Im new to this whole forum thing, ive had my tc for 3-4 months now and never got around to posting it, Ive got 18" SSR Professor SP1's, Tein S-tech springs, and eyebrows, im goin to order my hks exhaust soon too.

http://tinypic.com/6tk1hi.jpg

http://tinypic.com/6tk3ma.jpg

So what do all of you guys think? i know the pics suck, ill have new ones up soon.

looks good, pix are alil big though.

looks pimp...but i agree pics are big.

Hmm, out of focus, and overlarge!

Is that Silver, or Azure?

these are some more, hopefully they are smaller

http://tinypic.com/6tkykg.jpg

http://tinypic.com/6tkz2t.jpg

Its silver, and im not a professional photographer, i asked what you thought about the car not the picture itself

hey i love the eyelid... i gotta get me one!! its sexy

awesome, now paint your calipers black

those wheels are pimp (actually anything ssr makes is pimp).
i'm so used to seeing ssr professors in 19's on low offset rwd cars. so seeing a fwd offset looks weird. i suppose you can use a 8 or 10 mm spacer out back.
whats the size and offset?

Good taste in wheels! I considered those for my car too.

They are 18x8s, i agree, some spacers are definitely needed

ahhhh son of a gun...i was gonna get those rims!!! :cry: lol i guess i have to search for different ones now. same exact size was gonna get too. looks pimp though...

i love those rims!! they make the car definately stand out. HKSpeed is right though. You need the spacers. By the way, did you get a camber kit? the drop is preety low. get back at me. nice car though :bow: :clap:

SP1s are HOTT. only thing i don't like about the black faced ones is that they look smaller than they are i.e. 18s don't really look 18".

So Elmhurst scion is "The Low Price Leader", arent scions pure priced?

oh yeah, nice rims.

LOL, yeah i dont know about that whole elmhurst scion being the lowest priced but I have to represent them i guess, lol, yeah i have seen one camber kit out for the tc, i believe it was a hotchkis kit, does anyone know the price on the kit and where to get it from for cheap? Yeah black with chrome lip definitely shrinks the rim, especially in pictures, but that dont bother me.

u shoulda went about 2" wider in rear..
its WAY the heck in there..
i think u need spacers BAD

the wheels look nice but for some odd reason..it kinda looks weird on the tc..just my opnion
i LOVE the eyelids tho

its weird because there is no lip.
the face of the rim practically sticks out past the lip.
thats why it looks funny..

Where did u get those eyebrows?

those look like speedstars SP1 not SSR's

lol, yeah i have seen one camber kit out for the tc, i believe it was a hotchkis kit, does anyone know the price on the kit and where to get it from for cheap?

http://www.mcgeorgeparts.com has them, cheaper but im not sure if its the cheapest. $175.00

those look like speedstars SP1 not SSR's

SSR = Speed Star Racing

www.ssrwheels.com
www.speedstar.co.jp
http://www.wheelspecs.com/specs/wheelbrands/121

a few months ago SSR filed for bankruptcy protection in japan. hopefully theyre still in business.

SSR Speed Star Racing was filing for BK and was bought out by Tanabe and was changed to Speed Star Wheel which are now sold through Tire Rack.
The SSR Professor SP1 are now Professor SP1 without the "SSR" decal on the wheels and Professor SP1 stamped on the center caps, not SSR.
These are only available for the TC in a 18x8.0 with a +49 offset. I bought these 4 months ago and was quite disappointed to find out that they weren't
actual SSR. For months I was saving $$$ and tried to track these down in the size and offset that I specifcally wanted but gave up and settled for the only sets that Tire Rack offered

http://www.speedstarwheel.com/


http://www.wholesalehyperformance.com/wheels/SSR/professor-sp1-black.jpg

Wow, i was wondering why the wheels werent badged with the SSR when i got them, dont worry spacers are coming, the eyebrows i got off of ebay for like 20-30 bucks.

dont worry man. they still look hott!

sorry man, I didn't mean to discourage. I just wanted share some info I picked up when I bought these, I still have them so don't get me wrong, they're an awesome set of wheels. I got a set 15mm H&R and bolt extensions for sale if you're interested. These will push out the rear nicely.

hmm...someone from tirerack told me the otherday these were not made yet until the company "switches" over. have you purchased yours recently?

i like those wheels, i just wish the face was a little bigger, an the lip was reversed, the step lip makes them look small

what size tire you runnin rim's are cool.

SWEET!

SSR Speed Star Racing was filing for BK and was bought out by Tanabe and was changed to Speed Star Wheel which are now sold through Tire Rack.
The SSR Professor SP1 are now Professor SP1 without the "SSR" decal on the wheels and Professor SP1 stamped on the center caps, not SSR.
These are only available for the TC in a 18x8.0 with a +49 offset. I bought these 4 months ago and was quite disappointed to find out that they weren't
actual SSR. For months I was saving $$$ and tried to track these down in the size and offset that I specifcally wanted but gave up and settled for the only sets that Tire Rack offered

http://www.speedstarwheel.com/


http://www.wholesalehyperformance.com/wheels/SSR/professor-sp1-black.jpg


That has some false information in it, speed star wheel is not affiliated with SSR. They are manufacturing those wheels with standard forging and not semi-solid "based" on SSR (aka knockoffs) and Tanabe hasn't announced any plans to bring SSR and their productions back, other than their original statement along the lines of "we would like to continue their company's tradition bla bla bla" and nothing has come of it yet. Also Tire Rack is the only official distributor in the US for SSR. Now Japan is a totally different story...

SSR filed for bankruptcy Janurary 2005 and hasn't produced anything since.

Here's hoping you don't damage a rim beyond repair, I have 3 useless SSR Competition 18x8's because one got destroyed in an accident months ago and I've searched ever since to find another, to no avail... I should've gone with the HRE's.