My new wheels/tires scare me :)
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 2:18 am
Thanks to Grants post viewtopic.php?t=1921 I found some Rota Slipstreams near me with 215 45 16 Falkens mounted.
Wow. I cant stress to everyone how light these are. I always thought the WRX wheels where top bang for the buck but these easily win.
16x7 and only 13 pounds! May not sound like much of a reduction but when you can easily lift them with ONE HAND including the mounted tires you understand.
So I guess I should explain the thread title. I drove to one of the weekly subaru meetings to pick these up. I can get them locally for 400 brand new. These had tires with 40% tread left and I talked the guy down to 420.
I took them home in my sedan, so I had to stick them in the back seat. I was sitting them in garage one by one. All of a sudden I heard someone tapping on the car then running down the street! Scared the heck out of me. I looked and saw this short black creature moving at high speed.
It took a second for my eyes to adjust and I realized it was one of my wheels! Somehow after sitting still in the garage it rolled down the driveway and took a hard right turn and proceded down the hill
If any of you are interested and local I dont mind to show you the wheels. I know that SubyDude regulary sells them for 450 SHIPPED, a great deal.
Ive seen many WRX owners use these as dedicated autocross wheels, not only are they light but I havnt heard of one being damaged.
Mine are 48mm offset, not sure about other sizes offsetbut they are available in 15x6.5 15x7 as well. The 15 inch sizes are 12 pounds from what I know, read about a few being used for rally. Check this image out for color options
Bottom line I challenge everyone to show me a better wheel for the money. These really outshine the RS wheels we always look for in every catagory, except looks and that the RS wheels are a subaru part. Should this have been posted in the review forums?
oh, I should mention they dont brake like sub zeros http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... did=296503
Wow. I cant stress to everyone how light these are. I always thought the WRX wheels where top bang for the buck but these easily win.
16x7 and only 13 pounds! May not sound like much of a reduction but when you can easily lift them with ONE HAND including the mounted tires you understand.
So I guess I should explain the thread title. I drove to one of the weekly subaru meetings to pick these up. I can get them locally for 400 brand new. These had tires with 40% tread left and I talked the guy down to 420.
I took them home in my sedan, so I had to stick them in the back seat. I was sitting them in garage one by one. All of a sudden I heard someone tapping on the car then running down the street! Scared the heck out of me. I looked and saw this short black creature moving at high speed.
It took a second for my eyes to adjust and I realized it was one of my wheels! Somehow after sitting still in the garage it rolled down the driveway and took a hard right turn and proceded down the hill
If any of you are interested and local I dont mind to show you the wheels. I know that SubyDude regulary sells them for 450 SHIPPED, a great deal.
Ive seen many WRX owners use these as dedicated autocross wheels, not only are they light but I havnt heard of one being damaged.
Mine are 48mm offset, not sure about other sizes offsetbut they are available in 15x6.5 15x7 as well. The 15 inch sizes are 12 pounds from what I know, read about a few being used for rally. Check this image out for color options
Bottom line I challenge everyone to show me a better wheel for the money. These really outshine the RS wheels we always look for in every catagory, except looks and that the RS wheels are a subaru part. Should this have been posted in the review forums?
oh, I should mention they dont brake like sub zeros http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthr ... did=296503