New wheels on the family sedan
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I put some new wheels on my 4-door family sedan and then took some photos of it back on Labor Day.
Here's what the stock wheels looked like:
New:
Here's what the stock wheels looked like:
New:
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Outside of the paint... what's the difference?
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nooshinjohn wrote: »Outside of the paint... what's the difference?
The number of spokes, for starters.
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I put some new wheels on my 4-door family sedan and then took some photos of it back on Labor Day.
Only 10 pictures?
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I took 139 photos total.
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Nice wheels and nice color of car."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
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Hot rod Subbie for a family truckster? Nice. Is that a forged wheel?
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Beautiful wheels
And love the stance of the car. John probably has a stock Town and Country so don’t listen to him.
That shot from the tailights angle is killer. The car sits beautifully. My Pop used to have the WRX back in 2007 and that was so fun to drive.
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Those wheels look great! The WRX is a badass buggy!See my profile for list of gear.
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Nice, Drew - Sharp!
Did you stay stock, or go slightly wider, taller, or with any offset?
I don't know much about wheels, but been wanting something a touch taller and wider to fill out the wheel wells a little bit on mine. Feel like it looks like I'm riding a roller skate sometimes. The ones with metal wheels. But I'd prefer more rubber not less like you get in going with a taller wheel, shorter sidewall.
Looks good. The brighter finish suits.I disabled signatures. -
Looks better with a little bright work! Aftermarket exhaust, too?
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Looks better with a little bright work! Aftermarket exhaust, too?
I agree with this. Not a fan of the dark rim trend on cars and family trucksters to make them look "sporty" or whatever without really providing any benefit other than hiding brake dust.
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Looks good, are they lighter than the stock wheels? They look like they would be.Yamaha RX-A2070, Musical Fidelity M6si integrated amp, Benchmark Dac1, Bluesound NODE 2i, Audiolab 6000CDT CD Transport, Parasound Zphono USB Phono Preamp, Fluance RT85, Ortofon 2M Bronze, Polk L600's, L400, L900's, RC80i's, SVS 3000 Micro, Audioquest Interconnects and Digital Cables, Nordost Silver Shadow Digital Cable, Cullen Gold and Crossover Series Power Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha Analog Interconnect Cables, Douglas Connection Alpha 11 OCC Custom Power Cable, Signal Power Cable, Furman PL-8C 15 Power Conditioner, Sony 65" 900F, Sony UBP-X700, Fios, Apple TV 4K, Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables.
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Looks great! They remind me of the TSWs I put on my G35 when I had it, but yours look nicer.
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I'm always amazed that so much weight and force is applied to rims and those spokes, with so little material between you and a bad outcome.
Looks very nice Drew -
I also like silver or chrome rims.
They look "right" on your sedan.
I agree with others above, nice family sedan.
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joecoulson wrote: »Beautiful wheels
And love the stance of the car. John probably has a stock Town and Country so don’t listen to him.
That shot from the tailights angle is killer. The car sits beautifully. My Pop used to have the WRX back in 2007 and that was so fun to drive.
Congrats.
I have a Jaguar XJ, and a Mercedes GLC300... 2021 C8 Corvette on order.
I like the wheels too, and love Subaru. I was just doing some late-nite chop-busting. The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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I actually liked the stockers better, something about the dark wheels on wrb looks great. But fantastic look nonetheless. I had a 2011 for a few years. Was stage 2 with a bunch of suspension work. Loved the car but wa shutting up their in miles and the ej255 engine series seemed to be made of glass
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nooshinjohn wrote: »joecoulson wrote: »Beautiful wheels
And love the stance of the car. John probably has a stock Town and Country so don’t listen to him.
That shot from the tailights angle is killer. The car sits beautifully. My Pop used to have the WRX back in 2007 and that was so fun to drive.
Congrats.
I have a Jaguar XJ, and a Mercedes GLC300... 2021 C8 Corvette on order.
