I can't seem to find this anywhere. I found for older models it was around like ~16 pounds. Any idea of the 06's are lighter or heavier? I care more about my performance than how its going to look - ie I don't want to get heavier rims.

 

I remember reading that they were 21-22lbs, since they're now 17".

 

get some magnesium wheels

 

Ah, ok thanks - and yea, I have a budget of around 300$ per wheel maybe so, I am definately looking around for decent ones.

 

Yes

 

2002-2005 WRX 16" wheel= 16.5 pounds

I thought the 06 WRX 17" wheel weighs in the 21-22 pound range, but the person in this thread actually weighed them at his dealership. He says they are 23 pounds. That's a really heavy 17!

https://www.i-club.com/forums/showth...x+wheel+weight

 

I feel sorry for 2.0L wrx owners buying these heavy *** wheels thinking they are upgrades

 

damn, rota's are lighter than those.

 

I know, even the heaviest set of Rotas I have had on my car were lighter than 23 pounds, and those made my car feel completely sluggish!

 

seriously dood, it is not worth buying a $1,200 set of wheels. just get some Rotas and some Falken RT-615s. That will almost reach the $1200 you would spend on wheels alone, then you could use the rest of that money for other stuff like stainless steel brake lines.

 

The wheels DO weigh 23 lbs, I weighed a set at the dealer here as well. WITH the OEM tires the weight is 45# per corner!!!

I got a set of Rotas at 16.5 pounds each and are running rubber that weighs 19# each for a total corner weight of 35.5#.

That is saving 10 lbs per corner of 'unsprung weight!!! It was like finding 10+ horsepower... A quick formula racers use, is for every pound lost of rotating mass it's equal to 10lbs being shaved of the total weight of the car! Free horsepower is hard to find.

 

oem wheels have **** offset too. +53 or something like that

 

NW OBS, incase you didn't look at the thread I posted above, that was you that made that claim in there. Just FYI.




Umm, last I checked, our cars favoured high offsets in that wheel dimension.

 

well, if you have the option to choose the +48 offset rota, why choose it over the oem +53?? the +53 has a pretty bad sunken look and i doubt the 5mm of offset will affect the wheel bearings that people so often gripe about.

call me crazy if im basing this off the logic of wider (+5mm) is better for handling...

 

I guess I'll haveto call you crazy, then. Just because Rota made most of their Subaru specific wheels in +48 offset, does not mean that's THE optimum offset. That just means that's what they made them. Looks aside, why did Subaru make theirs in 55+ and 53+ offsets then? I'm not saying go higher for your wheel bearing, I think that's the least of our worries.

Oh, BTW, wheel offsets should change in relationship of the width of the wheel, anyways. Subaru's 6.5 inch wide rim have a 55+ for a reason. Just as if you bought some 9" wide rims, you'll probably be in the 38+ or so range, to "balance" it out.