[05_GD7]

Dunno,

Just don't understand the point of running a wide rim, only to put a skinny tire on there so you don't rub.

Why not get a 8" rim and run a 245? AND you won't have to dial in 2 degrees of camber "to make it work"

[La Mer]

Are you concerned about performance at all?

[nandanrp]

Originally Posted by 04_Sti_Man

whats wrong with rota?

lol..

[pharo]

wow sean your car is looking crazy! Are you gonna get camber plates so you can get your drag strip settings and then street settings?

[13onesti]

Originally Posted by 05_GD7

Dunno,

Just don't understand the point of running a wide rim, only to put a skinny tire on there so you don't rub.

Why not get a 8" rim and run a 245? AND you won't have to dial in 2 degrees of camber "to make it work"

i did it because i like to take chances and do what people told me not to do..
i did this for 1 thing and 1 thing only for " look " i dont take fast turns on my STi look at my signature you will know why. and yes STi belongs to any type of racing. the car is not done yet i didnt even want these photos to get posted since everything is not dialed in yet.
and if you look at the rims it has a " CONCAVED " look to it. and only hand full of people have the balls to run my set up. and to have that " concaved " look requires crazy wide rims and crazy offset. these rotas are advan RG2 replicas. eventho they are replicas atleast my ROTAs have the concaved look to it. unlike those other suby owners out there pay so much for real ones only to look plain due gay offset and size and flat face.

anyways if could afford real ones instead of rotas i still wont buy one because ill only buy one when i know im a baller.. i dont want to be rocking 3 grand rims and **** it up. and these rotas are for my practice rims and tires for making my cars " SHOW MODE " haha

it may not look nice to some people. but its okay. the car is not done yet. will be soon tho and def will take some pics.

thanks for the compliments

[13onesti]

Originally Posted by pharo

wow sean your car is looking crazy! Are you gonna get camber plates so you can get your drag strip settings and then street settings?

hahaha its just temporary.. i have stock sti rims for my drag racing.. these rims will def keep me away from trouble ( street racing ).. ahahhaa the car is not done yet i didnt even want suby dude to post these pics up but yea watever hahaa..

hows ur ride coming along pharo

[05_GD7]

i dont take fast turns on my STi look at my signature you will know why.

Fair enough, but how good are your 60' going to be once you dial in 2.0 degrees of camber just so you can make your "show" rims fit?

Just seems a little ironic - you seem very focused on performance, given your drag times. Now you're straying in the "fanboy" spectrum - getting wheels that don't fit, that need skinny tires to "work" - just because you're trying to prove to OTHERS that what they said was wrong, and to impress others with your crazy offsets and concave look. It just goes totally against the 11 sec run posted in your signature.

I have 17x8 Rota Boosts, and they have a decent concave face to it - maybe not like yours, but I don't need to stretch skinny tires over them or dial in counterproductive camber angles to make them fit either.....just my 2 cents.

[13onesti]

Originally Posted by 05_GD7

Fair enough, but how good are your 60' going to be once you dial in 2.0 degrees of camber just so you can make your "show" rims fit?.

i went thru 3 difference springs with no alignment and still got some good time ( could have been better ) but yea. your right 60 foot def suffers. on camber. why do u think i have negative -.5 camber b4 my car got into accident i was planning on taking her to the track 2 weeks later but rear ended which cost the insurance to pay 12k. with the car having my so called " drag alignment " -.5 all around the car feels it can pull low 1.6 all day and maybe high 1.5 60 foot. i remember back then when i asked people about doin negative .5 camber all around everyone said its a stupid idea and this and that but hell my damn stock tires lasted longer forsure. and why do i need a car that can handle like those " TIME ATTack cars " on the street when you basicly have to follow all rules. its not like im goin to take every damn turn at crazy speed. **** i dont want to kill someone or hurt someone. believe it not im a calm driver. i rather cruise at slow speed and listen to music than drive like a maniac with my coilovers and suspension mods thru alll the turns

Originally Posted by 05_GD7

Just seems a little ironic - you seem very focused on performance, given your drag times. Now you're straying in the "fanboy" spectrum - getting wheels that don't fit, that need skinny tires to "work" - just because you're trying to prove to OTHERS that what they said was wrong, and to impress others with your crazy offsets and concave look. It just goes totally against the 11 sec run posted in your signature.

yea your right i been soo damn focused on the performance part of my car that i forgot how important to make the car look nice too. " FANBOY " spectrum?? yea the wheels fit pretty good it mite not look much inpictures im sure if you see my car inperson it might just change your mind about how my rims is fitting. hell if i wanted to i can fit 255 35 18 which was my original plan but its winter. why waste so much money on expensive all season tires when during winter i barely drive my car. in 3 - 4 months are so i will be fitting some 255 35 18 summer tires. right now i rather have cheap all season tires ( rainy winter season ) than have expensive useless tires on the rain. and yes my damn rims rub. and you know why it rubs im on damn S - tech springs with -.5 camber of course its gonna rub on the rear. But as for the front theres no way of rubbing at all. Im goin to roll and pull the rear fender so i dont have to run crazy camber. If i was on stiffer suspension i can almost garantee it will not rub at all. Im not trying to prove anyone wrong here. when i want something for my car i try it and take the chance if i **** up its my fault. im a risk taker. yes concaved rims to me is badass. no it doenst go agaisnt my drag peformance. because i can always go back, just put back my stock tires and rims. then back to drag racing mode. haha. people have always advice me dont touch my set up leave it the way it is dont even go big turbo " your set up is perfect keep the way it is, just make your car look nicer instead" i get that alot from people " just make it look nice" which what im trying to do right now,

winter season here in cali means get your car ready for summer time..

