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IMHO that wheel/tire combo is a large step backwards in the looks department. Needs to be at least +1 and then a mild drop. Not sure about these cars yet. Remind me of a genesis and every one of those I've seen in person are falling apart already.
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IMHO that wheel/tire combo is a large step backwards in the looks department. Needs to be at least +1 and then a drop..

 

THIS

 

And, the problem is.... that every wanna be is going to go out and buy one... then "do it" wrong.....

 

Coilovers man, coilovers.

 

THIS TOO

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IMHO that wheel/tire combo is a large step backwards in the looks department. Needs to be at least +1 and then a mild drop. Not sure about these cars yet. Remind me of a genesis and every one of those I've seen in person are falling apart already.

It must be a taste thing, because I'm having trouble seeing what the issue is with these wheels. If someone were to say "I really don't like the Volks on your STI", I could see where they're coming from; the wheels on my STI have some very unflattering angles. But I think these Weds looks really good, and are much better than stock. Other than fitments that are more for show, or wheel designs that I just don't like, I'm not sure how these could be much improved.

 

I think it's a form vs function thing. I just land a bit more towards the function side of the equation.

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It must be a taste thing, because I'm having trouble seeing what the issue is with these wheels. If someone were to say "I really don't like the Volks on your STI", I could see where they're coming from; the wheels on my STI have some very unflattering angles. But I think these Weds looks really good, and are much better than stock. Other than fitments that are more for show, or wheel designs that I just don't like, I'm not sure how these could be much improved.

 

I think it's a form vs function thing. I just land a bit more towards the function side of the equation.

 

I don't think this has anything to do with it. You didn't buy "function" wheels, as these aren't that light, especially for a 17" wheel. If you bought a 16lb 17" wheel, ok, thats great, function>form.

 

You bought wheels that checked as many boxes as you could. They just don't happen to have mass appeal here.

 

I think they look good overall, they need a center cap, and the car needs lowered.

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Yeah, I'm just curious at this point. I'm trying to see them in a different light.

 

I think the 17" wheels already look good on the small car, but they'll probably look a lot better once I lower it. The roofline is already just about two wheel-heights tall, dropping the car an inch will put it below which should make it look even better.

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Curious as to only getting springs though, as for any platform I have been a part of, its the cheap way out (not performance oriented, looks only people).

 

The guys that want performance usually get coilovers, and good ones (bilsteins, KW V3s, AST, Etc).

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RaceComp Engineering springs. They actually pay attention to things like suspension geometry and proper corner rates. They even put the stock dampers on a shock dyno to properly match the springs to them. The new ones will be 250 lb/in F/R which actually puts them at nearly 65% critically damped, as the car is a little overdamped from the factory (probably for this reason). The kit even comes with shortened bumpstops.

 

No, if I were just getting drop springs, I'd slap on a set of Tein POS-Tech springs and ride on my bumpstops all day.

 

It's ~1K for the suspension package I want (Springs, upper mounts, front crash bolts, and rear camber kit), or $2.5K for coils... Since I have no intention of competing for points with this car, I think the extra 1.5K will better go to the rest of the car.

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