G'mornin.'

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=602669


I won't duplicate what's already been said in there. No luck there yet, thought I'd try here.

I'm basically looking to see if a 15" wheel exists in the Euro. or JDM market which will fit over the WRX front brakes (and H6 rears, if I get around to doing those). I'm upgrading to WRX rotors on my RS soon, so my old 15" winter steels won't work anymore. I want to maintain my OE 16"s for summer duty and keep to 15" for winter.

Thanks guys.
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I'm sorry, but I don't know. However, I'm curious as to why you want 15? if your going to be buying Euro or japanese wheels, why not just go up to 16" ones and save the worries and effort. THey'd probably end up cheaper too. I may have missed something, or you may be trying for something specific, but it seems easier to me. Good luck tho

 

"Ardvark." That's funny. You're missing an "a" though.
(Sorry, I had to. Heh.)

I want 15"s because I like 16" for summer, and prefer to keep a -1 in the winter time. The cheapest 16" option would be a set of used WRX wheels, but I'd really rather keep to a smaller size. Smaller is better in the snow anyway.
(And as sexy as I think 17"s are, wheels and tires are both extremely expensive when you step up to that. Plus, 16" Nokian winter tires are also a heck of a lot pricier than 15"s are.)

16" is a good three-season size for me, for driveability concerns. I've also found that I appreciate the 15"s' extra sidewall for the cold months, with all the crap that ends up on the road.

EDIT: Besides... if I went to 17"s I'd really want to upgrade the brakes. I like the GC STi four-piston calipers, and a few other BBKs. But there's lots of things I want. Right now it's just not economical. Better braking through WRX/Legacy H-6 f/r rotors IS attainable. It just unfortunately screws up the usage of my existing winter wheels.

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I left of the first a cuz i think it looks better, is more subtle, and more unique

I never realized that as the wheel's diameter increased, so does the price. very interesting. Though it seems like the availability increases, and the price for the rims decreases, but now I understand

I like 17s (thats what I'm running) but your right, I'm tempted to upgrade the brakes, mainly for performance, but also because 17" wheels with stock brakes (made for 15" wheels) looks kinda funny :-) If only I had money

The only thing I can suggest is look into 15" rally wheels, because I remember reading somewhere that theres a set that clears the wrx rotors, but can't find it or them.

Good Luck

 

TireRack sells a set, they're very new, I think they are SSR wheels. However, $275 apiece for 15"s doesn't make a whole lot of sense, to me. I'd definitely spend that on lightweight, maybe used Volk 17"s, but not 15"s.

Real rally wheels cost that much and more, though. The old Raceline RL-7 (which was produced by Speedline supposedly, but the Raceline division is now defunct I think) in 15" cleared both the WRX 2-pot and the 4-pots. So even when they were around, demand was greater than supply. Now it's even moreso, and even though used prices are a bit lower, they're extremely hard to find. People that have them aren't giving them up.

(Especially the earlier RL-7s, which had a thinner spoke than the more recent ones, which look kind of goofy, IMO.)



On a side note, I just deciphered that first sentence: "I left of the first a cuz..."

I stared at that kind of stupified, then figured it out. "I left off the first 'a.'"

I remembered my aardvark comment.