Picture of a FRS/BRZ with 18 inch+ wheels, no drop

[forzajuve]

Originally Posted by Pbrown

Keeping it stock height

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That link didn't work man

[Killerbee]

Originally Posted by forzajuve

Thank you for sharing! This is really helping me figure out my next purchase. One more thing, your 18s on stock height vs 18s on the 1 inch eibach drop... do you notice any wheel rubbing with the drop? If I were to do the same (18's + 1inch drop) and went to go drive on a back road somewhat aggressively would there be any drawback?

Glad I can help. No wheel rubbing at all, also the ride quality has not much changed with the drop. The biggest change was when I changed wheels/tires, but the drop itself did not make the car noticably harder or less comfortable to drive.
I can only recommend to use a slight drop (1inch) when changing out the wheels to something more agressive

[miodculae]

Originally Posted by forzajuve

Miodculae, what would you recommend if someone were to go that route?

you can use the tire calculator that's linked at the top of this page:

http://www.frsproject.com/tire_size.php

245 45 17 is a decent size. depends also if you are concerned about weight.

then you need to search for a tire brand that meets your target. weight
for the same size tire varies by manufacturer.

[Pbrown]

Originally Posted by forzajuve

Curious to see if anyone has upgraded to 18 inch wheels but has not lowered their car, kept it stock. PLEASE provide pictures thanks!

Here are the pictures of the car

[Clipdat]

What wheels are these? Thanks in advance!

Originally Posted by Beyer Subaru

Here's one of mine pre-coilovers:

[Trog]

Where all the snow go?

Originally Posted by Pbrown

Here are the pictures of the car

[forzajuve]

Originally Posted by Pbrown

Here are the pictures of the car

Pbrown, that is hawwwwt. I am liking the wheels a lot, great contrast. Looks like you got 20% or 30% tint all around too? I dig it man.

[Pbrown]

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Originally Posted by Trog

Where all the snow go?

Just on the other side of the car is about 4 feet still. Be another couple of weeks before the first sloshy round of golf

[FRSGT86]

Here's mine, still stock height. Thought the wheel gap would bug me more than it does, that being said, I'm pretty sure it will get lowered eventually.

[Pbrown]

Originally Posted by forzajuve

Pbrown, that is hawwwwt. I am liking the wheels a lot, great contrast. Looks like you got 20% or 30% tint all around too? I dig it man.

Thank you. Yes 20% on the back 35% on the sides. Keeping everything legal in Ontario. Unless you are going to track the car or for personal preference, stock height is great. The tire size is 225 40 18 offset is +35 in case I didn't post that. A little stretched and the ride is smoother than the winters I had on it. Good luck with your decision. It is by the far the toughest I had to make regarding the car.

[forzajuve]

Originally Posted by FRSGT86

Here's mine, still stock height. Thought the wheel gap would bug me more than it does, that being said, I'm pretty sure it will get lowered eventually.

Still looks good though. The more I am seeing everyone's stock height + 18's it actually looks pretty good since the car naturally sits pretty low as is. You can still get away with it and it still does not look unproportioned

[forzajuve]

Originally Posted by Pbrown

Thank you. Yes 20% on the back 35% on the sides. Keeping everything legal in Ontario. Unless you are going to track the car or for personal preference, stock height is great. The tire size is 225 40 18 offset is +35 in case I didn't post that. A little stretched and the ride is smoother than the winters I had on it. Good luck with your decision. It is by the far the toughest I had to make regarding the car.

Thank you sir! I agree with it being a difficult decision. I am more than likely going to sit on it, keep looking at literally every picture I can, and then hopefully make a confident decision in the next month or two. In the mean time I might be upgrading my intake filter + tube as well as lower it using the eibach pro kit.

[FRSGT86]

Originally Posted by forzajuve

Still looks good though. The more I am seeing everyone's stock height + 18's it actually looks pretty good since the car naturally sits pretty low as is. You can still get away with it and it still does not look unproportioned

Thanks! I think what bugged me more with the stock wheels than the wheel gap was the sucked in look they had, especially the rears.

Now that that's gone, the gap is allot easier to live with until I can figure how how to lower it, springs or coilovers, and how much drop. Looks awesome with 1.5 inch or more drop, but I just don't want to mess up the already almost perfect handling characteristics it already has. I'd like to see and ride in a couple with both to compare the difference between the two.

[Pbrown]

Originally Posted by forzajuve

In the mean time I might be upgrading my intake filter + tube as well as lower it using the eibach pro kit.

A good starting point for sure. Good luck.