WRX wheels + 205/55 dont fit my car
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WRX wheels + 205/55 dont fit my car
they rub hardcore on the struts in the back.
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OK I am curious as to why you guys are having issues.
I am running WRX rims with the stock 205/55/16's on them with no issues.
So my questions to you:
Did you install the struts yourselves?
Were they from another subaru? What parts did you use from your original set -up?
When they were put in, were they "positioned" the right way?
( I ask this in that when I did my rears, they fit two ways. One way they cleared the wheel, the other they did not.)
I am running WRX rims with the stock 205/55/16's on them with no issues.
So my questions to you:
Did you install the struts yourselves?
Were they from another subaru? What parts did you use from your original set -up?
When they were put in, were they "positioned" the right way?
( I ask this in that when I did my rears, they fit two ways. One way they cleared the wheel, the other they did not.)
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Legacy FWD tops? If it's a FWD car the rear suspension is slightly different, so the WRX stuff probably wouldn't work right. As far as the struts themselves go, I thought the WRX struts will actually give more room between the tire and the perch. There's lost more room between my tires (205/55-16) and my STi perches than there was on stock struts.
I didnt do the struts myself, I actually just picked the car up.dscoobydoo wrote:OK I am curious as to why you guys are having issues.
I am running WRX rims with the stock 205/55/16's on them with no issues.
So my questions to you:
Did you install the struts yourselves?
Were they from another subaru? What parts did you use from your original set -up?
When they were put in, were they "positioned" the right way?
( I ask this in that when I did my rears, they fit two ways. One way they cleared the wheel, the other they did not.)
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So what did they put in? I have H&R springs and AGX's and I had no issues when they went in right.tzedek wrote:I didnt do the struts myself, I actually just picked the car up.dscoobydoo wrote:OK I am curious as to why you guys are having issues.
I am running WRX rims with the stock 205/55/16's on them with no issues.
So my questions to you:
Did you install the struts yourselves?
Were they from another subaru? What parts did you use from your original set -up?
When they were put in, were they "positioned" the right way?
( I ask this in that when I did my rears, they fit two ways. One way they cleared the wheel, the other they did not.)
Yes I have too many Subarus
No you can't have one
05 GD-STI
01- RS- Swapped-07 STI
00- GF
93 SS- "the original Robtune" (now in new hands)
No you can't have one
05 GD-STI
01- RS- Swapped-07 STI
00- GF
93 SS- "the original Robtune" (now in new hands)
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The AWD rear struts most definitely DO NOT fit on FWD spindles.
The mount point on the FWD spindle is inline with the center of the wheel. On the AWD spindle, the mount point is offset from the center of the tire and raised slightly.
The struts are different. You can't mount AWD struts on a FWD spindle......I tried, it doesn't work. You'd have to bend or cut away a portion of the strut bottom.
The mount point on the FWD spindle is inline with the center of the wheel. On the AWD spindle, the mount point is offset from the center of the tire and raised slightly.
The struts are different. You can't mount AWD struts on a FWD spindle......I tried, it doesn't work. You'd have to bend or cut away a portion of the strut bottom.
Josh
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but you really didnt.Psychoreo wrote:oh yea, and potenza's 205/22/15 on 02 wrx rims with a 53 offset
if anythign their 205/55/15
22/15 wouldnt be a wrx wheel and 22 would be a rubberband
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I wouldn't recommend it. It'll probably allow things to fit. However I can't comment on whether the strut body is different or how the perch height changes between FWD & AWD.Psychoreo wrote:Legacy777 : Is it possible to grind away enough of the bottom to make this possible and still safe?
azn2nr yea...sorry, finger slipped 205/55515
Josh
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