voyager2000

Hi people .Soon i will receive my Rotas torque 17x8 in Gold .I have my tires waiting for the Rotas but now I note that Suby Dude said that the original lugs of the WRX will not fit..."ouchhh"! ,is that true?
How many of you are driving Rotas with original WRX lugs?
where i can find lugs in gold?
please need answer asap

duo

iTrader: (1)

i have blue motegi ones...the look tight and work great. not to heavy either. If you want pics i send then.oh by the way i have the same rims as you on a wrb rex

kravdra

You can look for bronze ones. I tried to find gold for my wheels (Gold OZ Superleggeras) but couldn't find any, but did find 2 bronze ones, but I thought the slight color difference would look tacky so went with chrome. Plus thats what mcgard splinedrives come in. You could also try painting some with touchup paint. But i'd just stick with chrome or black. To me blue (unless you have a blue car) seems crazy. But watever you like. GL

voyager2000

thanks but what about the original lugs! will fit the Rotas?

kravdra

I think that depends on what you call fit. I obviously don't have rotas, but my stock lugs just didn't seem like they were gripping the wheel right when I tried them. They seemed... too small, so that a lot of the place hollowed out for the lug wasn't being contacted by the lug. Hope that made sense. I'd get new ones, but thats just me, you can try the stock ones and see how they look. If they look like they mate up, you can stick with them. I don't know what the official opinion on this is, but if Subydude says u need new ones, I'd get new ones. I drove around on my wheels for a week before getting new lugs, and it worked, but I wouldn't have wanted to take any very hard corners simply cuz I worry a lot.
Hope that helped, sorry I couldn't be more definitive. Good Luck

voyager2000

go here: http://www.subydude.com/parts/details.php?7171093

kravdra

Yea, since subydude says u NEED new ones, I'd just get them, theres nothing worse than spending a grand one wheels and them getting ruined cuz you didn't spend the 25-100 on lugs. And then you'll be able to relax about it.

^^^ I'm sorry but I don't exactly get the linky thing, it works, and brings me to the wheels, but I thought I covered that in my last response, Obviously I wasn't clear enough, I've gotta work on that I can't imagine why they'd say u need them when you don't.

As far as why u need other ones, its all about how they sit on the wheel. So the rota's must have a deeper, wider, or simply different shaped seat for the lugs than stock.

The stock lugs will work temporarily, but if you were to excert to much force on improper fitting lug/wheels, it could cause some damage.

I hope that made sense, I feel like I'm kinda sayin the same thing and not answering your actual question, or misunderstanding it or something.

You could always contact subydude and ask, they're really nice and knowledgeable, and should be able to set you straight.

Good Luck

voyager2000

Thanks Kravdra you respond my question really i appreciate your help but the reason for which I don't buy the lugs at subydude is Bcuz the specs for those lugs that suby are offering are here in my country,12x1.5 ,19mmhex 34mm high, for the price of $1.50 for each lug that multiply by 20 is $30.00 .,I save money and shipping cost for the lugs .

Those are the one that SubyDude offers:

Weight: 14 oz. (20 piece) - that's 3.5 oz. per wheel.
Size : 12mm x 1.25
Dimensions: 19.0mm Hex x 34.0mm Height

voyager2000

Here's the comparison of stock lugs vs the one use motegi and Rotas.

Now I know what is really the fitment problem
want more?
go to this link:http://www.subydude.com/mods/detailsdoc.php?3049

kravdra

Thats a nice illustrative picture Thats kinda what I figured, but I suck at saying things

Anyway, glad to hear you got your answer. So is it all solved now? do you have your wheels and have them mounted?

voyager2000

nope.I still waiting the arrival of my rotas.