I see a lot of different wheels on the '04 STi. Does anyone have anything definite about the wheels that the car will ship with?

 

I have heard you can get gold or silver. Possibly gunmetal, as well. As for the style, I am not sure.

 

white on gun metall?

does that sound good ?

 

Hey I'm curious as well. All I see is the 10 spoke BBS rims. I'd rather have the split 5-spoke that came with JDM and Euro 01-02 STi. Hope that's an option.

 

Sounds good!

 

I've seen pictures of the new bodystyle with both sets of rims. On the WRX official website I think I've only seen the split wheels. (I hope we get those, too, because that's the style I like!!)

 

When I ordered my white Sti, they asked silver or gold...no gunmetal option. I chose gold for resale value (sell the rims!, bronz or gunmetal or white Te-37's or SSR comps)

-Shahul X

 

This is what I mean:

USDM:




I prefer:




Of course, my favorite:



Does anyone know if they're going to offer the 2nd one?

 

Yeah, the second one is the one I like as well. I actually like it more than the third!

 

Isn't the 10 spoke BBS forged while the 5 double spoke cast alum. If this is true I would rather have the forged. I also do like the older style better too, especially if they came in silver or gun metal. oh yah.

 

Yeah, the 10-spoke BBS rims are forged and weigh around 17 lbs each (JDM STi spec C wheels).....all the photos of US STis I've seen show these wheels. The "5 spoke" split rims are standard JDM and STi type UK rims and are cast aluminum (probably weighing around 20+ pounds each).....they cost around $300 less per rim than the forged ones.

Both could be available with standard/optional STi packages (you can certainly purchase both the 10-spoke and 5-spoke split rims now from Rallispec).

As for color, there are only two options that I know of; gold and silver (also decsribed as gunmetal but official SOA pictures show them to be a "standard" silver colour).

It may be irrelevant what car color/wheel color combo you order anyway. If you're high on the waiting list and want one of the first US allocations, you may have to accept an alternative color combo......dealers are not guaranteed to receive cars that match exact customer specs among the first wave of arrivals......so you'll either have to be lucky in your choice (i.e. blue/gold should be in abundance), flexible and accept an alternative combo or wait until the hype dies down and order the exact spect you want (probably '04 before this happens).