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Brand Specific, Fitment

Enkei RPF1 17×9.5 +38mm STi Brembo Clearance!

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For the last 3.5 years people have been curious if the 9.5″ RPF1s cleared the Subaru Impreza WRX STi brembos. Well, they don’t. They require a spacer, how large of a spacer?

Up until last week I couldn’t say with confidence what size they needed to clear. Luckily for me a fellow Subaru owner on the forums with a crazy Wide Body STi happens to have a few Enkei connections. Earl managed to test fit one of the 17×9.5 +38mm RPF1s for Brembo Clearance.

He had a couple spacers laying around so he decided to test it and snap a few pictures to finally put the question to rest, “How big of a spacer do I need to run 17×9.5 +38mm RPF1s?!”

RPF1 17x9.5 +38mm Brembo Clearance

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Features, Fitment

This GR Subaru Impreza WRX STi Isn’t Starting Off Slow. (18×9 +50mm)

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Ben is well known throughout the Subaru community for many reasons. The first is probably the fact that he had an Awesome GD Subaru Impreza WRX STi that he was not afraid to take to the track. He sold that wonderful track ready STi and took a detour from Subaru, but like every smart person he came back.

Ben's 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

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Wheels In General

Correct Tire Sizes GD Subaru Impreza WRX and Subaru Impreza WRX STi

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Here is a brief list of tire sizes that will be close to factory size for the GD Subaru Impreza WRX and Subaru Impreza WRX STi.

Here are the applicable sizes. Each of these will work on a stock body WRX with the correct wheel/offset/suspension/alignment setup. May need fender rolling or other fender mods to fit without rubbing. 05-07 GD STi Fender mod.

225/45/17
235/45/17
245/40/17
255/40/17

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Latest News

18×10’s Stock Body Subaru Impreza WRX STi

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Ever wanted to see 18x10s on a stock body Subaru Impreza WRX STi?

I have.

18×10 RPF1s are freaking amazing. The guys over at TopSpeed managed to wedge a set of them along with some 285 tires under the fenders of their red 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STi.

18x10 RPF1s on an 08 STi

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Features

The Family Man’s Time Attack v1.0.0

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Having an STi sometimes is not enough. Hitting the track for a High Performance Driving Event in your new STi sometimes is not enough. Sometimes it requires building an STi as a Track Car. This is a dream only few get to achieve, that and being the pilot of the car yourself is even more rare. Seeing this car grow over the past few years has been a blessing, I can’t wait to see what it does next.

17x9.5 +44mm NT03+M 255/40/17 Toyo R888s

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Brand Specific

Rays Engineering Wheels Brembo Clearance Round 1: Volk Racing Forged One Piece

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Rays Wheels Brembo Clearance can be hard to figure out.

Here is a detailed listed that should clear up some of the confusion.

As we all know the Brembos can be a bit challenging finding a wheel that fits without spacers or other modifications.

Here is a list of Volk Racing Wheels that Clear Subaru Impreza WRX STi Brembos. This includes all GD brembos and GR Brembos. Specific model years this article applies to are 2002-2009 Subaru Impreza WRX and Subaru Impreza WRX STi models with Brembo Brake Calipers.

The sizes listed don’t all “just fit”, some may require extensive work or even a Widebody. Any specific fitment questions feel free to shoot me a message. Contact Info

Bolt on fitments are are highlighted in bold and have an * after them.

Rays Engineering Volk Racing Wheels

Forged One Piece Wheels

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