So I broke down and bought a set of silver Gram Lights 57F's in 18x8.5 and I think I'm going to put on some Dunlop Direzza DZ101's (235/40/18). I got the wheels on special from Gruppe-S... they're supposed to be here in 4-6 weeks. Right now I'm in that "I've spent some dough but got nothin' to show" stage so all I can do is look at pictures and imagine. Also, the car goes in to Paul's shop on Thursday to have my Prodrives installed.

Has anyone had any experience running either these rims or tires?

Also, last week at the meet I was checking out DZ's car and I really liked the way his factory WRX foglights looked on his STi. I think that's in the near future as well.

 

8.5 wheel width and you're only gonna run 235??? Lovely lookin rims though!

 

nice man! im not a 5 spoke fan but those are good lookin wheels!

 

Super clean rims

 

Tell them to give me my ****ing heads!!


They are probably in the trash-can next to PBChief's lost motor....

 

I'll make sure to let them know.

 

lol

 

tell them they have less then a week to show up at my doorstep or they will be getting a phone call

I'll take money too!!

 

I'm sure they'll be happy to give you their 2 cents.

 

PJ1826, or whatever his online name is, has those same wheels in bronze on his STI, they look pretty sweet!

 

Thanks. I've seen a few pics of a couple different cars with those rims, but not too many. I like the fact that they are a lot simpler and cleaner than the factory BBS's and it doesn't hurt that they're about 2.5 pounds lighter. Between the rims being 2.5 pounds lighter and the tires being about 4 pounds lighter than the Potenzas, I should be shedding a little over 6 pounds per corner. It should make a slight difference in things like accelleration, cornering, and especially braking.

 

You are correct sir, the less rotational mass, the bettar.

 

cornering?

 

I'm sure that the Prodrive springs will have a much greater effect, but my understanding is that less rotational mass will help with transitional response/changes of direction. I doubt that it will be noticeable, but I guess it's kind of like wearing a lighter pair of shoes.

 

less sidewall maybe.