GroundChuck

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I finally got some new wheels and tires for my 03 VIII. I had 47K miles on the previous tires which were beyond bald (past the warning bars .... essentially ring baloney). The previous tires were Dunlop SP5000 all-season. They did an OK job but no where near the winter performance that I was hoping for. In hind site, Michigan is probably not the best place to go with all-season tires (for winter) on an EVO that gets driven 80 miles a day round trip through a very rural area. In fairness though, 47K with 3 trips to Gingerman is not too bad. However, I figured it was time to break down and get a dedicated summer and winter set up. Summer set up shown is -

Rota Torques Hyper Silver (with Carbon cap)
Rays Dura-Nuts black lug nuts
Goodyear F1 GS-D3s (thanks Neal!)

I also put on a tire pressure monitoring system just for giggles. My winter set up will be Dunlop M3s on the stock wheels. Here's few pics. (Yes I know there's going to be a lot of "drop that 4x4" comments but I drive through a lot of snow in the winter and I need all the height I can get).





















Thanks.

rl-evo8

nice. got same color car now i know how it looks on my car. i was also looking at those rims. what are the specs on your rims and tires?
where did u get 'em?

anybody has rota wheels, how u like 'em?
little off topic but anybody got icu racing wheels??

rl-evo8

nice. got same color car now i know how those wheels looks on my car. i was also looking at rota boost. i was also looking at those rims. what are the specs on your rims and tires?
where did u get 'em?

anybody has rota wheels, how u like 'em?
little off topic but anybody got icu racing wheels??

GroundChuck

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Thanks!

I got the wheels from

18 Racing and the price included the caps.

They are 17 x 8
5 x 114.3 w/ 35 mm offset

DanJ

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I'll be definatly getting a set, what lug nuts are those?

GroundChuck

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They are Rays Dura-Nuts. I got them from

Logic

ctninea

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those wheel look tight just needs a drop and it'll look sexy as hell

Evo Girlie

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I like how they look,howcome u didn't go with 18s??? do u know how much they weight???? Also i got a yellow evo u think they will look good on mine???? i think hyper black will look good on mine hopefully they got that finish hehe

Redefined

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wheels look good, i had rota's on my wrx, loved em, good buy

GroundChuck

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ctninea,
Thanks. Maybe in a year or two I'll look at getting some drop.

Evo Girlie,
I wanted these wheels and there is not an 18" version that I am aware of yet. I believe they weight about 19 lb. which a couple less than the stock 6 spokes. They should look pretty good on yellow. If you check 18 Racing I believe they do have hyper black.

Kerndog8,
I agree, they're an excellent value.

nightwalker

weights? weights? weight? yes. I want to know weights. ANyone know of a site where they tell you the rota weights? I'm comparing rotas and the new K1-ts from Kosei.

MikesEVO2006

hey i guess this is ur evo wid carbon on it? hehe :P soz i had to do it i got bored
i hope you dont mind but you may delete it if u like

Mike

Redefined

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are you plannin on a healthy drop?

GroundChuck

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MikesEVO2006,
Thanks for the PhotoChop. I was wondering what CF goodies might look like.

Kerndog8,
Maybe someday (after 100K miles) I'll get the kind that you can adjust from inside the car.

MikesEVO2006

hehe mite start makin a lil business on here :P