Gripless

I’ve only seen wheels die from potholes or ripple strips on a track. Seen rays te37 rims buckle on track ripple strips but never break. Started to leak but was still in tacked.

^ that. Rota just copy other people’s designs. I’ve been given S*** today for posting them in my wheel topic. They apparently are more prone to cracks and shattering than Japanese brands.

Got alignment done. 2.2mm out on left. No wonder it was all over the place.

🚙🚕🚗🚌🚎🚑🚓🚚🚑🚐🚘🚖🚔 Brrrrm

Yeah I get what you are saying. I don’t like the cheaper ones but the difference is $2k. They clear brembos but depends on the offset and car like evos have mid offset so clears better. Also they are mostly 8.5” wide in the fitment guides so same 245 tires as factory.

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More than twice the price and not the greatest range of offsets. Have to order them and hope they fit

Mark V Crucial 18 x 9.5 ET42 https://www.fastwrx.com/collections/wheels/products/mach-v-crucial-18x9-5-5x114 Rota DPT 18 x 9.5 ET44 https://www.fastwrx.com/collections/wheels/products/rota-dpt-18-x-9-5-44-5x114-5x100

Not sure these offsets are correct. Waiting on confirmation and brake clearance Rotiform R157 18 x 9.5 ET42 https://magandturbo.com/wheels/rotiform-r157-buc Niche Misano 18 x 9.5 ET40 https://magandturbo.com/wheels/niche-misano Lenso Race 4 18 x 9.5 ET42 https://magandturbo.com/wheels/lenso-race-4

Interesting that relay is the same as the one for the aircon clutch which seems to fail a lot too. From the sounds of it, it’s just the pump running from the relay fault and not the valves sticking so all the bad parts are up front and easy to get too.

Weds SA20r 18 x 9.5 ET45 http://wedssport.jp/products/english/sa20r.html 9kg. Japanese so 690kg 1525lbs load rated ¥31k Weds TC105x 18 x 9.5 ET45 Colour is even EJ Titan http://wedssport.jp/products/english/tc105x.html new version with more brake clearance and lighter weight. 7.95kg ¥52k ~nzd800 each importer has them $870 each

I almost want to wash my car.

I just rung around looking for wheels and tires for the strange STi offset.

VMR v801 18 x 9.5 ET45 ET50 comes in a few dark shades https://velocitymotoring.com/wheels/v801/

https://www.fastwrx.com/products/rota-d-18x9-5-40-5x114 “Note that the 9.5" version is an aggressive offset and size. If you're putting this on a GD chassis car with any kind of big tire size (245 or larger), or a GR/GV with 265 or larger, you'll probably need to roll or otherwise modify your fenders.” https://www.iwsti.com/forums/gr-tires-and-wheels/244187-why-do-most-people-use-265-35-18-instead-275-35-18-gr-specific.html#/topics/244187?page=8 “soooo my current setup you see if work emotions 18x9.5 +38 on a 265 potenza re71r, camber specs are around -2.5F/-3.3R(yes fenders rolled and pulled)... “

SSR GTX01 18 x 9.5 ET40 1 piece 21 lbs http://www.ssr-wheels.com/wheels/gtx01.asp

TSW Turbina 18 x 9.5 ET39 https://www.tsw.com/alloy_wheels_turbina.php

TSW Bathurst 18 x 9.5 ET40 https://www.tsw.com/alloy_wheels_bathurst.php Same low load rating and weight as Nurburgring TSW Luco 18 x 9.5 ET40 matte black with tinted spokes https://www.tsw.com/alloy_wheels_luco.php TSW Chrono 18 x 9.5 ET39 25 lbs fat https://www.tsw.com/alloy_wheels_chrono.php

TSW Nurburgrig 18 x 9.5 ET40 https://www.tsw.com/alloy_wheels_nurburgring.php 21lbs only 1.3kg more than rays TE37 but load rating is low at 1340lbs. Stock BBS are 1525lbs. TSW Mallory 5 18 x 9.5 ET40 https://www.tsw.com/alloy_wheels_mallory_5.php 24lbs 2.5kg more than TE37

I wanted one of those but the running costs were too high. There are a few DTM S4 here. Hand built but 2L turbo. Heaps have new engines as they failed and warranty replaced them all.

I took both front wheels off and checked the ball joints and bushes. everything seems tight with no play and the boots are all intact. Wheel weights are all still in place. Tires are still legal and no flat spots or bulges. Had a lot of vibration on the road going through the roadworks on SH16 and wasn’t sure it was just the road surface. Steering felt off as well.

Just use rainx on the lights the solvent eats the plastic and clears the yellow. Also any rough cleaning removes the UV protection coating and they yellow up real fast. So buy the new clear coat for them. Plus don’t polish with anything high speed as if you heat it too much the plastic it gets bubbly and you end up buying new lights.

Hey it gets rain X all the time. Plus I can’t see the outside when driving and it just gets covered in bugs, dirt and soot.

Sigh. @Andy_Mac dont feel bad mine only gets cleaned when it gets serviced and that’s just a wash down.

Crap now I want red crinkle paint on my rocker covers 😩