Fast FC04 19" wheels in Bronze on my Blue Model Y Performance

[mephiska]

Posting in case someone else wants to see how it looks. I'm loving the look, I've always loved the blue/bronze combo. Going from the stock 21" Uberturbines to these lightweight 19" wheels has dramatically changed the way this car drives. The ride is so much better, it's much more supple and smooth over all surfaces. Huge QOL upgrade.

Tires are Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 XL in 255/45ZR-19. No significant noise difference from the stock Pirelli's.

Here's the pics, sorry car is a little dirty...

 

[Mattemsmy]

reminds Me of my old Subaru. I like it.

 

[mephiska]

reminds Me of my old Subaru. I like it.

Yep, fully aware of the Subaru vibes. I've had three Subarus personally (1980 1600GL, World Rally Blue bugeye WRX, and a hatch STI), so fully aware of the blue/gold thing with the STI & Rally heritage.

I was not a fan of the Uberturbines after living with them for 6 months and wanted to downsize, figured a good opportunity to get nice wheels in bronze to go with the dark blue paint. Happy with the results.

 

[mbdionio]

how much was your ride upgrade?

 

[mephiska]

how much was your ride upgrade?

$1450 for the wheels, $1100 for the tires after the rebate and $140 for the install, so around $2700 installed. My plan is to sell the wheels & tires to recoup some of the cost of the switch. FWIW I don't expect to recoup all costs from resale of my stock wheels.

 

[Rybear]

I dig this! I debated bronze wheels for my blue MYP but ended up going black - now I wish I wouldn't have!

 

[csrpenfab]

Nice! I’ve been thinking of going the same route. Finally curbed my first Uber wheel after 6 months. It was a moment f stupidity trying to pull up further on a curb to give the wife some shade. Bronze wheels had been on my upgrade list! I’m thinking 20“ though.

 

[Yperformance]

I have FCO4 in black 20 inch x 9.5; with 285/35/20 tires works well. No signs of rubbing etc.

 

[PeteOC]

Posting in case someone else wants to see how it looks. I'm loving the look, I've always loved the blue/bronze combo. Going from the stock 21" Uberturbines to these lightweight 19" wheels has dramatically changed the way this car drives. The ride is so much better, it's much more supple and smooth over all surfaces. Huge QOL upgrade.

Tires are Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 XL in 255/45ZR-19. No significant noise difference from the stock Pirelli's.

Here's the pics, sorry car is a little dirty...

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Like the look! What's the wheel width on these 19s? Thanks!

 

[mephiska]

Like the look! What's the wheel width on these 19s? Thanks!

these are 19x9.5, squared setup.

 

[PeteOC]

these are 19x9.5, squared setup.

Nice. I'm changing mine to a 19x9 squared setup next week, same tires as you, so I'm just wondering how much rim protection I can expect. Thanks for the info!

 

[mephiska]

Nice. I'm changing mine to a 19x9 squared setup next week, same tires as you, so I'm just wondering how much rim protection I can expect. Thanks for the info!

You'll have more rim protection than me with the 9" rim, I just don't know how much, much. It'll be .25" in to give the tire more room to bubble out and protect you. The one thing I wish I had was wider tires for protection. The lip of these 9.5" on 255 width tires sticks out more than I was expecting. I will try to fit wider tires on these wheels when these wear out.

 

[mephiska]

Went to a car wash today, took a couple more driveway pics. With the 35mm offset these wheels have a nice dish to them. Loving this setup, loving this ride quality. Never knew there was such a bug difference in how a car rides going from low profile tires to more normal ones.

 

[PeteOC]

You'll have more rim protection than me with the 9" rim, I just don't know how much, much. It'll be .25" in to give the tire more room to bubble out and protect you. The one thing I wish I had was wider tires for protection. The lip of these 9.5" on 255 width tires sticks out more than I was expecting. I will try to fit wider tires on these wheels when these wear out.

It differs with different wheels but I’ve read that in general, you’d add about 1” of width to the stated width of the wheel, and choose your tire width according to the look, or rim protection you want. Numbers wise I’m merely 1 mm (255 > 254) over wheel width, but I believe I’ll be fine since these Michelins seems to be good to go. Again, nice look!

 

[Boss1216]

Posting in case someone else wants to see how it looks. I'm loving the look, I've always loved the blue/bronze combo. Going from the stock 21" Uberturbines to these lightweight 19" wheels has dramatically changed the way this car drives. The ride is so much better, it's much more supple and smooth over all surfaces. Huge QOL upgrade.

Tires are Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 XL in 255/45ZR-19. No significant noise difference from the stock Pirelli's.

Here's the pics, sorry car is a little dirty...

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What's the width of those wheels? I'm looking to get the same, the shop mentioned they can get me 8.5...the stock Gemini wheels are 9.5.