Dean's Azenis 215's rubbed a little when I took a fast corner. It probably wouldn't take much fender rolling to make them fit though. Also a 7.5" wide wheel might help matters...

I'm so close to picking these up...I just gotta get a 0% interest credit card and I'm buying.

what's in your wallet.

Is that a trick question? Do you have somthing I should be buying instead?

you can buy my gold wheels, $800.

15% 070's on them, whooyah!

Yeah, but Gold on Yellow is yucky looking.

So I save $36 and I get almost dead tires?

I guess it's better then 836 and no tires?

Here's a deal on Tirerack if anyone wants cheap 18s...

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=933796

$59 for 18X7.5 ET50 Sport Edition Fox 2

That package does incldude tires, Dorkus.

That's really good, but they weigh 21lb each. :|

I'm about to pull the trigger on those as well, I just wish they came in other colors. I have the money since I already sold my other rims. I guess I could get them powdercoated for pretty cheap.

That's not *that* bad for 18s. I'm sure not many autocrossers will be rocking these, but for a street wheel it's OK. I've had 17s that weighed that much.

True, but it's hard to justify powdercoating a perfectly uncurbed set of rims (in my mind anyway). I'm just using them for autocross and I could care less what they look like for that.

RicAr! :lol:

I know, I can't justify it either. Maybe I'll run them silver for the first summer, then powdercoat them the next. It'll be like a new set of wheels again! Of course, that will make them heavier too i imagine. I'm too much of a ricer not to care about looks I guess. :lol:

I don't think PC adds much weight compared to the paint they have on there does it? It's basically a thin plastic shell right? ...couple ounces at the most, I'd think.

Powdercoating typically deposits about a .010" thick layer on a part. Someone ambitious could take that number and run with it to come up with a weight number for a typical wheel surface area...

Do you think it weighs much more than the paint they bead blast off prior to PC'ing?

I just placed the order. :D

i dought the powder coating weights that much. but i dunno :P damn . that is such a good deal for 18's . would much rather have some Prodrives, but wow that is a great price. I notice that prodrive makes 18" rims but no 19" rims . (as you may, or may NOT know, prodrive helped designed the sti, and is the #1 after market car company , in terms of knowledge about subarus) should i conclude that since prodrive does not make any 19" rims for the STI, that i would not go to a 19" , that there must be something about the suspension , etc, where going from 18s to 19's would not make a difference ?? (esp if i'm to buy an autocross set only rims) might as well buy 19's IF they have an advantage over 18's course the new cost of tires might be so damn much i wouldn't want to go with 19's ...
*confused and on stock rims* :P