Eagleye
Tinkerer
Hey guys, I've got a few wheel questions I am hoping you can help me with.
So the stock wheel setup on a 15 STi is 18x8.5 +55 offset with 245/40/18 tires.
If I end up doing wheels this year I have a few options. I could stick with the stock STi limited wheels and buy another set locally (a guy has a mint set ~250 miles) for $1,000. These are forged BBS and exactly what is on my car now. I like the idea of running these as I know they are strong, reasonable weight, and cheaper than any other high quality forged wheel I will get by a good bit. The downside is that I would rather have a wheel around +40, +42 offset. Perrin makes a 15mm spacer that comes with longer replacement studs if a spacer isn't a terrible idea? I have used spacers before but they were very cheap and on a lower power car. Typical spacers seem like a bad idea when you end up using 2 sets of studs, but with these replacing the factory ones, it might be just fine. For this I would go with the stock size 245/40/18 tire.
Option 2: Buy new wheels with the 40-42 offset in 18x8.5 or 18x9 with the offset I want. Due to the high price tag on the more "expensive" brands, I would be looking at cheaper wheels like Enkei or Rota. Here I would go with 245/40/18 or 255/40/18 depending on wheel width.
Option 3: As a member here pointed out, look for used wheels on the other forums and hope I don't get screwed haha.
No matter which I go with they will be wrapped in a high quality tire. Probably Super Sports or something very similar.
So the stock wheel setup on a 15 STi is 18x8.5 +55 offset with 245/40/18 tires.
If I end up doing wheels this year I have a few options. I could stick with the stock STi limited wheels and buy another set locally (a guy has a mint set ~250 miles) for $1,000. These are forged BBS and exactly what is on my car now. I like the idea of running these as I know they are strong, reasonable weight, and cheaper than any other high quality forged wheel I will get by a good bit. The downside is that I would rather have a wheel around +40, +42 offset. Perrin makes a 15mm spacer that comes with longer replacement studs if a spacer isn't a terrible idea? I have used spacers before but they were very cheap and on a lower power car. Typical spacers seem like a bad idea when you end up using 2 sets of studs, but with these replacing the factory ones, it might be just fine. For this I would go with the stock size 245/40/18 tire.
Option 2: Buy new wheels with the 40-42 offset in 18x8.5 or 18x9 with the offset I want. Due to the high price tag on the more "expensive" brands, I would be looking at cheaper wheels like Enkei or Rota. Here I would go with 245/40/18 or 255/40/18 depending on wheel width.
Option 3: As a member here pointed out, look for used wheels on the other forums and hope I don't get screwed haha.
No matter which I go with they will be wrapped in a high quality tire. Probably Super Sports or something very similar.