Picking up my first Scooby tomorrow, P reg STI in the very unusual colour of white!!!!! The trouble is, I don't like gold alloys and they are scuffed and need new tyres soon ish. Got a reduction of course! But would love someone to explain why I should consider a 17" set up. It seems loads of people go for the bigger wheels/tyres, but what effect does this have. Does it ride better? Handle better? Cost more in petrol? Etc. I'd also like to know if there is a way of taking a pic of my car and then superimposing some wheels, so I can get a good idea of what they'll look like. Found a site that did something similar, but their Imprezas don't come in white!!!

Any comments on tyres would be useful too, I gather most people go for Toyo's or the P zero's, is this correct or am I way off the mark?

Now just wait till someone actually goes to this bit of the site!!!!

 

Like Me .. (going to this bit, I mean....)

Going to 17s won't make a lot of difference to your petrol consumption - it will make the car look a bit better - and the handling may improve - but I'd have someone decent set up the geometry, as that'll improve it LOTS (like TSL)....

It will ride slightly harder, but not much - and you're probably OK with Toyo, but I prefer GoodYear F1 GSDs myself - down to personal choice I guess....

'Course, I'm running 18s


PS _ Prodrive went to 17s on the classic - so 'sort of' recommended, if you believe in that kind of thing

 

Here's some pics of various white scoobs for some ideas
White Scoob Corner

 

Thanks for all that, some interesting set up's there.