Suggestions for my new Rims?!?!

[Subabie]

I am a noob .. totally clueless what I am gona do with my BRZ

I dont like the "lifted" look it has.
SO i am thinking of getting new rims/tires for it
So far I am thinking of getting a set of Enkei Kojin Mat but clueless about sizes and all the specs .. will someone give thoughts and advices??

and what is all of this mean??

KOJIN,17x8,35,5x120,72.6,BK

[Beyer Subaru]

Have you looked above? Any rim that you put on a stock ride height car will look more lifted. If the lifted look is what you wanna lose, maybe think about springs/coils?

[Subabie]

Originally Posted by Beyer Subaru

Have you looked above? Any rim that you put on a stock ride height car will look more lifted. If the lifted look is what you wanna lose, maybe think about springs/coils?

lower it an inch and get an 18 inc rim!! Hows that sound?

[Beyer Subaru]

Originally Posted by Subabie

lower it an inch and get an 18 inc rim!! Hows that sound?

You could just lower it and you won't have to deal with the monster truck look.

Lowered and 18" rims = lookin great.

I'm more fond of 16-17" rims on these cars but I've got 18's on right now due to availability. I'm waiting to see if some 17's become available that I really want.

[leon78]

Noob will noob.....wheels not "rims".....im out.

[tuckdaddy]

Wheels! They're called wheels not rims they're wheels!

[Beyer Subaru]

Originally Posted by leon78

Noob will noob.....wheels not "rims".....im out.

Originally Posted by tuckdaddy

Wheels! They're called wheels not rims they're wheels!

Ummmm ok. Sorry rim, I mean wheel police.

Y'all can call em wheels I'll call em rims, shoes, cycles, disks, rollers or what ever I want.

Thanks for contributing to the OP's thread with this new and insightful revelation.

[leon78]

Originally Posted by Beyer Subaru

Ummmm ok. Sorry rim, I mean wheel police.

Y'all can call em wheels I'll call em rims, shoes, cycles, disks, rollers or what ever I want.

Thanks for contributing to the OP's thread with this new and insightful revelation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rim_(wheel)


The rim is the "outer edge of a wheel, holding the tire."[1] It makes up the outer circular design of the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel"]Wheel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] on which the inside edge of the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire"]Tire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] is mounted on vehicles such as [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile"]Automobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame].

That is all.... .... teachable moment.

[tuckdaddy]

Originally Posted by Beyer Subaru

Ummmm ok. Sorry rim, I mean wheel police.

Y'all can call em wheels I'll call em rims, shoes, cycles, disks, rollers or what ever I want.

Thanks for contributing to the OP's thread with this new and insightful revelation.

Just thought i would help clear up the confusion between RIMS and WHEELS so he doesn't buy rims but buys wheels for the car!

Thanks for the irrelevant post though i'm sure it was educational and just as beneficial to the clearing up of the confusion of the revelation i revealed.

The wheel police...

[Xdragonxb0i]

You want to lower your car to get rid of the tire gap.

You probably wanna get no more then 8'' wide since i assume your on stock HP numbers

[boredom.is.me]

Originally Posted by Subabie

I am a noob .. totally clueless what I am gona do with my BRZ

I dont like the "lifted" look it has.
SO i am thinking of getting new rims/tires for it
So far I am thinking of getting a set of Enkei Kojin Mat but clueless about sizes and all the specs .. will someone give thoughts and advices??

and what is all of this mean??

KOJIN,17x8,35,5x120,72.6,BK

KOJIN - I assume to just be a brand so disregard that.

17x8 - 17" wheel diameter, 8" wheel width

5x120 - That is the lug/bolt pattern. The 5 represents the lug/bolt count while the 100 represents the bolt circle diameter. In this case, the 100 is metric and means 100mm. The twins use a 5x100 bolt pattern.

72.6 - That is the wheel hub inner diameter. It is better if the wheel rest on the hub and not the bolts. When a wheel has a greater hub diameter than the car's wheel hub, hub-centric discs are used.

BK -

Then there are tire specs. 115/45R17 87W

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[schtebie]

Originally Posted by boredom.is.me

KOJIN - I assume to just be a brand so disregard that.

17x8 - 17" wheel diameter, 8" wheel width

5x120 - That is the lug/bolt pattern. The 5 represents the lug/bolt count while the 100 represents the bolt circle diameter. In this case, the 100 is metric and means 100mm. The twins use a 5x100 bolt pattern.

72.6 - That is the wheel hub inner diameter. It is better if the wheel rest on the hub and not the bolts. When a wheel has a greater hub diameter than the car's wheel hub, hub-centric discs are used.

BK -

Then there are tire specs. 115/45R17 87W

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

BK probably means black.

[boredom.is.me]

Originally Posted by schtebie

BK probably means black.

That's actually what I was thinking.

[dori.]

Originally Posted by Subabie

I am a noob .. totally clueless what I am gona do with my BRZ

I dont like the "lifted" look it has.
SO i am thinking of getting new rims/tires for it
So far I am thinking of getting a set of Enkei Kojin Mat but clueless about sizes and all the specs .. will someone give thoughts and advices??

and what is all of this mean??

KOJIN,17x8,35,5x120,72.6,BK

your selection by wheel is limited by the car's bolt pattern (5x100)...

for the Kojin

17x8 +40
17x8 +45 (closest to stock)
17x9 +45
18x8 +40
18x8 +45
18x8.5 +45
18x9.5 +45

(so for 17x8 +40 17 is the wheel height (inches), 8 is the wheel width(inches), and +40 is the offset. offset just describes how far the mounting surface of the wheel is from the center of the wheel's width, so this wheel's mounting surface is 40mm out from the center)

are your options. then you decide what sizes you need depending on if you want a square setup (all wheels/tires same size) or staggered (rear wider than front).

square lets you rotate tires easily and would probably maintain the character of the stock car (since it is square setup from the factory).
staggered gives you that agressive sports car look and could increase understeer/decrease oversteer at the limit of grip depending on tire selection

so you tell us what you want to do and your goals are, and we make a suggestion

btw, 'rims' is just slang for wheel, no need to ride his ass about it.