Sooby got new shoes and socks!!

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:45 am

peep these badboys out

Got them yesterday and put them on today. I absolutely love them. All I could think about at work was going for a drive when I got off work.
I only snapped quick pics cause I was running late but I'll try and get some better ones later

anyway look !!

http://thawa.net/images/legacy/rswheels/

The last pic is some poopie on my hood, thought you guys would like that

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:51 am

Man, makes me rethink getting WRX rims.

Thanks

P.S. Are you going to do the Facelift?

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 6:57 am

RS wheels on BC/BF = t3h H0ttn3ss!!!!1

Looks great! Nice and clean.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:08 am

BAC5.2 wrote:Man, makes me rethink getting WRX rims.

Thanks

P.S. Are you going to do the Facelift?

Trade em in with some cashflow for some rs

Convert to 92+? What and get rid of that beautiful smile she's got now? No sir. I'll keep my poopy lighting

Thanks art

ericS2the6 · Post by **ericS2the6** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:01 pm

what size tires?

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:27 pm

Lookin' good!

I always used to say the car had new shoes on new feet...

Post by **DLC** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:36 pm

The Legacy GT and either style of the RS wheels do look a lot better, and are more uncommon, than the WRX wheels. The RS are also a half-inch wider, so tires look better and have a bit more bite.

Nice poop-shot on #5

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:47 pm

And they'll clear the OEM 4-pot brake calipers if you can ever afford them. :)

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:21 pm

vrg3 wrote:And they'll clear the OEM 4-pot brake calipers if you can ever afford them.

Are you serious? Damn, I might have to get some RS wheels instead of the WRX wheels.

What are the specs? 16 x 7? That should hold a 225 nicely.

My connection in "the industry" is getting me a wicked deal on the 4-pots, so I'll be ordering them in the summer.

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:26 pm

Yes, I'm pretty sure the Impreza 2.5 RS wheels, which are 16x7, clear the 4-pots. I agree they should hold 225-width tires pretty well.

The Legacy 2.5GT wheels are actually 16x6.5, though, like the WRX wheels, and I'm not sure whether or not they clear 4-pots.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:37 pm

ericS2the6 wrote:what size tires?

205/55 so stock I assume.

DLC wrote:Nice poop-shot on #5

Thanks

vrg3 wrote:And they'll clear the OEM 4-pot brake calipers if you can ever afford them.

hehe, that's the plan

though I'm not sure if it's going to be worth it, plus once I do I can't put my stockers back on incase something happens. I'd like to go with 4pots in the front and 2pots in the rear just to keep with the scheme of things, but people say the h6 calipers are really good.

Thanks for all the compliments guys

Post by **DLC** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:56 pm

I ran 225s (ecsta 712s) on the RS 16x7 wheels, and they worked fine, but i had tons of camber in the front and rear. Without that, there's no way they would have fit.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:12 pm

yeah these barely fit in the rear as it is.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:37 pm

DLC wrote:I ran 225s (ecsta 712s) on the RS 16x7 wheels, and they worked fine, but i had tons of camber in the front and rear. Without that, there's no way they would have fit.

Really? Even with the "sport" suspension?

I was thinking about running 225/45/16's, but I don't want to rub or have to have drift-car camber.

I guess I'll have to use 215's or something

Post by **DLC** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:44 pm

I was running coilovers at the time.

I'd recommend against anything higher than 215 with a 7", and 205 with a 6.5".

petridish38 · Post by **petridish38** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:19 pm

I like!

I like both the WRX wheels and RS... not sure if I have a favorite yet

Andrew

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:25 pm

yeah the wrx wheels are hot too, but the half inch less isn't

entirelyturbo · Post by **entirelyturbo** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:37 pm

Put a turbo hood and spoiler on it and you will look EXACTLY like Opie!

Nice!!

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:20 pm

Why do you care how they look? Id take those Teddy bear wheels if they where 16x7 and 13 pounds.

The WRX wheels are lighter, thats more important than an extra half inch. Unless you got a killer deal on the GT/RS Slipstreams wouldnt cost much more and be significantly ligher

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 10:44 pm

Cause I like my car to be a reflection of myself. So far so good. It just needs to be a little more eccentric.

according to this they're the same weight as wrx

I only paid 275 plus shipping for these. My tires were dead, and soemthing was out of balance which gave me some vibration. good deal considering I would've payed about 150-200ish for new tires anyway. I'm not too concerned anymore about making the car any faster or getting better mpg. For now I just want her to keep going until I can save some moolah.

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:32 am

ciper wrote:Why do you care how they look? Id take those Teddy bear wheels if they where 16x7 and 13 pounds.

HAHAHAHA. . . . omg, you remember the Ronal Bears, too? Those were hilarious!

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:53 am

Yukonart wrote:HAHAHAHA. . . . omg, you remember the Ronal Bears, too? Those were hilarious!

I have Ronal wheels

Came with the car. Not the teddy bear ones.

15 x 7 w/ 195's on them

So I'm looking for new rims, lol.

I wonder how much Ronal's are worth?

Yukonart · Post by **Yukonart** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:09 am

Seroiusly. . . . if you had the bears, I would have bought them from you and put them on Laurel's car when she's not looking.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:22 am

Yukonart wrote:Seroiusly. . . . if you had the bears, I would have bought them from you and put them on Laurel's car when she's not looking.

Nah, I wouldn't be cought dead with the Teddy Bear rims. Not my bag.

Post by **Legacy777** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:27 pm

I'd really like to get 215/45 r16's for the next set of tires....but I'm very limited in the tires I can get for that size.....

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Sooby got new shoes and socks!!

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