A touch of anti-sieze helps a lot if you run AL rings
Load capacity is in every wheel spec and is generally printed right on the wheel. It doesn't take a professional.
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I had to cut mine to remove and put stock wheels back on, not on a Tesla though.
Nope, which is why my DT guy (who has 20+ years of experience) is my friend and wheel/tire advisor. He’s also gone to bat for me with Tire and Wheel suppliers when needed and gotten me some ridiculously great deals.
+1, it goes both ways. I've seen cases of very reputable companies employ clueless salespeople that are only interested in sales, instead of recommending the correct part.
Path 1: Go to a bunch of tire shops and hang out until you become friends with someone who actually ends up knowing what they are talking about. Do not buy wheels until this occurs. Do not move for a better job in the middle of this. Hope they don't change jobs or retire either. Have them custom order you wheels that aren't normally available for a price nobody else can get. Tell everyone that they should only buy wheels this way.
LOL - okay - you win.
I have 4 aftermarket sets of wheels in my garage for my Model 3 right now Every single one was bought from Discount Tire. They have good prices and good customer service.
My current two sets of 19x9.5 wheels were about 900 with tax and shipping from EBay…. That was to leave room in the budget for my $8000 in suspension and brake upgrades
Red leather was only on '06, which wasn't a proper spec.b. I had an 08, also followed by an STI hatch, with a BRZ thrown in for good measure.@CreoUCLA Yeah Spec.B was where it was at! LGT with better suspension and the 6MT (+ torsen R180?) in later years. Plus dat red leather right? I was set on wagon and there was no Spec.B wagon...
I'm finding the model 3, despite a very different powertrain/weight distribution, to be kind of receptive to the same driving style at least at autox.It took a few track days to appreciate what it could do on the racetrack. At first the car was understeer city at the limit. I read more and realized I was driving it wrong, I was trying to drive it like a textbook 50/50 RWD sports car, which a Subaru is not.I started trail braking and it made a world of difference. Get the STI rotating going into a turn and then you could get on the gas and the DCCD would keep that rotation all the way through, holding all 4 wheels right at the edge of grip, extremely neutral with the tiniest hint of oversteer. It would do that even through the longest sweeping turns. Didn't matter that the suspension had lots of steady-state understeer on its own, DCCD would take care of that, as long as you got the car rotating initially with some trail braking.
But I definitely would have preferred the 2007 with the 6MT + black leather/blue alcantara interior.In retrospect, my favorite Subaru was an 05' LGT wagon that I stupidly replaced with a Spec.b.Hey, don't knock my red leather, either...
Still, the Legacy was my favorite Subaru (having owned a 2003 WRX wagon, 2004 WRX STi, 2005/2008 Forester XTs, and a 2009 WRX STi);
MPP blue would look pretty good on a WRB Subaru (World Rally Blue). Just sayin'. If they do come out with a quad motor EV STI you'll come through for us right?
Since at this point we’re all just shooting the S,MPP blue would look pretty good on a WRB Subaru (World Rally Blue). Just sayin'. If they do come out with a quad motor EV STI you'll come through for us right?
Only if it is a good car that inspires us! We had all kinds of people asking for Mach-E parts and as it turns out, that car can't go full throttle for more than 5 seconds.MPP blue would look pretty good on a WRB Subaru (World Rally Blue). Just sayin'. If they do come out with a quad motor EV STI you'll come through for us right?
