MrH's BRZ Thread

[hotrodalex]

Bad panel gaps and the interior looks cheap.

[Cookie Monster]

Bad panel gaps and the interior looks cheap.

2/10 would not drive

[68_427]

Stop crying and fist yourself

[S204STi]

Stop crying and fist yourself

Wut

[Eye of the Tiger]

Stop crying and fist yourself

I could, but my arm is too short. Anyway, panel gaps. Junk.

[280Z Turbo]

I hate cabriolets. This looks like a cabriolet.

[Rupert]

The word cabriolet just means convertible.

[280Z Turbo]

Cabriolet means bitch basket

[Rupert]

With a capital C, yes.

[S204STi]

H, if you start looking for suspension mods, look into RCE. Race Comp Engineering is highly regarded by the Scoob crowd for making actual performance suspension that doesn't slam the car or ride on the bump stops, and actually improve the handling.

[MrH]

Thanks for the link.  I'm not looking to do much in terms of suspension mods right now.  I'd rather just get this paid off ASAP.

I do need to buy summer wheels and tires though...I need suggestions.  I want BBS CH-R, but they're $585 a piece

[Cookie Monster]

Thanks for the link.  I'm not looking to do much in terms of suspension mods right now.  I'd rather just get this paid off ASAP.

I do need to buy summer wheels and tires though...I need suggestions.  I want BBS CH-R, but they're $585 a piece

[biased]Kosei K4R[/biased]

[68_427]

CH aren't that light either.  Cr kai ftw

[MrH]

Oh, no.  Those are nasty.

I love the Work VS XX wheels, but not at $700+ a wheel.

Anyone know anything about XXR wheels?  Look great, pretty cheap, light...

[Cookie Monster]

Oh, no.  Those are nasty.

I love the Work VS XX wheels, but not at $700+ a wheel.

Anyone know anything about XXR wheels?  Look great, pretty cheap, light...

I'm pretty sure XXR's are heavy. Heavier than equivalently sized Enkei's and such.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I recommend Drag Dr-16 wheels in 15x7 with polished lips and bronze centers for that real two-piece look.

[MrH]

I'm pretty sure XXR's are heavy. Heavier than equivalently sized Enkei's and such.

Stock wheels are 20 lbs.  These are about the same.  How about ESM wheels?  One lb heavier, but a bit wider?  Looking at BBS LSM knockoffs basically. 

http://esmwheels.com/access/esm-004-gm-17-p-176.html

[Cookie Monster]

Stock wheels are 20lb for 17x7?!

If you're looking to stay the same then yeah XXR's would probably work. I just thought they were too heavy when I was looking at wheels.

I've never heard about ESM. They look OK but are pretty expensive considering the weight.

[MrH]

I recommend Drag Dr-16 wheels in 15x7 with polished lips and bronze centers for that real two-piece look.

I don't think 15s would even clear the calipers.

Looking at 17s and 18s.

[MrH]

Stock wheels are 20lb for 17x7?!

If you're looking to stay the same then yeah XXR's would probably work. I just thought they were too heavy when I was looking at wheels.

I've never heard about ESM. They look OK but are pretty expensive considering the weight.

<$200 per wheel doesn't seem bad to me

[Cookie Monster]

<$200 per wheel doesn't seem bad to me

I guess. I dunno, $175 just seems a lot for knockoffs.

Enkei PF01's are nice.

[Raza]

Stock wheels are 20lb for 17x7?!

If you're looking to stay the same then yeah XXR's would probably work. I just thought they were too heavy when I was looking at wheels.

I've never heard about ESM. They look OK but are pretty expensive considering the weight.

I went through the design catalogue for VW wheels and found mine once.  I asked the parts guy what they weighed.  He said "I don't know, 20 to 25 pounds".  I didn't say anything, but 5 pounds is a huge difference!  25% weight increase is enormous. 

[Cookie Monster]

Mike, have you checked out TRM wheels?



TRM C2, 18x8, 19.2 lb, $164 each.

I think they look pretty cool. People on miata.net love them.

[MrH]

I hate 5 and 6 spoke wheels.

I do like these quite a bit:

[Cookie Monster]

Those look awesome, especially in that color. Google says ~18.5 lb for a 17x8.

[MrH]

Yeah, the matte bronze would be pretty cool with the rally blue.  They pinch in a little oddly though towards the middle.




These look great too:




Also, these in a smaller size:

[Cookie Monster]

IMO XXR 527's don't look that good on your car:

[MrH]

I was looking at the 530 model:

[Cookie Monster]

Yeah those look nice.

To be fair, the picture I posted of the 527's is pretty unflattering. Bad angle and the car is at stock height.

This looks nice:




Not as nice as the 530s, though.

[MrH]

I can't see the pic...



But these!