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Originally Posted by JSube

Didn't notice anyone mentioning this, forgive me if it was covered, but one thing our cars are sensitive to is adding or reducing weight, particularly unsprung weight like wheels and tires. The wheels you mentioned are good looking wheels (Raijin, etc) and they're about the same weight as stock wheels. But RPF1s are approx. a whopping 5-6 lbs per wheel less than stock wheels. And collectively, a 20-24 lb unsprung weight loss you can feel in a really good way performance-wise. IMO that makes them a great choice for summer wheels when the roads are in good shape. Also keep in mind the cars in those links you included were all lowered. Flush is good, but it's not the whole package of what you've been drooling over!

Also, it looks like you live in Tennessee, which certainly gets snow on the Appalachian side but if that's not where you live you'll likely be happy with "performance" all seasons, which you can find reviewed and compared on Tire Rack. I have Pirelli All Season Plus and they're a great choice in Louisville KY.

Finally, spending big money on ultra grippy summer tires and not increasing you car's performance will result in a disappointing reduction of nimble handling and joy during moments of hoonigan behavior in our cars. That is not a universally agreed-with position on our forum, but the fact is SubaYota engineers designed the chassis specifically with the Primacys attached because in Europe they're cheap and their behavior on the car suited and complimented the chassis/engine package. It's possible to numb-down our cars and it's a drag to spend money to do so.

So you're saying making these changes without altering the performance will make my car worse?