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Originally Posted by A1337STI
After reading over the stock/ street touring/ street prepared sections of the rule book i'm a bit more confused then before ever reading it .
Stock Class : Any other modifications or equipment will place the car in Street Touring, Street Prepared, Street Modified, Prepared or Modified Categories as appropriate.
Street Touring : 14.4 WHEELS
A. Any wheels up to 7.5" in width that fit over stock brakes.
So is a Stock STI in Street prepared ? if i have RE070's and that's stock will i still get a "T" designation in front (of SP ) so TSP ? (sounds like all the 1st timers are in novice no matter what) but i certainly would like to know what my classing would be if i was not automatically novice designation (and i fully belive i belong in novice just wondering):
Again i have a 2005 STI , Minus my K&N short ram air intake its Bone Stock . what class would i be in with out the k&N (sp becuase of equipment ? the rims are 8" from the factory"
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Try reading the rules again. Your stock wheels are of course allowed in stock. So there's no reason to try to apply the ST wheel rules to your car, unless you've got other mods that bump you into ST or SP.
Second, STI's are not legal in STS, which has the 7.5" wheel width limitation. Because of the STI's displacement, it's a STU car, which can run 8" width wheels (if not larger, I don't remember the rules for STU).
Third, "SP" isn't a class. The STI is in BSP, or "B Street Prepared". There are multiple classes for each level: ASP, BSP, CSP, etc. Just like there are multiple stock classes: AS, BS, CS, etc. Just like there are multiple Street Touring classes: STS, STX, STU, etc.
And yes, the rules are confusing. One thing that may help is to realise that it used to be basically 4 levels: Stock, Street Prepared, Prepared, Modified. Then they added Street Touring and Street Modified to try and get participation from the street tuner type cars. So you used to simply travel up the line as you moded the car, Stock -> Street Prepared -> Prepared -> Modified. Today you have more choices: Stock -> Street Prepared or Street Touring -> Prepared or Street Modified -> Modified. There is overlap between the different levels.
In general terms, here are the classes the STI is legal in, depending on mods:
Stock: AS or TAS
Street Prepared: BSP or TBSP
Street Touring: STU
Street Modified: SM or TSM
I'm not sure what class it ended up in for Prepared or Modified, but my car isn't even to that level yet, so you won't have to worry.