Hello all,

I think I will be changing my wheels soon, I have had my eye on the Rota Grid Drifts.

I want to look like this



Anyone know what offsets are required for a Hawkeye Spec C? I am running standard brakes but will more than likely be putting some better stoppers on there in the near future.

Cheers

 

I cant believe that nobody on here knows what widths and offsets are required to achieve this look.

I thought you where all experts!

 

You want to ruin your car by doing that?
They tyres as "stretched", makes your wheels look "bling", does nothing for the cars ability to handle, may actually decrease overall grip.

Tony

 

Plus it's lowered, so it'll roll in bends MORE

That's why you'll not get many answers guy, we LIKE our cars

 

Plus it's also getting someone to do it as most garages wont touch it due to insurance reasons, you can google it and do it at your home with a few bars and friends but your alloys will get some chips in it unless you go and buy a tyre changing machine and through it in the garage lol......

.......but advice, I feel it's Dangerous on so many levels

 

That'd be Bockett's car so it might be worth PM'ing him directly.

 

i fitted the wheels and tyres to the above car! and he has done many miles with the above set up with no issues.

check out my rota thread https://www.scoobynet.com/trader-ann...tyres-rts.html

mags

 

17x9 or 17x9.5 with an offset around 40-30 would be a good start.

just if your going to do it, do it properly, with the car proper low etc.

Tho as said, not the best for handling!

 

I LOVE my car, lol.

Thanks for the replies, if it is going to upset the handling then I wont bother.

Its just the standard wheels look so lost in the arches, maybe some good spacers to bring them out a bit will help things a little.

 

Can't say I would do that to a Spec C ! One of the best handling out of the box, don't do anything to change that!

 

Well, the suspension has already been changed well before I owned it.

Lots of Whiteline stuff and EXE-TC coilovers etc, so its far from standard mate.

Why is it an issue with people wanting to modifying their cars?!

All I asked for was some help, not to be shot down in flames for wanting to change the look of my car.

I thought a forum was a place where people help each other!

 

Must admit.... if it were any other car I'd say do it..... but a spec C......

If you're not far though Mags is your man for all things streeeeetched

 

It just seems a waste to buy a Spec C, the best handling focused version, and then PIMP it. Just doesn't make sense to me. Why pay the extra for what the Spec C offers to lose it? Normal STi fair enough..

 

+1

You choose a hardcore performance car and want to turn it into a "show-queen", it hurts us poor people who have to make do with more ordinary models


But seriously, my wheels are big, and I run some serious camber, BUT it's to make it handle not to be a So-Cal wannabee.

It's not that we are picking on you, it's just wrong

Choose the right rim and it will look fat, but that stoopid skinny tyre + fat rim look is for the VW boys.

All IMHO.

dunx

P.S. Yes I am old...

 

It's YOUR car, you do what YOU like with it, BUT:

Some of us on here have owned and run and modded and suffered problems with these cars for YEARS. If we see someone about to do something we regard as NOT useful, or possibly harmful, we say so.

THAT is the beauty of a forum, YOU can then make up YOUR mind from a position of knowledge.

 

Yes, dunx is nearly as old as me, but trust me, you'd like HIS car..........

 

Heres 8.5x18's ET44


And 9x18 ET25



And yes the car gets tracked without any problems quite a bit

 

Anger, is your car RRH's old car?

 

Yep... changed alot since tho

 

Ha. Well I raced it when RRH had it back in '08 ! Small world. Video of it on my youtube channel if you want to see it

 

Yeah ive seen the video mate... i was there when you raced him watching, i was in my old RA and beat him a couple of times

Cars got a new engine and turbo going in this month

 

Awesome. All the best with it

 

8 x 19 OZ alloys ET 44mm 235 tyres, no scuffs even dropped as low as possible, beaten up on track and round the North Pennines too !

dunx

 

I am not interested in the stretched tyre look, it didnt notice that in the picture I posted above. Thats not what I am about, if I wanted to do that it would be done to my VW Corrado!

Yes, as some of you have said stretching tyres is dangerous and not something I would entertain.

All I want is for the wheels to look not so lost in the arches, even you OEM guys must admit that the wheels really do look lost in there!

I like the standard wheels, and the standard 17" size, and I wouldn't really want to change the wheel size, so I will be looking for a solution that does not require changing the wheels.

I think spacers are the way to go. Surely this will actually improve handling as the track has been widened?

I appreciate that some of you are trying to warn me about the possible pitfalls with changing the geometry of the car, but its impossible to read things in text emotively, unless written emotively!

 

Spacers: be careful, they are known to put undue stress on bearings and half shafts.
Search is your friend.

Oh, and ALSO be careful. Unless the law has changed, there is a caveat that the wheels/tyres MUST NOT protrude further than the furthest out piece of bodywork.
Hence wide arches on old type rally cars.

The white blobeye above on it's BLACK wheels looks like it might fall foul.

 

Not a million miles away frm a standardish look but looks the dogs danglies!

 

Proper hubcentric spacers are upto the job, I wouldn't want to use them on track myself but others have, and yes they will improve the handling IMHO.

But as stated this places addition loads on the wheel bearings, leading to higher levels of wear, but that's not going to happen overnight.

Don't let "haters" put you off, some of the cars on here aren't my cup of tea, but if we were all driving a blue blob with gold wheels it would be rather boring !

dunx

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqqZ28m8uCo

 

I've looked into this in depth and have even contacted the Dft about it. The tyre can be LEGALLY stretched providing it is fitted on a rim not wider than stated in the tyre manafacturers spec. The ONLY law regarding arches is that they, where is reasonably practicable, cover the tyre to prevent spray!
Basically, as long as the tread is within the arch and the tyre is on a rim no wider than the maximum its designed for then no law is being broken.

 

So the wheel rim can extend further out than the bodywork?