Originally Posted by 05_GD7

I have 17x8 Rota Boosts, and they have a decent concave face to it - maybe not like yours, but I don't need to stretch skinny tires over them or dial in counterproductive camber angles to make them fit either.....just my 2 cents.

yea i like the lil stretch tires. people will always have different opinion on stuff like this. and my set up right now is just for temporary i for my self dont like stretch tires look. but i like i do like it a lil maybe lil stretch for is perfect. 255 35 18 tires will work with my stock fenders thats for sure. i have my stock rims and tires for my " RACE MODE " performance and my ROTAS as for my looks mod.

well anyways

this is a damn long post
so im not even goin to bother edting it your spell checking in or fixing my grammer.
so if you cant understand what i justtyped up.hahahaha thats all on you..
im very sleepy and excited at the same time writing this.
so bare with me

sorry if i seemed ****y or offended anyone with my post, plz let me know i will gladly take down my post.
thanks



CHA CHA CHA IN YOU FACE MOTHASACKASSS
hahah jus playing..

[05_GD7]

hell if i wanted to i can fit 255 35 18 which was my original plan but its winter. why waste so much money on expensive all season tires when during winter i barely drive my car. in 3 - 4 months are so i will be fitting some 255 35 18 summer tires.

I'm sure teh Clap will have something to say about that.....

[13onesti]

Originally Posted by 05_GD7

I'm sure teh Clap will have something to say about that.....

teh clap is very help full guy
alot of his post here answered my many question.
so he def knows way way more than me in this " wheel n tires " and " suspension " stuff and will respect his opinion.

just remember i just want to try different things ya know. i dont want to be in this band wagon where poeple dont like to take chance and rather play it safe and later thinking he should have done it. i dont want to fall like that. i want to do it and be done with it. i guess you can say im hard headed.

haha its the same thing with EWG kits for stock turbo. people said its waste of money. waste of time, its too dangerous blah blah blah this. when me and couple of people tryed it and got good result. now EWG on sti is starting to be common i remember back then alot of people gave other poeple hard when someone is asking question about ewg or planning getting one,

this isoff topic.

05_GD7.

but whats the point on buying gauges thats worth more than any of your mods (1200bucks w/pod )we all know gauges are gauges. gauges never reads 100 percent accurate. they are off 5 - 10 percent most of the time. yea if you can give me a stright answere why did you buy your DEFI gauges then maybe i can give you a stright answere why i got my rims that sized and offset. because its starting too look like we both have the same reason. which is for " LOOKS "

sorry to put you on the spot GD7 didnt mean to offend you or insult you or anything like that.
because i jsut dont get why people would spend 1200 bucks on gauges. which they dont even use.

[T3h_Clap]

the only good thing about this setup is you didn't waste $3000 on the wrong offset wheels just giving you crap.

I understand the look you're going for, and it's not my thing. I prefer running a +30 offset in the front with a 265. (with no rubbing or pokage)

I personally would've gotten the correct offset and ran a wider tire and not had the rubbing issues.

I'm sure with Suby Dude saying these "fit" we'll start seeing alot of threads about people running these wheels, I'm sure Suby Dude tells people that these don't fit every ones setup.

add a few degrees of camber in the front and slap on a real tire. For the rear you can run some more camber to help bring it in some but with a +30mm offset there really isn't much you can do, without reducing the rear track (not advised btw!).

[pharo]

Originally Posted by 13onesti

hahaha its just temporary.. i have stock sti rims for my drag racing.. these rims will def keep me away from trouble ( street racing ).. ahahhaa the car is not done yet i didnt even want suby dude to post these pics up but yea watever hahaa..

hows ur ride coming along pharo

I am 100% stock now haha. I am gonna be adding some parts over winter, but no more power for a while. That is until I can get some drag lessons from you.

I definitely think you shouldn't change up your power setup, and keep going with making your car look sick. OBP FTW!

[VvporkchopvV]

Looks real aggressive

[Crewchief]

Why would you run a 235 tire on a 9" wide wheel? . Kinda defeats the purpose of running a wide wheel dont you think? I run a 8.5" wide wheel with a 255 tire on the stock struts, lowered on RCE's.

[05_GD7]

I didn't spend 1200 -I got a much better deal than that And to say that I spend money on something I never use - I use them every single day!!! Is my boost gauge 1 psi off? Maybe, but its alot better than the stock boost gauge I had before. Is my oil 95 degrees instead of the 90 it says on the gauge? Maybe, but it sure as hell tells me when its 50 degrees - so I better not be flogging the car. And pressure? A dummy light that comes on at 0 too late - not good enough. (RB was a little more expensive than DEFI by the way )

I never said it was a waste of money. I only said that it goes totally against what your car is all about. You've got great drag times posted in your sig. Yet you're going to buy rims and tires that don't fit. Bottom line, they don't fit. Tuning in nasty camber angles so they don't rub doesn't make them fit.

I understand the look you're going for - but the bottom line is that it just doesn't work with our cars unless you tweak your alignment to beyond ideal settings, and stretch skinnier tires than you could ON STOCK RIMS!!! Show car? Fine, fill your boots - I've seen much worse - but something built for performance just doesn't work in my opinion.

I'm just saying that the theme of your car seems to be function over form - and this choice goes totally against it.