Which rims to get in the spring?

[drvsdwz]

So I am going to go with 18 inch wheels this spring. What I need to decide is which ones! Your help will help me. My car is also going to be blacked out with tint 35% front and wicked dark in the back, so this car is going to be dark all around.

Here is what I have for ideas and pictures, and all of these are from www.tirerack.com

Also, here is a picture that somewhat resembles my car as far as color goes and body style, but no, it is not an sti.

1: Black Enkei Performance EDR9

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2: Black Enkei Performance Imola

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3: Black MOTEGI RACING MR118

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4: Silver Enkei Performance EDR9

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5: Silver Enkei Performance Imola

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All of the options correspond with the poll options.

Thank you for voting!!

 

[Stein]

I like the EDR9 but I can't decide which color

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[SUBARUDE]

someone on craigslist has a set of the #4's for sale in nh

 

[drvsdwz]

so i assume so far i should go with the murdered look once i have the car tinted? should i tint the altezza tales too?

 

[Stein]

Don't tint your tails!

 

[SUBARUDE]

yes tint those altezza's out i don't no what they were thinking with chrome taillights on a wrx

 

[Stein]

Well if you do it, at least don't do it all black errything.

 

[drvsdwz]

hey nategr8ns when you gunna vote?

subarude, do you know how to tint the lens for the new wrx's?

 

[GClark]

I like the silver enkei.

Another thought, why just Enkei? What about Rotas?(or bbs,volk,advans,etc...)

 

[Mark]

hey nategr8ns when you gunna vote?

subarude, do you know how to tint the lens for the new wrx's?

little tip on tinting your tails. have someone good with vinyl just do a vinyl overlay. those are expensive tails to paint over. i plan on painting mine, but my car is 12 years old and those tails i can get for like 30 bucks.

 

[drvsdwz]

little tip on tinting your tails. have someone good with vinyl just do a vinyl overlay. those are expensive tails to paint over. i plan on painting mine, but my car is 12 years old and those tails i can get for like 30 bucks.

i was planning on tinting, not painting, so it would be removable. Is the lens easy to separate from the rest of the housing?

and garrett, i only picked those from tire rack and they were moderately priced(about 150 each), dont want to pay much more than that, and its hard to find used rims that aren't beat to crap. I also dont want ricey rims too. Kinda want class. unless you have another source i could look into

 

[Mark]

no, generally you can't remove the lens from a tail. if you tinted, ie used vinyl to cover it like a window, you would just take the whole tail out and work with that. the only time i've ever seen a reason to remove the lens is if you're going to use a different lens, like a clear one. in that case you have to dremel out the old lens and stick the new one in its place.

 

[Mark]

check out these rims our vendor subimods offers. i really wanted these for the RS. only 140 a piece! and look how light they are!!

http://www.subimods.com/konig-feather-wheels.html?sitenameid=85a5023df9d1dbac49a25024a9982489

 

[GClark]

Those look good!^ Check wheeldude.com, they usually have some good deals going on.

 

[drvsdwz]

Those look good!^ Check wheeldude.com, they usually have some good deals going on.

right now i'm going for 18's and on a budget, and the ones i have up don't cost more than 189 a piece.

 

[inski]

dont be a sissy. SSR ftw. No sense in wasting HP on pushing heavyass wheels.

 

[Blue GT]

I vote for none of the above options. Although those feathers look pretty good they have weak widths.

 

[drvsdwz]

If you don't like any of the options, post one you like here, but i don't want to spend more than $800 for a set of 4 rims. and it has to be 18 inch. I'm open for suggestions!!

Thanks for all the feedback!!!

 

[Blue GT]

Honestly i'd look for a used set on Nasioc or here or whatever other forums you frequent. Seems like you can always find someone in CT or Mass so you can drive down and meet them. As for new..... Rota obviously is a good choice but for anything 8.5" or more your paying more than $800. XXR has some wheels like the 522 that are pretty inexpensive and come with some width so you could check them out.

Some (most) don't share my view but I think if your not buying some uber light forged JDM wheel, then you might as well get an inexpensive wheel that at least fills out the wheel well. I'm not going to drop crazy money on wheels but I just don't like the looks of 18x7.5 or 18x8 wheels with high offsets sunk into the wheel well. You don't have to be hellaflush or anything just not hellasunk (imho).