View Poll Results: What did you do with your OEM tires and rims when you upgraded?

Auctioned or sold tires and rims on e-bay or equivalent

18.18%

same as above, wheels only

1.82%

kept one as a spare, ditched others at dealer

1.82%

endagered marriage/relationship by keeping all four

34.55%

Used for snows

43.64%

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What did you do with your OEM wheels?

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Mar 15, 2004 | 02:00 PM

#31

psoper

250,000-mile Club President

Joined: Nov 2002

Posts: 4,770

From: Bizerkeley

Car Info: MBP 02 WRX wagon

I put snow tires on them, then bought another 6 for gravel rally tires, then bought 4 more for all-season tires when the snows wear out, and 4 more just in case I decide I want some R compounds.... and I still have a set of 17s for summer tires.

Mar 15, 2004 | 03:19 PM

#32

XimprezaX

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Had mine powder coated. White. Looks nice with a Blue Ridge Pearl 2.5RS. Was a easy cheap way for me to save money for other things I wanted to do to my car.

-Jason

Mar 15, 2004 | 04:59 PM

#33

hashiriya

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Why does e-brake sliding screw up the center diff? Is it just that ANY 4-wheel drift screws up the center diff, or just one (for some reason) induced by the e-brake?

Mar 15, 2004 | 07:39 PM

#34

Kevin M

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Joined: Nov 2002

Posts: 18,369

From: Reno, NV

Car Info: 1993/2000/2001 GF4 mostly red

Quote:

Originally posted by hashiriya
Why does e-brake sliding screw up the center diff? Is it just that ANY 4-wheel drift screws up the center diff, or just one (for some reason) induced by the e-brake?

If you lock up the rears while the fronts are still rotating, it's extremely hard on the diff. It's essentially the same condition as putting the car on a 2 wheel dyno (for a brief momnent).