Steiner

I'm planning to get new rims for my white Evo VIII next month. Some people like the looks of gold or bronze rims on a white car. I like them too (check sig) but it's a little too loud for my personal tastes. I've settled on a black rim with either a machined lip or chrome lip. So right now I'm debating between the Rota Slipstreams in 17 x 8.5 and the Rota Revs in 17 x 8. My 255's have plenty of tread left on them and will fit either rim very well. What do you guys think?

ROTA SLIPSTREAMS



ROTA REVS

RotoRocket

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Slipstreams.

All the way.

LiveToRev

^^^ +1

Steiner

I'm thinking it should look something like this with the Slipstreams...

Ike

17x9 5Zigen FN01RCs in Black Polish or be like me and get Black Racing with the polished lip They'll fit your 255s better, 8" is a little narrow for 255s and I don't like slipstreams

nzarnow

That is probably the only EVO I have ever liked...and I hate them all.

Way to turn a peice of **** exterior into a winner. I think all you need is a spoiler. A SMALL ONE. Not a house or jet plane wing, but a normal spoiler. I think it would complete the sleek look you have going from the front to the back.

Nice car all the way from what I see in those pictures.

Steiner

The Slipstreams are actually 8.5" wide which is sorta cool and seems to be somewhat rare for a 17" rim. I have some brand new Falken Azeni 615's on the stockers in a 255 and the consensus seems to be that they'll fit anything from 8" to 9" wide. The thing about 9" rims is that I'm pretty sure I would need spacers to clear the Brembos. Those things aren't cheap either. I dunno though.

Steiner

Thanks...I think...LOL. I was planning to do a small M3 style lip spoiler for a while but decided against it. I think the look below will complete the *** end of the car pretty nicely. The rear end will also be black like the side mirrors, door handles and new rims...

Ike

The Black Racing are the same offset as our stockers and fit perfect, I have them, I know. The 5Zigens with a 35mm offset fit as well without spacers. 255s will fit 8-9" wheels but 9" really is the ideal width for that size tire. If you like the Slipstreams go with em, they're just not my taste and I'm awfully sick of Rotas having been in the Subaru community for so long. I really like the look of the Revs, but if you're going to get aftermarket wheels and already have 255s you should get at least 8.5s.

Steiner

Is the picture you posted above the black racing rims or the 5Zigen? I'm guessing it's the black racing because I thought the 5Zigen FN01RC is a 5 spoke.

Ike

Black Racing

Steiner

Pics of your car or ban Ike.

Ike

I have flat black of the same wheel and only rainy night pics so won't be much help...

Steiner

Black on blue is so clean. Thanks dude. It gives me a better idea. Right now I have a chance to get a set of new Rota Slipstreams for $500. We'll see. There are other rims I really like out there like the SSR Type-C, the SSR Competition, the Gram Lights 57C, the Enkei RP03 and the Buddy Club P1 Racing II. I just can't justify spending 3 times as much for rims. That money would be better spent on a set of HKS 272/272 cams, a new fuel pump, maybe adjustable cams gars or even some Denso 720cc injectors.

Ike

I was going to buy Work Emotions and backed off, it just didn't make sense to spend that much on wheels I'm using in winter. With the money I saved between the two, I got tuned at AMS

Steiner

That musta been awesome. How much better does the car feel now that AMS got their mad scientist hands on it? I'm guessing you picked up at least 40whp from just the tune alone.

Ike

Close to 40 peak and more in other areas of the curve, I'm also getting an extra 30-50 miles per tank. The car feels awesome, was a bit intimidating sitting next to Chris' Black Evo and the shop car during my wimpy dyno runs though

Steiner

Nice. There's no replacement for a good tune.

Back to the rims though. I'm a total newb at this and want to make sure I know what I'm doing. It looks like I'm gonna pull the trigger on the Slipstreams after all. Sorry. I got the guy down to $500 picked up. The measurements are +35mm offset 5x114.3. They come with a set of center caps. What I'm wondering about is lugnuts and hub centrics. Will the factory lugs work and will I need hub centrics?

RotoRocket

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Steiner, you need to turn this into a poll.

Steiner

I definately should have done that. It's a little late now since I've made up my mind already though. I found out that Rota doesn't make the Rev wheels to fit the Evo yet. By process of elimination I'm gonna go with the Slipstream.

RotoRocket

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Great choice, seriously!

That wheel has the bulk and width to augment your goodies.

DOMINION

What he said. But yea them first wheels will look cool.

Mugatu

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good looking car, but lame vanity plate.

ITS TURBO

Steiner

+1

It's not my car. That's just a pic of the JDM Evo IX rear end on white VIII.

nzarnow

I have a question: Do fart cannon exhaust's really do anything for the cars performance?

I know that theoretically the less air restriction through the exhaust the better, but come on, it looks like hell. I would want to see an Evo with quad exhaust like an M3 or GTO with the SAP on it. I think that would look a whole lot better. 4 mufflers could be better than 1 also? I'm not an expert, but just giving my opinion...