The wheel search isn’t going so well. So much so, that I’ve almost decided to go with boring Enkei RP01’s again. They’re good light, strong, affordable wheels but it’s pretty hard to love any car that sits on an ordinary five spoke. It’s also pretty hard to find an upgrade for my Speedlines that isn’t already on the Subaru down the street. The only answer might be OEM wheels from obscure JDM models/option packages that never made it across the big ocean… that or do a 5×114 conversion and get some old SSR’s.

I was pleasantly surprised today to learn that 2002 WRX had a factory option 17″ wheel package. That means for me… that I can ditch my 16 6.5J wheels for some 17 7J wheels and gain a whole bunch of options as far as tires go. Seventeens would probably also make me feel a little more manly and good looking so I hurried off to yahoo auctions to check my options. Strangely enough, I actually want to stick to an OEM Subaru wheel. I had decided that a lot of after market stuff tries a little hard to look unique and sporty…

Until I stumbled upon these OEM Subaru STi Genome wheels for GDB fitment… At least there is weird ugly stuff out there if I want to get snobby.