After never finding the Mercury Silver Volks that I wanted for my S2000 (that is until TJ decided to put his up for sale right after I got rid of the car), I found the wheels I wanted for my IS-F in less than a month.

Now I need one of you wheel whores (Pete, TJ) in Virginia Beach to let me know what wheel/tire shop in Virginia Beach that you trust to mount your tires without scratching up the lips. Does anyone have recommendations? I know Pete has swapped out tires 21203942x but I don't know where he used to take his S2K.

Now for the "teaser" pic:
Volk SF Winning 19x8.5 +38F 19x9.5 +29R Mercury Silver w/polished lip


EDIT for added pics

Got them mounted up on the car!

 

Beach Tire on 19th Street, right across the street from the police station.

 

Kev, those are going to look awesome!

I have always taken my wheels to Race Werks, right off of London Bridge near the back gate of Oceana. Earlier this year when I was going through my tire obsession( ), I gave another place a shot. It's Unlimited Auto Care off of London Bridge also. They were mounting tires on my CE28s, and they never once touched a wheel. Not sure if they'd be able to do a larger wheel like yours though. I would call Race Werks, considering most of their work is on BMWs, Audis, etc., that have larger wheels from the factory.

Are these wheels reverse mount? I know Volks single piece forged wheels are, but not sure if wheels in these styles are. Reverse mount is awesome, because the face is facing down during the mount. Making it pretty much impossible to scratch a lip.

 

Thanks for the references both of you. I called both places and each said they can do it. Pete, John at Racewerks said he knew you and to tell you that they have a brand new machine that is even better than their old one, so scratches would not be an issue. They can't fit me in til Tuesday at the earliest though.

The guys at Beach Tire can do it this weekend, and for a little cheaper than RaceWerks. They have a ton of experience with custom wheels too and said it wouldn't be a problem either. I'm going to let them see the wheels in person and if they seem like it won't be an issue, I'll probably give them a shot.

Now, here's to hoping that my low offset rears don't require any fender work to fit. I'll be cutting it close, and I really, really want to avoid rolling or shaving my fenders if I can (though if I decide to lower the car, it'll almost be inevitable).

 

Nice!!! there is no way I could recommend a shop to mount them. If I were to recommend one and they damaged the wheel in any way I'd feel like complete ass.

 

Buck the trend and put a lift kit on it. Tell people you got the Allroad option.

 

IS-F DOnk!

Seriously though, I might buck the trend and keep it at stock ride height. These days, not lowering your car is almost unheard of if you have wheels. I ran stock ride height on my old 335i with aftermarket wheels though and it looked fine. We'll see.

 

Love those wheels. I thought that they had discontinued them. Hurry up and get them mounted and take some pics.

 

Those are awesome and we're impatient.

 

Those should look really nice.