Once upon a time, import car magazines reigned supreme, but as time moved forward many of the titans of print met their demise. Large media conglomerates that sacrificed profits over quality or just a lack relevancy is what thinned the herd of import car magazines. There are few that still remain and those that have stood the test of time, do so because they find new ways of staying relevant.
These Enkei PF01 wheels found their way into the pages of DSport because of their understanding of how things change. Gone are the days where magazines debut cars to the world, in the time it takes to print a magazine, an online publication can shoot, edit and post before a magazine can get their issue to the stands. So instead of going up against the internet, DSport delve into it to settle an argument between S Chassis owners.
This S15 was originally built for the SR/KA build off in Dsport magazine. The owner of both cars worked for the magazine so they followed over a few months. In the end, I have no idea who won, but this car is a S15 and has a built SR23DET so it was no contest in my books. Admittedly, the wheels are another reason.
The engine is packed full of brand name parts, looking at the build list Tomei comes up a lot. The car makes 528 WHP, so you can imagine the care that was spent on the engine to make sustain that power. The turbo was obviously swapped stock and it wound up with a GTX3076R.
The exterior is a little more tame, but I can’t blame the owner for not wanting to dig into this well maintained stock S15. That being said the car has a Nismo R-Tune Bumper and a Voltex Racing Type 1 Carbon-Fiber GT wing. Admittedly, these wheels are a tad bit tame being 18×9 +35 up front and 18×9.5 +35. However, that is the beauty of the S Chassis, it is versatile much like DSport itself and perhaps the reason why they continue to stay around.
b-e-a-utiful.
Those wheels just look like knock offs of the work VS-SS