Brand New Konig Forged F3S Wheels Go on GR86

After tracking the GR86 extensively this year, the poor little Toyota has seen more use out of it then our dedicated track car! Even in its stock form, this car has proven to be a blast. However, the lack of camber had destroyed the tire sidewall to the point of chunking and the Michelin PS4 215's leave much to be desired when it comes to corner grip.

We knew theses problems would arise and wheel options have been stirring in our head as well as camber mods. Wanting a wider tire, the options to open up the wheel width to a 8.5-9" were our next step. After seeing the different wheel options people go with at the track and wanting to go down a size to a 17 inch, we knew it would land around a 17x9 +40ish offset wheel.

The GR86 being halo white, we always were turned towards a darker wheel to match the black accents.

That is when we saw the recently released line of forged wheels from Konig! The F3S line has a 5x100 option in 17x9 + 42 which are designed with the 86/brz twins in mind! This offset we were a little nervous about the fitment near the strut but it just clears the OE struts as well as the Bilsteins, no spacer required.

Wrapped in Yokohama Advan Neova AD09 - 245/40R17 tires - we're excited to see how these tires hold up.

The 17x9 +42 wheel fits but very close to the strut, not allowing any use of a camber bolt for addition front camber.

What about suspension/camber mods? Well, we want to keep the GR86 more "simple", a dual duty car to drive to the shop and to track weekends. Coilovers are great, but add unnecessary complexity with dampening adjustment and adjustable ride height. This is why we went with the Bilstein B12 Pro-Kit, the combination of Bilstein shocks with Eibachs Pro-Kit lowering springs. As well as this, we added in the peddler offset top hats hoping to achieve more front camber. 

Being a little disappointed at the little amount of negative camber the front achieved from with the ride height drop plus peddler offset top hat; its clear with the extra sticky wide tire we are still going to have a issue of the sidewall rolling over. We did not want to compromise ride quality with a spherical top hat, but it seems it will be needed to get 2.5-3 degrees of negative camber.