XXR 527/530 Gallery

[jshum]

You made a really good point!! mine is from stock and obviously its kinda stretched and I curbed...my right front one when I was parking.....gota watch very carefully with these wheels when tires are stretched. but i am also curious if the rail from car wash will scratch it.

Originally Posted by zoomzoomers

I'll post some pics of her after I get some time to have her washed, but here's a question for you guys running XXR's.

If you're running 18 x 8.75 ET 33 with 225/40/18 like I am you'll notice that there is a tiny bit of stretch to the tires on the wheels. Basically, there's no protection of the rim by the tires due to the small amount of stretch. Have any of you guys had any problems/issues with taking your car to a car wash? Most car washes, whether hand wash or machine wash, use those rails to pull the car through the wash line. I'm a little worried that the rail will scratch up my wheels. Any input/advice on this?

BTW, the this car really needs better tires. The tires bring the car alive. If I thought the car handled well before, well with the new shoes the car feels more planted than planted. Almost to the point you have to work to get the car to break traction. It's awesome!

[Killerbee]

Originally Posted by zoomzoomers

I'll post some pics of her after I get some time to have her washed, but here's a question for you guys running XXR's.

If you're running 18 x 8.75 ET 33 with 225/40/18 like I am you'll notice that there is a tiny bit of stretch to the tires on the wheels. Basically, there's no protection of the rim by the tires due to the small amount of stretch. Have any of you guys had any problems/issues with taking your car to a car wash? Most car washes, whether hand wash or machine wash, use those rails to pull the car through the wash line. I'm a little worried that the rail will scratch up my wheels. Any input/advice on this?

BTW, the this car really needs better tires. The tires bring the car alive. If I thought the car handled well before, well with the new shoes the car feels more planted than planted. Almost to the point you have to work to get the car to break traction. It's awesome!

Over here they have a ruber/dontaskmewhat protection on the rail, which worked well on my previous car that had a slightly streched tire. However, most carwashes do also "align" the car with the inside of the wheels, not the outside. Cant comment on the itself XXR as I'm running 245 and not using any automatic carwash anymore with the GT86

[GeeTee86]

Called a rim protector

[evil_1998]

Originally Posted by WolfSongX

Anyone know what size center caps the XXR's take in inches or mm?

I'm not a big fan of the shape of mine so I was going to look for something with a bit lower profile that I could put one of those domed stickers from eBay on.

55mm if you want to replace the hub sticker.

[WolfSongX]

Originally Posted by evil_1998

55mm if you want to replace the hub sticker.

Thanks, but I was actually looking for the diameter of the hole in the wheel to replace the center cap that came with the car for something lower profile. I hope to find some Subaru center cap stickers to put on them that are similar to the stock center caps, but matching the bigger diameter of the low profile center cap.

I don't want to try to pry out the center cap and risk scratching/denting the material while it's on the car, and really didn't want to have to remove the wheel just to take the measurement. I've been recently put on Insulin by my doctor and it's been messing with my body chemistry pretty badly in the evenings. I have all these big plans to do stuff after work and then don't really feel well enough to do it when the time comes.

It's no big deal if someone doesn't know, because I'll be doing my springs this weekend and when the wheel is off, then I can easily pop out the center cap and check. I think I have a set of calipers to measure the bore precisely.

The main reason I'm posting the question is that if someone already knew the diameter then I could order the parts now and have them here a few days earlier.

Based on what I was looking at on a few vendor websites, the 530's are only compatible with a few of the center caps that XXR sells.

So if someone does know, or has a set they can measure, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks

[zoomzoomers]

Originally Posted by GeeTee86

Called a rim protector

Where in the world did you get that???

[enouf]

For those with 17x8.25 +35 offset 527/530's, how much do the front poke on stock suspension, if at all? From the photos in this thread, I can't really tell if they do or not.

[evil_1998]

Originally Posted by enouf

For those with 17x8.25 +35 offset 527/530's, how much do the front poke on stock suspension, if at all? From the photos in this thread, I can't really tell if they do or not.

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[GregV]

2nd page bump... got to see what my wheels look like in motion for the first time today

[Dispect]

Originally Posted by GregV

2nd page bump... got to see what my wheels look like in motion for the first time today

how did you do that??

[GregV]

Originally Posted by Dispect

how did you do that??

It's a rig setup...

[Dispect]

Originally Posted by GregV

It's a rig setup...

and you photoshopped the top parts out??

[GregV]

Originally Posted by Dispect

and you photoshopped the top parts out??

Yes

[HATED1]

Originally Posted by GregV

Yes

Looks good! 17's or 18's? specs?