yep i went from sti bbs wheels to some mazdaspeed wheels finally


to this





all comments appriciated

 

those look familiar, are they off a mazdaspeed 3?

 

ms 6 wheels to be exact

 

Not feeling them... but better looking than the gold. Next thing you need is a drop.

 

haha i dont think the pics do the wheels justice, it looks better in person. This black guy in a cadilac with chrome 20's gave me a thumbs up when i had the bbs on lol

 

They actually look good, but I still think the RX-8 OEM wheels look better.

 

I think the STI wheels looked nice on it.

 

agreed. the STi wheels were just a bit too small though.

what did you do with the STi wheels?

 

The sti wheels are 17" and the ms wheels are 18"s. I still ahve them in my garage. they have good tires on them still so i might try to sell them.

 

****, i was thinking that they'd fit my wife's forester XT but her hubs are 5x100. i keep forgetting that 05+ STi wheels are 5x114.5, like our rx8s....

got rid of my subie to buy the rx8.

 

Oh man. I gotta tell ya honestly my opinion. As a former RX8 owner and a former STI owner who had those BBS wheels in silver, and a current Speed 6 owner, you downgraded off of stock and what you had pretty badly. They just don't look right on your car at all. I think Silver BBS would have looked really sharp, and the perfect choice, but they are too small, so in the end stock rims win out.

Speed 6 wheels are cheap and just plain IMO. I tolerate them because this is my daily beater, but it's a weak link on that car. I loved the stock wheels on the RX8 though, as they were much better.
If this is your daily beater, then forget what I said, but if this is your elegant machine like my S2000 is, time to go back to stock wheels.

Just ignore me. As long as you like them, more power to ya. Personally, I think that is where Mazda cut the Speed 6 short to save money. BBS wheels are far superiorm in quality and looks. Enjoy!

 

I think silver looks better than gold on a VR

 

those bbs's fit our car?

 

ya don't Subaru's have a 5x100 bolt pattern ?

I like the MS6 wheels better though. gold and red is played out.

 

need to get some rims for your 18"ers.. the 8 looks weird with that smaller tire.

 

interesting...

 

MOST Subaru's, including the older STI's had 5x100... The Tribeca uses 5x114.3 as do the last few styles of STI (In order to keep regular Impreza's from using the STI rims)

Gold and Red is played out? I can't even think of 5 people on here running Gold rims on a Red car, and i've searched for them quite a bit over the past few months.

 

I have only seen two red/gold cars on here.

But it seems like every time i open a magazine, or go to a race / show theres always a red/gold car.
This is just my opinion though. People can do what ever they want to their own car. . .

 

Ahhh I see. I barely ever see Red/Gold myself, but I never look at Magazine's or go to any races or shows lol.

 

nice wheels but the stock 8 wheels looks better on the 8

 

Definitely distinctive. Does it come with the MS6's torque?

 

04 STi = 5x100
05 STi+ = 5x114.3

all imprezas, foresters and legecys except STi are 5x100.