Wheels for BRZ

[MrH]

Alright, sounds like we got one more snow storm coming in Sunday night, then I'll be making the switch to summer wheels and tires.  Here's what I'm considering right now.  I'm still completely undecided on color, and most of these are available in hyper silver, gunmetal gray, black, and gold.  All are on the table as possibilities right now.  So if you like one of the wheels in the poll, but in a different color, please say so in the comments.  Likely running 225 width tires on both the front and rear (I don't want to do the staggered setup some guys are running).

[Soup DeVille]

Are the RPF1s available in the dark gunmetal Enkei had for a while?

If so: those.

[Laconian]

Gold wheels would be douchey. I know it's true to the rally heritage blah blah blah, but you know who else cares about that? Bros with lids.

#2 and last one are my picks.

[MaxPower]

I'd pick OZ...when I was in college all I wanted was a blue WRX with gold OZ superleggera wheels.

[MaxPower]

Gold wheels would be douchey.

not with a blue subaru.  we'll have to agree to disagree!

[Soup DeVille]

not with a blue subaru.  we'll have to agree to disagree!

its more of a bronze that goes with those though...

[280Z Turbo]

This one

[Cookie Monster]

EKM3 and Lusso look meh, TSW and Raijin look OK, the OZ's look meh as well (and you might as well save a ton of cash and go with XXR 527s), and the RPF1 looks weird if it's not at least 9" wide (which is pushing it for a 225 wheel).

So none.

[280Z Turbo]

How about Ronal Teddy Bears?

[Cookie Monster]

How about Ronal Teddy Bears?

Fuck yeah.

[MrH]

EKM3 and Lusso look meh, TSW and Raijin look OK, the OZ's look meh as well (and you might as well save a ton of cash and go with XXR 527s), and the RPF1 looks weird if it's not at least 9" wide (which is pushing it for a 225 wheel).

So none.

Don't just come in here and poo poo on everything   Offer up something else instead.

The RPF1's would be 9" wide.  I could run 245s on it without a problem with a 45 mm offset   That'd be a whole lot of tire for a 2700 lb car

Are the RPF1s available in the dark gunmetal Enkei had for a while?

If so: those.

Looks like those are on special order only.  Not seeing them anywhere.

I'd pick OZ...when I was in college all I wanted was a blue WRX with gold OZ superleggera wheels.

Supperleggeras are a possibility.  I like those new Formula HLTs better though I think.

Gold wheels would be douchey. I know it's true to the rally heritage blah blah blah, but you know who else cares about that? Bros with lids.

#2 and last one are my picks.

Lammmmme

This one

They're heavy though :/





My coworker said I should get something outrageous like red wheels.  I laughed, but I sadly do like the look of these:

[Soup DeVille]

EKM3 and Lusso look meh, TSW and Raijin look OK, the OZ's look meh as well (and you might as well save a ton of cash and go with XXR 527s), and the RPF1 looks weird if it's not at least 9" wide (which is pushing it for a 225 wheel).

So none.

Why does the width matter?

[Cookie Monster]

Why does the width matter?

RPF1's that are 8" and narrower look like this:



9" and wider look like this:




I don't like how the narrower rims' spokes poke out. They look like a spider or something to me.

[MrH]

Has just as much to do with the offset as it does the width, right?

[Cookie Monster]

Don't just come in here and poo poo on everything   Offer up something else instead.

The RPF1's would be 9" wide.  I could run 245s on it without a problem with a 45 mm offset   That'd be a whole lot of tire for a 2700 lb car

Looks like those are on special order only.  Not seeing them anywhere.

Supperleggeras are a possibility.  I like those new Formula HLTs better though I think.

Lammmmme

They're heavy though :/





My coworker said I should get something outrageous like red wheels.  I laughed, but I sadly do like the look of these:

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I didn't know you were going with a 9" wheel. I figured you were going 8 or less because you said you'd get 225 tires and that's pretty narrow on a 9" rim. In that case, RPF1 in SBC for sure. Gold is also nice.

[Cookie Monster]

Has just as much to do with the offset as it does the width, right?

I don't believe so. Don't quote me on that, though.

All the low offset convex RPF1's I've seen have a really deep center hub.



The front wheel is an 8" and is convex and the center is super sunken in. They could've made that concave but I don't think they make 8" wheels concave.

[Soup DeVille]

RPF1's that are 8" and narrower look like this:



9" and wider look like this:




I don't like how the narrower rims' spokes poke out. They look like a spider or something to me.

Just because of the lip? You know that's a function of offset more than overall width, right?

[Cookie Monster]

Just because of the lip? You know that's a function of offset more than overall width, right?

Not the lip, the spokes. FWIW I don't like deep lip wheels. I hate the convex spokes on the narrower wheels and as I said in the post above, as far as I can tell from the research I've done, whether an RPF1 is convex vs concave depends on the width, not offset.

[Soup DeVille]

Not the lip, the spokes. FWIW I don't like deep lip wheels. I hate the convex spokes on the narrower wheels and as I said in the post above, as far as I can tell from the research I've done, whether an RPF1 is convex vs concave depends on the width, not offset.

I think you're seeing things that nobody else would notice, and even if people did, they likely wouldn't care.

but hey, if it bugs you, it bugs you I guess.

[Cookie Monster]

I think you're seeing things that nobody else would notice, and even if people did, they likely wouldn't care.

but hey, if it bugs you, it bugs you I guess.

THEY LOOK LIKE SPIDERS. I HATE SPIDERS.



But, I think a lot of people agree with me from what I've read.

[MrH]

I get what you're saying.  There's a BRZ with 8" width RPF1's....they look turrrrrible.

[SVT666]

I'm a big fan of the Raijin.

[Cookie Monster]

I do have to say I like the TSW in that color you posted.

[MexicoCityM3]

TSW

[giant_mtb]

I like the clean look of the TSW's. all the wheels pretty much have the same design concept (except the OZ's), and the TSWs pull it off really cleanly...mostly due to the smooth center hub. Looks great.

[Lebowski]

Stock

[Eye of the Tiger]

Why would you get non-OE wheels and non-OE tyres? Nobody knows what is better for your car than the OEM. They invested millions of dollars engineering your car, so why waste money ruining it? It's just a cheap little 4-banger Toyota, anyway. You couldn't possibly change anything about your car to suit your own purposes. If you think you need to change it, then you really just need to get rid of it and buy a different car.

[/OEM elitist idiot]

[MrH]

Why would you get non-OE wheels and non-OE tyres? Nobody knows what is better for your car than the OEM. They invested millions of dollars engineering your car, so why waste money ruining it? It's just a cheap little 4-banger Toyota, anyway. You couldn't possibly change anything about your car to suit your own purposes. If you think you need to change it, then you really just need to get rid of it and buy a different car.

[/OEM elitist idiot]

  Totally different than cutting springs?  You want to come shit in my thread?  Fine, go check the accent thread

[Eye of the Tiger]

  Totally different than cutting springs?  You want to come shit in my thread?  Fine, go check the accent thread

sarcasam^2

[CJ]

TSW.