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10-28-2012
A couple new photos:
10-29-2012
They are 225/45R17's, so they're a hair skinnier than stock, but not as thin as what I had on the steelies. The 16's on steelies had really soft sidewalls so the ride quality was much softer and more comfortable, but handling (especially at higher speeds) was very poor. I did not take them over normal freeway speeds very often.
So far I can tell these are a bit firmer (the sidewall is much shorter) than than the 16's, but they are a bit more pliable than the Star Specs. I haven't really tried driving hard or fast on them yet, so I'm not sure if there is any improvement in that regard. I'll have to wait for snow to see how well they actually do in those conditions.
In your situation I think it comes down to whether or not you really want another summer set. If you do, then I think the stock wheels look really great as a winter set. I actually like how they look better than my summer wheels (other than the offset). Keeping the stock wheels for summer and buying steelies for the winter is obviously going to be the cheapest option.
11-3-2012
ARK GRiP Exhaust Review (08+ STI and 11+ WRX Hatchback)
I just installed this system onto my car last night. Here are some photos and video. I will have more info up soon here:
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2427954
And here's a quick video:
You can see that nearly all of the exhaust flows out of the passenger side at idle. But under load, exhaust does flow out of both sides (but probably not quite equally). The exhaust uses dual Helmholtz resonators and they really do seem to work. The exhaust is very quiet at idle and low RPM's but has a good tone at WOT. I will have more info up later.