Good place to buy wheels locally

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  1. Dheim96

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    I'm looking at getting some rota grids for the WRX and I can only find a few places online that have them. Does anyone know of a local place that would have them?
     
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    just order them from subydude
     
  3. Dheim96

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    I would but I want to see how they would look on it in person. Plus I'm not sure the wheel size I can fit on a 215/45/17 besides the stock wheel size. I also want a little more offset than stock.
     
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    besides the cheap ghetto chicom crap, you'll be hard pressed to find someone who keeps a lot of stock on hand. I know one of the tire stores will transfer rims between locations if you cover shipping though.
     
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    Porterfield Tire in Athens.... Call and speak to John.

    706-549-6698
     
  7. Matt

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    Sears used to carry Rota wheels...but they weren't ever in stock in stores.
     
  8. Dheim96

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    They don't have rotas listed on their website.
     
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    I cannot think of anyone that has ever stocked Rota's locally. What's your budget?
     
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    My max amount I would want to spend is around $800. I want wheels only as I'll use my tires I have now since they are new.
     
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    Just order them from the internet. No one locally carries rota grids in stock. I'd recommend going wider than 215/45 on your wrx. You could fit wider without rolling your fenders. But for $800, they're not hard to find in that budget for 17's. Some websites will ship for free.
     
  12. Dheim96

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    I just got new tires and don't want to buy them again.
     
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    Well, you can get 17x7.5" rim then. You may be
    able to run 17x8" also.
     
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    you "could" stretch it and buy a 17x9
     
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    I was thinking 17x8. If I went 17x9 I would have to roll my fenders which I don't really want to do.
     
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    you wont have to roll the fenders if you stretch those 215 tires on there. but stretching is stupid. i would go 17x8, that way when those tires are crap you can upgrade to a 235
     

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