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FRS but not BRZ? WTF?

lol...everyone knows the brz can't handle 9" wheels...jkjk

Plus the main picture is a BRZ!

Although all BS aside, I actually really like this wheel.

Same here!

:lol:

I am planning on grabbing these up some point this year! Close to Black Friday, or if there is a group buy for this!! You can't lose! They aren't ugly, the are strong and they are affordable.

Specifically designed but dual drilled?

Might have found my wheels!

:popcorn:

I REFUSE to buy 'universal', or multi drilled rather, rims..

What's the pricing on these?

spidey sense silently screams caution..


they don't even have an "about" page...


and I agree, double fitment to me is a redflag, could be biased, but just how I feel.


also at that price they're no cheaper than RPF1s

I like the 720form wheels a lot more.

Ya I would probably take the rpf1s over this one... Mostly because you don't need a 9" inch wide wheel on this car


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For everybody who's skeptical about these wheels, they're huge in the BMW track crowd.

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The ones the BMWs appear to be single fitment, not dual drilled.

Not sure why that's an issue. They're from the same manufacturer so they're obviously still quality.

Have you ever seen CCW's race wheels? They have tons of extra holes in them to save weight (not saying that's why they're there in the Apex wheels) and nobody complains about them.

http://www.mystudios.com/g8/ccw-classic.jpg

Dual drilled isn't a big deal to me. The fitment part is the +42 offset. I'm sure they are dual drilled to fit other Subarus, including the new WRX which is 5x114.3. Seems like a worthy addition to the available wheels.

More holes = less weight. :thumbsup:

They're not a new company, and aren't going away anytime soon. As it's already been said, they're HUGE with the BMW guys.

On a friend's M3:
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Personally, I would be happier if these were +35 to +38, gives room for camber adjustment on stock diameter springs without camber plates.

Dual drilled shouldn't be an issue for those who are real track fiends. When I see these wheels, I look at the fitment, and the weight first, both of which are spot on. Next I look at the style of wheel, in which this wheel, absolutely gorgeous.

As mentioned before they have a huge BMW following specific to those guys who like going to track events and autocross, and now they've produced a wheel for this market. Should be a perfect marriage for a light strong track wheel to a car that obviously is tracked a lot and used on autocross a lot as well.

I did some googling and couldn't find a single complaint about wheels that came from the manufacturer dual drilled. The only complaints I heard about these wheels were a couple people talking about vibrations. That was after a lot of searching.

Why take these over RPF1, other than style?
How much camber can I get on stock suspension before they rub?
What tire widths do you recommend with them? Lots of people are stretching, including luminaries like Robispec.

245/40 on a 9" wheel should be good...

You'll get more camber than a +45, but less than a +35 :D Based on what I've seen with my own wheels (17x8 +45), you'll be lucky to get -1* before it gets really close to the spring perch. I've got -2*, but my wheels are an inch narrower.

CCWs are also machined from forged ingots, not cast.

Are you implying that their strength is compromised by being dual drilled?

If anything, he's saying that they're stronger because they're machined from a forged block instead of being cast.

No one else see that they look just like the 22b STI wheels. I would almost murder for an original set of 22b wheels.... if only these came in gold and were single drilled....
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...ps02822294.jpg

Dual drilling isn't an issue as long as the rim can handle the stress.

I'm saying that comparing CCW to Apex is not a fair comparison; CCW is a machined forging, whereas the Apex is cast. "Spin forging", "Rotary Forging", etc. are all fancy names for casting.

How often have you seen cracking at the bolt holes?

I wasn't comparing the two wheels at all, just showing that there are wheels out there that people pay a bunch of money for that are dual drilled and nobody complains about. I personally had dual drilled wheels, but as a dedicated track setup I probably wouldn't mind.

In a "brand name" wheel? Never. It's so rare that I'm pretty sure it would be warrantied, just so they can QC the wheel.

Nice wheel too bad on the conservative offset though, would've jumped on them if they were plus 35 and had a nice concave face

Max. Can we agree dual drilled is ugly?

Regardless of function

Not to keep it going, but my issue with dual drilling is solely aesthetics. I just think it looks cheap/ricey. BUT, that's purely a personal opinion, not knocking it or anything, or saying its wrong.

Absoloutly. :)

@Marchy What do you think? 17x9 +42 and light. Black mesh, just like I wanted. These might finally be it.

What do you mean by brand name? I am guessing you don't mean Apex. Have you seen off brand wheels cracking at bolt holes? I looked with some web searching and only found a cracked bmw oem rim. Considering that I bent two bmw rims before, I wasn't surprised.

Reminds me of the old saw re wheels: lightweight, strong, affordable/inexpensive - pick any two, you can't have all three at once.

Looks like Apex has followed in D-Force's path by re-drilling their BMW-market wheels, and that's good for twin owners.

Would ET30 be too much? http://www.apexraceparts.com/apex-pr...C-8-Wheel.html