WRX STi wheels and new tires
After a lengthy search and being outbid on eBay a couple of times, I finally was able to buy a used set of WRX STi wheels in really nice condition at a good price. Had a set of Yokohama Avid H4S 225/45 17 installed and I am extremely pleased. I had been sporting a set of the 16x8 RX7 wheels w/Pirelli P Zero Nero M+S tires, 225/50 16. The Pirelli's are excellent in the rain, provide superb traction and are pretty quiet. In spite of having a smaller sidewall the Yoko's ride a smidgen better and are even quieter. Turn in is also a bit quicker, a combination of the 17" configuration and the slightly less tractive compound on the Yokos? The Yokos are a 500AAA wear rated tire as opposed to the more performance oriented Pirellis, which are 400AA rated. The Pirellis are Z rated, for very high speed operation and are an ultra high performance all weather tire. The Yokos are only H rated and a harder compound, hence a much higher wear rating. I live in San Diego where we get little rain much less hard rain. If you live in an area where you've got hard rain and / or snow I'd go with the Pirelli. But for the money the Yokohoma Avid H4S is an excellent tire that rides well, is quiet and should last at least 35- 40,000 miles, even on an SVX.
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Yea. I thought the same thing! I guess he is selling his old tires and rims because he just bought the wrx ones.
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Um, I can vouch for the RX7 wheels and Pirellis... By some strange coincidence, that's exactly what my Pearly wears when the Blizzaks go away.
Still, this is all very mysterious! |
By the way. I thought that the WRX rims didn't fit our cars? I was told to get the STI BBS ones only. Is that right?
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jdm Sti wheels?
Whats the difference (if any) between jdm Sti wheels and US? Waht is a typical price for a used set to fit the SVX (05+)
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This is the response I got from Eric(ItsJust Eric), so who is correct? "The wheels are the oem equipment from the 05-07 STI. the wheels from a wrx wont work, because they use diffrent hubs...Just the sti wheels fit, and only from 05-07. "
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Every USDM Subaru is 5X100 EXCEPT All Tribeca, All SVX, and 2005+ WRX STI .
All WRX's are currently 5X100 |
OK. So call me a subi-newbi/subi-idiot:bash: what ever you want but as this is my first Subaru, are the WRX and the STI one in the same? or are they 2 different cars? Why did Eric say not to get the WRX rims only the STI rims will fit? :o
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Standard WRX's are quite different from WRX STI's, including the bolt pattern. |
So the rims from a "Standard" WRX won't fit but the wheels from a WRX STI will fit?
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BTW - What are you selling in your original post??? I was very confused after I read it... ~ Chris |
Correct, but I think that the 08's were all 5x114
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~ Chris |
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