Aggressive fitment anyone?!

[justinlansdale]

Spring time is around the corner and i think i'm gonna shoot for a super aggressive wheel fitment for this year. As most of you know, i'm currently running a 16x7 +42 offset wheel with 205/40's and they sit much more aggressive than the stock racing harts. before the camber adjustments, the rears sit just about flush with the rear fenders and the fronts have a ways to go. i'm gonna roll the fender lips and push the wheels out as far as i can to hopefully meet flush all the way around.

Anyone ever think of running an aggressive wheel fitment?

Examples:

Advans GTR faced in +29

again, Advan RS GTR faced in +29

CR kai's in +20

 

[03MSP-JH]

i got +40mm offset on rims.. the rear wheels looks aggressive. i really like it.

 

[BadBandar]

Are you talkin about putting spacers in? Hmm. Sounds like a good idea. Cant wait to see it done. I kinda wish the stockers had a more flush fitment. .

 

[haze20]

Me and a friend were talking about this yesterday. I might be testing it out with some spacers to see around what offset I would need to run on my next set of rims.

 

[dmention7]

I don't know if it qualifies as "aggressive", but I'm running 225/45 tires on a 17x7.5 +45 wheel, and it's pretty flush in the rear. Here's the best pic I could find at the moment.

 

[Zack]

well theres aggressive then theres looking like s*** because they stick out from the fenders

that evo is an example of looking like s***

as far as the subies, Im not a fan of wheels where spokes protrude the face of lip of the wheel

 

[justinlansdale]

the evo wouldn't look terrible if it was lowered, the spokes on the subaru's are examples of the GTR face, which looks super aggressive IMO.

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

soo.. what're you goin to do with your wheels??

 

[haze20]

the evo wouldn't look terrible if it was lowered, the spokes on the subaru's are examples of the GTR face, which looks super aggressive IMO.

The Evo would also look better if the rims were a little thinner but with a more aggerssive offset and the sidewall of the tires were thinner.

 

[justinlansdale]

soo.. what're you goin to do with your wheels??

i'm gonna space them out so they sit flush with the fenders all the way around. (headbang)

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

i'm gonna space them out so they sit flush with the fenders all the way around. (headbang)

oh ok. cool. well that's fine. i was thinking you were getting new ones! hah.

can't wait to see it done.!

 

[J_Naoto]

should look good!

 

[oem plus]

thread jack.

what offset are u running J Naoto? Looks perfect for a protege.

 

[J_Naoto]

+40 and 5 mm spacers

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

+40 and 5 mm spacers

so would that be +45 or +35?? i don't understand this s***.

 

[J_Naoto]

35 lol

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

35 lol

ok neat. now i'm beginning to understand!

 

[Speed3.5]

everything would depend on rims geometry which do vary from brands and as well as model.

I too want to get some summer wheels and I'm eye-balling those ADVAN RS GTR face 17x8 w/ 235x45x17 NITTO INVO. IMO that will be aggressive look like no one has tried on MSP/Protege before.
But there's some other cheaper options as well.

Bottom line is the rubbing issue you will run into, usually aggressive looks are achieved best with coilovers but I'll be waiting like the rest and see how your's turns out.

 

[Zack]

i run 7 inch wide on a 43 and it sits flush enough for me

if I go any more flush my tires rub the rear fender lip. Hell,they are rolled and I was still rubbing on hard turns on a canyon run with my new dunlops on. they run wider than the falkens did

 

[MakeMeGoFast]

Currently I'm running 225/45-16. 16x8 FD's with 3mm spacers.

Next summer I'll probably look to run 17x8 +48 with some 235/40-17