17x8 or 17x8.5 for a 04 (110) STI

Post by **Sabre** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:35 am

No longer looking, new wheels and tires are on the way!!!!!!

Hey all,
I'm looking for gold 17x8 or preferably 17x8.5 inch wheels for my 04 STI.
TIA,
Julian

Mr Kleen · Post by **Mr Kleen** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:51 am

sabre wrote:Hey all,
I'm looking for gold 17x8 or preferably 17x8.5 inch tires for my 04 STI.

gold tires?

Post by **Sabre** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:59 am

I'm slow tonight apparently

Post by **complacent** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:40 am

don't get me wrong, i'm all for gold tires... i just didn't know they were measured like that (17 x 7.5, 17 x

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:10 pm

I am guessing you want some used wheels...otherwise I would check out www.subydude.com which is where I got my Rotas...or you can look for subydude selling wheels on ebay for cheaper. Search under "subaru wheels" or "Sti wheels"

These would look pretty beast on your car, except they are 18s:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rota-Tor ... 4820QQrdZ1

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:14 pm

Here you go:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rota-G-F ... 4271QQrdZ1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rota-Rev ... 8045644122

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:21 pm

Wheel and Tire packages:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Blizzak- ... 8020579774

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Rota-Tor ... 8045573165

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:19 pm

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Post by **Sabre** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:59 pm

^^^ Yep, I checked out alot of Subydude's stuff, but I was REALLY hoping for forged wheels (ya, I know... I just shot myself in the foot for the $$$!).

Colin: I'm sure I could help ya with the gold tires... just give me a spray can and 5 minutes with your car

thermobox · Post by **thermobox** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:56 pm

tire rack has gt2's on sale http://www.tirerack.com/upgrade_garage/ ... toModClar=

Post by **Sabre** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 5:57 am

HELLO! I've been looking at a pair on NABISCO. The are silver (blah) and have some minor marks, but they do include tires for 1400. Total from tirerack without tires is $1,557.48 incl. shipping...

Why the hell do all the cool wheels have to be SO damn expensive?!?!? Oh ya, it's b/c they are cool....

drwrx · Post by **drwrx** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:31 pm

Your kinda stuck. Wheels can come light, strong and cheap. But you can only have two of those qualities at the same time.

Maybe the OZ Ultraleggera Gold 17" x 8" @ 17 lbs (which is pretty light) for $239 each which is under $1k.

Still one of my favorite wheels is the Rota SDR (it's the one on my wagon) $150-160 each (just about everywhere) and only 17.4lbs.

It really is hard to beat anything Rota makes. They are pretty light and strong (The only wheel I've ever heard of that broke was a early "battle" and supposedly Rota admitted that the earlier battles were flawed and claimed to have fixed the issue). I also really like the G-Force, Boost, Rev or Slipstream.

If your trying to get down to sub 15 lbs for less than $400 a wheel, lots of luck. You may want to look and see if there are any Velox wheels that fit your specs.

drwrx · Post by **drwrx** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:54 pm

You may want to look into some Enkei RPF1s. They are about $230 and very light at 15 lbs for 17"s. just don't know about width and fitment. They fit around EVO brembos, so I figure STIs wouldn't be an issue.

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:05 pm

drwrx wrote:You may want to look into some Enkei RPF1s.

I just looked it up, they come in 17x8, 45 offset, 5 x 100 and weigh 15.6 lbs. The 17x8.5 only come in the 5 x 114.3

Thanks for the suggestions!!!!

Post by **complacent** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:07 pm

sabre wrote:The 17x8.5 only come in the 5 x 114.3

W00t! for us 05+ owners

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:11 pm

Better pistons, nicer interior and now better choice in wheels... damn you guys!

Post by **complacent** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:15 pm

don't forget the helical limited slip front differential.

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:21 pm

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Wed May 10, 2006 7:31 pm

Hey Julian...

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=994535

Post by **Sabre** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:40 am

Actually, I need to close this thread out... new wheels and tires are on the way!!!!

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Thu May 11, 2006 11:45 am

sabre wrote:Actually, I need to close this thread out... new wheels and tires are on the way!!!!

So? You can never have enough wheels...BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Post by **Sabre** » Thu May 11, 2006 4:10 pm

After spending money on one set.... I don't know how Ross and Xeonk do it...

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:10 pm

A couple ways those 2 do it:

DCAWD.com

17x8 or 17x8.5 for a 04 (110) STI

17x8 or 17x8.5 for a 04 (110) STI

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