Those wheels look so right on a rally car with knobby tires!! Maybe not so much on a road car though...

Nice throwback wheels.

Makes me want a Panda FR-S.

Watanabe is more suited to oldskool japanese cars but thats just IMO....... Needs to be negative offset atleast!!!




http://noriyaro.com/wp-content/uploa...a_2010_003.jpghttp://farm3.static.flickr.com/2792/...967d8356_o.jpghttp://i613.photobucket.com/albums/t.../classic11.jpghttp://cdn.speedhunters.com/wp-conte...sglevn6so3.jpg

^that's just because of what's been shown to you in the past, but since this car has lines reminiscent of older cars like the 2000GT, I think it works

as much as i love their eight spoke rims i think they look better on old school cars as well. they don't look quite the same at 17 inches, and their design severely limits caliper space. they were designed with 14 or 15 inch sizes and negative offsets in mind. i love the idea of getting an mg 17 inch though, but i also love the idea of being able to put on STI monoblock calipers...

more pics

F8F 17x7 +48 on michelin primacy 215/45R17
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...sakata-861.jpg

Needs these

anyone know a US/CAN distributor with a price?

It used to be Takumi Project but they went under. I'm not sure there is a U.S. distributor right now...

You could try this guy:
http://forums.club4ag.com/zerothread?id=66477

or RHDJapan.com, or Nengun.com:

http://www.nengun.com/search/#t:n:u;k:watanabe;g:1

i am surprised they did not use 17x8.5 +35 for front and 17x9.5 +35 for rear.

The above mentioned sizes are available on their site.

Meh dont like them at all, reminds me of old mustang wheels!!

They look pretty good to me. I'm going to be keeping stock size and offset, so another option is always appreciated.

their recommended fitments are rather conservative. the F8F has a less sunk face and thus has more caliper clearance than the F8, but the F8F is only available up to 17x7.5. anything bigger is the F8 type. dunno if that has anything to do with it. according to their matching data the largest recommended fitment for the 86/BRZ is 17x7.5 +40 front 17x8 +50 rear.

As others have mentioned I don't think they have a NA distributor.

more pics on modellista mag color 17x7 +40
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...hikawa-861.jpg
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/images/...hikawa-865.jpg

Thanks for pointing that out.. yeah the caliper clearance maybe is the issue.