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08-21-2017, 09:08 AM | #29 | |
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While playing around on @LiftedBRZ s car, we confirmed that they DID clear WITHOUT spacers when we converted the front brakes to Subaru OEM 4 pots, the brake package that was in mind on the group n cars when the RC-G4 was being developed. Hope that's helpful, I actually was hoping to run the RC-G4's on the BRZ, and keep running the 16" '00 5 spokes on the Forester, but when all was said and done I was very happy with the results... A brake package any bigger than 4 pots is very unlikely to fit!!
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Alright thanks for the advice. I'm gonna see if I can some how find a set of used17x9 or 17x8 RPF1's locally to me for sale so I can throw them up as my winter set. If all else fails, I'll 17x9 rota them.
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Getting a more narrow, taller snow tire is beneficial as opposed to something wide. 215/50-17 on the stocks would be mint.
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Unfortunately I sold my stockers.
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Get a set used with a dash of curb rash for a hundred bucks! A lot of people used their stockers for winters so there's a chance you could even pick a set up with used winter tires already on them.
Something wide like that 17x9 will be horrible in the snow on a car this light! You can also look for stock WRX wheels, (02-05 wheels are PLENTIFUL and cheap!) Hope one of those options works out for ya.
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I recently picked up a set of stock BRZ wheels with no tires or TPMS for $60! The deals are out there.
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+1 to wrx 16" wheels. Used borrowed set of them just fine through last winter (for next bought own 16" set). About only "drawback" - wheels look very tucked in due deep offset of wrx wheels. Nothing bad for handling, and as already noted, they are plentiful & cheap, and look much better then steelies.
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08-21-2017, 12:37 PM | #38 |
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Glad you guys are rocking the 02-05 WRX wheels!! The sunken in aesthetic is fine for me, I run 20mm spacers with WRX fitment summers too, so it pushes them out to just the right place and I don't have to change up different spacers for it to look good.
If you're running a 'regular person' spacer, they'll look great. And the wheels actually look really tough with a tall sidewall AT/Winter.
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Blizzaks are great but don't last long. Arctics are better in deeper snow, and last much longer.
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there really is no or not much of a reason to get a smaller tire width for winter. the contact patch is determined by the weight of the car, not the tire one gets. You use a 125 width tire, the tire will contact the same amount front to back and just looks squished. At a certain point this is exaggerated, like if you got 305 tires, then youd have a lot of extra stuff contacting snow. But going from 215 to 205 is very small amount but will reduce the engineered and tested design of the car. I can see however that it is a cheaper tire and that is great x4. But that is it. A proper snow or for me, performance winter, is more important than the narrower part. Dont you people drive on dry roads like 50% of the winter once it thaws out?
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~el~jefe~: i drive "on dry roads" (cleaned up from snow/ice with salt mostly) in city 95% of time. BUT! I prefer to ready car for worst cases. It's those 5% that can prevent you from going or add a lot of time to get to those 95%, those 5% where you may lack traction on countryside road/iced uphill/unplown yard or road/right after heavy snowfall & not yet cleaned/to avoid crash/etc. I want to be able to rely on car to get me where and when i need and for that i need good proper winter tires, not just something that somewhat may do.
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