That's karma for you...

[Crazy_pilot]

So a couple weeks ago a guy came into the shop with a broken Konig wheel and asked us if we could get him a new one. The wheel he had was discontinued. So he just asked us to throw all 4 wheels and tires in the garbage. I took a look, saw the wheels were 18" with a 5x114.3 lug pattern and threw them out, into my trunk! The tires are Pirelli P-Zero Nero's, with half their life on them.

So, I get online, and about 2 minutes of searching finds me a new rim on Ebay, $200 shipped. Sweet! So I get the wheel yesterday, swap the tire onto it today and instal them on the car. They look awesome! So now all that's needed is a spirited test drive.

Well at a certain speed I cannot say because it violates every speed limit in North America, I noticed the car wanted to pull left really hard. Crud. I pull over and see the left front is flat and shredding. Not to mention too hot to touch. Nuts.

I guess that's karma, huh? Almost free set of rims and tires, and now a destroyed tire. I'm going to look into getting a new tire shaved down.

[redlightningsvx]

Pics????????????

[Twinboosted]

It's awesome that you scored a set of wheels for so cheap. Lets see some pics.

[Crazy_pilot]

Picture whoores...

Konigs:



Nuked Pirelli tire:

[Twinboosted]

Hmm... those wheels look very anemic on the SVX. They look too small, but hey, they were cheap! lol

[Crazy_pilot]

Too small? They're 18x7.5"! If I do replace all 4 tires I'll go to a slightly taller set, maybe 225/45/18 instead of the 40 profile I have on now.

[It's Just Eric]

The wheels look nice. The spoke design makes them look a bit smaller than they are, but the wheels themselves fill up the wheel well nicely .Id replace all 4 with ones of the right sidewall diameter though

(Or get some konis and drop that truck of yours)

P.S.- did you even end up getting them doors? they not installed yet?

[Wikedjuggalo]

Well Atleast nothing went bad while driving like a blow out or something but year AWD = 4 new tires :P

[Twinboosted]

Originally Posted by Crazy_pilot

Too small? They're 18x7.5"! If I do replace all 4 tires I'll go to a slightly taller set, maybe 225/45/18 instead of the 40 profile I have on now.

Maybe a 235/40/18 would be best.

[Tremec]

The SVX has the same lug pattern as an STi?
That would be sweet I have 2 extra sets of Sti rims here and it looks like I will be picking up a pearl this week!

[processengr]

Originally Posted by Tremec

The SVX has the same lug pattern as an STi?
That would be sweet I have 2 extra sets of Sti rims here and it looks like I will be picking up a pearl this week!

Only 05+ Sti wheels will fit...

[SVeXy96]

That sucks, but who cares if you have to buy a new tire when you got 3/4 of a set of FREE RIMS!!!

[Crazy_pilot]

Originally Posted by It's Just Eric

The wheels look nice. The spoke design makes them look a bit smaller than they are, but the wheels themselves fill up the wheel well nicely .Id replace all 4 with ones of the right sidewall diameter though

(Or get some konis and drop that truck of yours)

P.S.- did you even end up getting them doors? they not installed yet?

225/40/18 is actually within 1% of stock tire diameter, so everything's good with size.

Koni's...eventually. Or I may keep working on my STi suspension ideas. (I am making slow progress)

Ya, I got some doors from a local yard. Only problem is they're silver. So once they make a trip to the body shop I'll have a good looking set of doors on the car!