Subaru Aggressive fitment Originator

For a first car post on Autoculture I gotta go with a favorite... this STI spec C bugeye from Japanese subaru owner Itakichi

I came across this bugeye spec C owner's blog a while ago back in 2006 when he was "only" pushing a full widebody with GT-R face Volk Racing CE28N in 18x9.5J with +15mm offset.  This was WAY before the aggressive fitment movement began raping forums everywhere.

Needless to say he's been up to a LOT since 2006.

Enter:  18x10.5J

You can see right away that not all concave-faced Volk CE28N's are alike.  The 18x10.5 has much more angled spokes than the 18x9.5, and more lip exposed

yes, please.

10.5 looks lit it fits almost effortlessly with the wide fenders... I'm sure this guy laughs at people trying to stuff 18x9's under stock fenders.

Another 18x10.5... TE37.

The silver bugeye on the lift looks pretty good from behind too... If you come across it on Kanagawa's highways I'm sure that's all you'll ever see of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bSIpytztY4



Flash slideshow of build with Gran-Turismo-esque music

Hey look! A reason for 18x10.5 that isn't a car show. ; ) 

Pretty sick that every extra inch of wheel gets put to good use.  Over here a lot of the cars posted on forums with "aggressive fitment"  seem like it was only done for "the look of a race car." This rationale doesn't seem so different from putting a giant aluminum GT wing on your trunk for some Helladownforce™.  Or people who slap a giant ass FMIC on a wrx with a stock turbo for "the look".  Or nitrous connected only to a purge valve and not even hooked up to the motor :P

 This guy got it right.  Aggressive fitment is a performance mod first.