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That's karma for you...
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.
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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Pics????????????
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Seth 94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather Past subies: 92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD 96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED 99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED 98' Forester L -Totaled Other toys: 99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap 06' B9 Tribeca-Stock 1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim Mods: work in progress |
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It's awesome that you scored a set of wheels for so cheap. Lets see some pics.
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Picture whoores...
Konigs: Nuked Pirelli tire:
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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Hmm... those wheels look very anemic on the SVX. They look too small, but hey, they were cheap! lol
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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.
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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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?
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Well Atleast nothing went bad while driving like a blow out or something but year AWD = 4 new tires :P
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1994 SVX L - FWD Barcelona Red 190K miles ~ SOLD 1994 SVX LS - 5spd AWD Emerald Green 202k miles PWR Radiator, HID 5000k, New paint job with issues, 17" STI BBS wheels, converted to 5spd AWD from FWD. Purchased from SVXyGirl 2/20/09 -- Undergoing complete rebuild 1993 Justy 4wd 5door- Teal of sorts , beater. 2008 OBXT Newport Pearl 65k miles |
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Maybe a 235/40/18 would be best.
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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! |
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Only 05+ Sti wheels will fit...
Only 05+ Sti wheels will fit...
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That sucks, but who cares if you have to buy a new tire when you got 3/4 of a set of FREE RIMS!!!
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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!
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl |
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