Originally Posted by TheRoadWarrior (Post 103533)

Yes that was the first thing I noticed lookin at those pictures! it's surprising if true. I would have expected the car to have its own knuckle design. I have no interest in 4wd but I wonder if greddy could have swapped them in from the Subaru for some reason.

Edit
You can clearly see it in this picture
http://photos.motoiq.com/MotoIQ/Tech.../IMG2527-L.jpg

Good article I thought, not edited together very well as lots of stuff gets repeated but there is some interesting insights.

Edit2
He goes on about how the struts are quite far inboard giving a high leverage ratio, if the hubs are lifted from the scoobie that could explain it as I imagine it has wider/different offset wheels which need to clear the struts.

Originally Posted by Leeky (Post 103996)

I pointed the Impreza front hubs out on the concept car (old thread somewhere on this forum) so i was totally surprised to see the hubs still from the impreza on the road car!

Im positive we'll see somebody do a total WRX Engine/Drivetrain swap shortly after the car is released meaning a Turbo'd 4WD GT86 :party0030:

Originally Posted by subatoy (Post 104246)

I don't understand what's all the whinning with the 5x100 bolt pattern.
Every freaking Rota wheel comes with that pattern and they
make knock-offs of every freaking wheel out there.
They have an amazing selection of wheels.
:iono:

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR (Post 103137)

What about calipers? Or were you saying still with stock brakes? I only plan on switching fluid and pads for track use, nothing else.

Originally Posted by old greg (Post 103392)

GT-Pentium or GTFO.

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR (Post 103599)

It's not. That's been my point for awhile :)

Originally Posted by NESW20 (Post 104354)

if i ever get it back on track and start experiencing fade (which i fully expect on the slicks with 2.5-3 times the horsepower), i'll step up to a more aggressive pad compound.

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering (Post 104398)

Jamal on motoiq brought up a good point...on the STI the brembos are on the rear side of the rotor and for the BRZ the calipers are on the front. So it's not going to be as straightforward of a swap as you think (if you want it to work correctly). I have other ideas, but still premature at this point.

Originally Posted by JDLM (Post 104274)

I can't support a co. that can't have an individual thought and has to copy off of others hard work.

Originally Posted by old greg (Post 104404)

When your rotors start turning blue, you might want to think about some ducting as well. :D

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering (Post 104409)

The issue is the piston sizes are staggered....so you'll end up with nasty pad wear if you swap left to right (which you have to do in order for the bleeder to be on top). Fine for "the look" but not worth it for me.

- drew

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering (Post 104409)

The issue is the piston sizes are staggered.

Originally Posted by Dave-ROR (Post 104423)

I haven't messed with the STI calipers before, but some you can switch the transfer tubes and bleeder to fix that.

Originally Posted by subatoy (Post 104412)

unless you have lots of money to throw away thats the only way to go for most people.
I have WAY better uses for the extra $1k-$2k I'll save purchasing
the Rotas vs the original brands.
I have no need for forged wheels so Rotas are the way to go.

besides if you have that much money there are plenty of wheel companies that will make you a custom set with ANY bolt pattern you
may need so I still don't understand the whine about the pattern.