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Old 07-09-2012, 03:45 PM   #1
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Default Mach V BRZ on 18x8.5 Rota D

Wheels are 18.8.5 +48 Rota D in Hyper Black, tires are 235/40R18. (That tire size is 3.2% larger diameter than stock, which is bigger than my rule of thumb of staying within 2% of stock diameter. A better match would be a 245/35R18, which is within 0.5% of the stock diameter. But the strut clearance is kind of tight, so with the 245 tire I might go with the 44mm offset version of this wheel.)













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Old 07-09-2012, 04:35 PM   #2
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Looks good dan

Whats up with the Janky BRZ emblem on the rear? Rip that crap off.
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Old 07-09-2012, 05:11 PM   #3
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Whats up with the Janky BRZ emblem on the rear?
Drunk Japanese assembly line workers?

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Old 07-09-2012, 07:26 PM   #4
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Who stole your other exhaust pipe?

The wheels look good, but yeah +48 is probably a bit too high of offset.
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Old 07-10-2012, 12:37 AM   #5
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How chunky are those wheels? Looks good!
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Old 07-10-2012, 03:03 AM   #6
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Whats up with the Janky BRZ emblem on the rear?
LOL, that's lovely!

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Old 07-10-2012, 09:30 AM   #7
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Who stole your other exhaust pipe?
We took the muffler off for weighing (26 pounds) and to prototype some exhaust options.

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How chunky are those wheels? Looks good!
22.6 pounds.

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Old 07-10-2012, 11:52 AM   #8
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Given your experience with your 8.5" width, +48 wheels do you think a +35 offset, 18 x 8.5" wheel with 245s would fit under the fenders? How about with, say, -2.5 degrees of camber all around?
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Old 07-10-2012, 02:47 PM   #9
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Given your experience with your 8.5" width, +48 wheels do you think a +35 offset, 18 x 8.5" wheel with 245s would fit under the fenders? How about with, say, -2.5 degrees of camber all around?
That's a lot of variables. I don't know.

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Old 07-14-2012, 11:27 PM   #10
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I like it Dan, car looks great

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