'09 WRX rims

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bakerbuddy

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Hey all. I REALLY need a pair of factory rims for my '09 WRX sedan. Can anyone help me out? Winter's coming, and I've got to have something for the snow tires to sit on. Let me know!

Thanks!

 
A pair? Did you warp 2 of them? that's what happened to me, I hit one pothole and warped 2 rims on the passenger side. Not cheap when the car is only 5 months old, but you can probably find a cheaper set here from someone now that the 2009s aren't the latest model. I have 2 warped ones if your interested in buying them and having them straightened but I priced that service at $150 per rim. There are sites that sell them re-conditioned for around $180 IIRC.

 
I did warp two of them, also on the passenger side. Oddly enough I don't remember hitting anything that hard. I ended up buying some nice rims to run in the summer, and I'm more or less just looking to run the factory rims this winter with my snow tires. If I can score a pair from someone here reasonably priced, great.

Can anyone help me out?

 
All it takes is a good size pothole with the right shape. The one I hit I didn't even see. When I hit it it didn't feel bad, just kinda like, "Woops, need to avoid that one in the future!". Then as I accelerated the car started to shake pretty good and I knew. I hit the pothole such that the outer part of the rim with the spokes went in the hole and the unsupported portion on the inboard side of the rim hit the other side of the pothole first. No support + several thousand pounds of pressure on relatively soft aluminum = warped rims. My insurance covered it, but I had to pay the deductable. I think the rims were $450 or $550 apiece IIRC. I run the 17" stockers in the summer and 16" Sport Edition el-cheapos in the winter. I have already warped one of those too but they are only $100 shipped. Much more economical to replace. The 16s make for a much more comfortable drive in the winter too, since I take the chesterville back roads every day on my way to work in Augusta. I almost warped another 17" one on the Sandy River road in Fayette this summer, but the tire took the brunt of it and it ruined a set of summer tires instead by bubbling the side walls. Some luck huh? Good like with your search.

 
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