I like the wheels too, and love Subaru. I was just doing some late-nite chop-busting.
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Jeremy what's with that bunch of bananas hanging in your garage?jeremymarcinko wrote: »Looks great! They remind me of the TSWs I put on my G35 when I had it, but yours look nicer.
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The dark stockers do look good on that white car, but Drew’s new ones look great on his.
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Jeremy what's with that bunch of bananas hanging in your garage?jeremymarcinko wrote: »Looks great! They remind me of the TSWs I put on my G35 when I had it, but yours look nicer.
It's for the Gas Monkey...duhhhh!!
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Jeremy what's with that bunch of bananas hanging in your garage?jeremymarcinko wrote: »Looks great! They remind me of the TSWs I put on my G35 when I had it, but yours look nicer.
Treats for the grease monkey who used to hang out there.
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Those rims look sweet Drew! Love the Subie as well.
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It will be a year out... we saw one like this today.
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Looks great!afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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nooshinjohn wrote: »It will be a year out... we saw one like this today.
My wife has not seen the car yet in person, and my son was yelling “look mommy, it’s daddy’s car!
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Hah, the commentary about it being a 4-door family sedan is just because I'm normally averse to 4-door vehicles, and I very much miss my last car (Scion FR-S) which I traded in to get the WRX.Hot rod Subbie for a family truckster? Nice. Is that a forged wheel?
It is not in fact a forged wheel, but they do use Enkei's "MAT" process, which is a flow forming technique. https://enkei.com/shop/wheels/racing/gtc02/ https://enkei.com/engineering/
Hey Scott. The stock wheels were 18x8.5 +55 (offset) and these are 18x9 +42. Tire size remained the same, 245/40. So, the visual difference is slight, but noticeable. Slightly wider, and slightly more "poke" - 17mm more to be exact.Nice, Drew - Sharp!
Did you stay stock, or go slightly wider, taller, or with any offset?
I don't know much about wheels, but been wanting something a touch taller and wider to fill out the wheel wells a little bit on mine. Feel like it looks like I'm riding a roller skate sometimes. The ones with metal wheels. But I'd prefer more rubber not less like you get in going with a taller wheel, shorter sidewall.
Looks good. The brighter finish suits.
Take a look here and find the specs on your current wheels: https://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2239019
Then you can do some searching and find out what you can do to get a fitment that fills out the wheel wells, as well as gives you the road feel that you're looking for. You might even find that another year's wheels align more closely with what you're looking for. And since a lot of people upgrade from their OEM set, those can be found cheap via eBay.
Thanks! That's what I was most excited about, I really like the way the silver pops on the WRB compared to the darker colored wheels. And yes, it's the Fujitsubo Authorize S axleback/rear muffler replacement.Looks better with a little bright work! Aftermarket exhaust, too?
TSW makes a nice looking wheel, and I've always loved those Nissan G cars. They're so fast and have amazing handling!jeremymarcinko wrote: »Looks great! They remind me of the TSWs I put on my G35 when I had it, but yours look nicer.
Stockers are 24.46lbs, these are quoted by the manufacturer of having an "estimated weight" of 20.39lbs.Looks good, are they lighter than the stock wheels? They look like they would be.
Great looking WRX, Zach! Very clean! What wheels are those exactly? I thought they looked like Prodrive at first glance. Got any more pics?stangman67 wrote: »I actually liked the stockers better, something about the dark wheels on wrb looks great. But fantastic look nonetheless. I had a 2011 for a few years. Was stage 2 with a bunch of suspension work. Loved the car but wa shutting up their in miles and the ej255 engine series seemed to be made of glass -
nooshinjohn wrote: »2021 C8 Corvette on order.
Congratulations, John! I didn't know you had officially ordered one. Hopefully @verb was able to get you his employee discount.
Looking forward to the official thread once it gets a little closer to the delivery date. Great color choice as well. -
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