New VW rims for the Subie? (NOW WITH PICS)

John Drivesabox · Post by **John Drivesabox** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:49 pm

555BCTurbo wrote:
Manarius wrote:Why would you defile your fine piece of Japanese ingenuity with German atrocity?
Watch it kid...

Believe it or not...German stuff is pretty damn well engineered...

German cars can shampoo my crotch.

SP-Boxer · Post by **SP-Boxer** » Fri May 05, 2006 11:47 am

Your back wheels must rub.

Offset 45 and lower will rub, besides, I think you're driving a too large tire... So the chance off rubbing is even bigger

You must hear this when you're driving trough a corner or when you drive with people on the backseat...

Tone-us · Post by **Tone-us** » Sun May 07, 2006 12:33 am

yeah they rub just a bit! I just decided to take them off and put on the steelies untill I get my WRX rims. If anyone is interested the VW rims are for sale. It seems like only the rears rubbed fronts were fine. Thanks for looking.

Project_Legacy · Post by **Project_Legacy** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:47 am

what is the right size offset that us legacy's need? i picked up some 17's with 40 series tires for cheap, but i think the offset was at 40. they sounded bad when going about 35MPH and up going straight.

i cant see a damn thing that it would rub on though. the rears actually looked like they were just perfect and didnt touch anything. it sounded like it was coming from the rear though. i dunno, im stumped.

Gee Spoolin · Post by **Gee Spoolin** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:48 am

Tone-us,

I also got the same exact VW rims for free and planning on putting them in on my 91 Legacy. Talk about a coincidence

But mine is a wagon however. Now I got a few Q's for you...

1. What type of lug nuts did you use? What's their length?
2. Is your car lowered in your later pics? Or does your car rubs even with stock suspension?
3. Did you use spacers?
4. Once installed, do the VW rims spaced properly with the rotors / brake calipers?
5. Is there any other thing you use to run these VW rims?

Please let me know, thanks

JOHN

Tone-us · Post by **Tone-us** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:13 am

Gee Spoolin,

LOL, I put them on and decided I didn't like them? So I went with the Stockies steelies for now. As for your questions

1.) You need to buy 25 "Ball" or "Bulge" style lugnut with a thread pitch of 1.25. I had to look everywhere just to find them, Tuner style ones will not work. They need to be the 1.25 thread pitch.
2.) My car was not lowered in the later pics. I just drove the car up on that hilly grass so the suspension would flex to the max...i.e. I put a lot of weight on one corner of the car to see what it would look like if it were lowered, and the same with the rear. The rears rubbed when taking medium to hard turns.... This was the main reason why I took them off. I was going to roll the fenders to see if they still rubbed but haven't got around to it. So they might clear with them done?
3.) No spacers were used. The wheels sat flush with the fenders of the car.... I have no doubt that it would have looked better if the car was lowered a few inches.
4.) Yes, everything cleared and ran fine. I didn't notice any wobbling, only thing I noticed was the rubbing and the extra amount of road noise which was probably because of the bald RE'92's!
5.) At first I thought the lugnuts were comming loose.... or the rim was still sitting it'self.....but all that was just paranoia! Make sure you tighten them well, check them everyday untill you feel comfortable with them. Other than that I don't know what to tell you? I mean I don't know the long term affects since they weren't on my car that long? Let me know if you have any more questions.

Gee Spoolin · Post by **Gee Spoolin** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:42 am

Thanks for answering my questions, Tone-us

It's nice to be asured that the 16" VW rims would fit ok with my Legacy. Thanks again

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:58 pm

If you ain't rubbin, you ain't dubbin'.

theflystyle · Post by **theflystyle** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:16 am

at least remove the vw center peice lol... your gonna confuse people

subijmt · Post by **subijmt** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:02 pm

evolutionmovement wrote: I see more VW products on the side of the road (and frequently, and relatively new) than any other company (yes, even more than old Chrysler products or Korean makes).

Sure you may see more newer VW on the side of the road, but keep in mind that all car manufactures have done away with the quality that they used to build with. Yes there are a few exceptions to that which Subaru does not belong. I'm thinking more along the lines of Toyota who has held onto a well deserved reputation. I love my Subaru (1990) because it is older and in my eyes still during the period when you could expect it to hold together. When you not only expected to get 200,000+ miles out of it but demanded it. Now I wouldn't plan on driving a Subi much more than half of that. I also love my Passat, Germans have a way with comforts and luxuries. I probably won't get as many miles out of it as my older Subi but I will get as many as if I would have bought a new Legacy.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:05 pm

It's true that the best cars were probably built in the late '80's to early '90's, but there were plenty of trash VWs then, too. Either way, I don't have faith in my Mazda to go much past 100k and I'm already over 30k.

scottzg · Post by **scottzg** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:13 pm

holy dredging from the dead, batman!

VWs suck. Plastic cooling system?!? There's a stroke of brilliance!

As far as the good old days, seems that obd1 cars are the ones that last. VW made crap obd1 too though; at least they're consistent.

206er · Post by **206er** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:21 am

I love every VW from 1992 back, but would much rather deal with them on the project car level than try to live with their quirks as a dd.
1.8 16v head/aba/dual webers in a lofoten swallowtail sitting on 15x7 revolutions mmmmm.

phat56pat56 · Post by **phat56pat56** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:10 pm

do you wanna sell the wrx wheels??

Tone-us · Post by **Tone-us** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:27 pm

never got them... I went with T-leg rims instead.

SP-Boxer · Post by **SP-Boxer** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:43 pm

Project_Legacy wrote:what is the right size offset that us legacy's need?

Bit late

It's 53! I woudn't go lower. It fucks up the bearings and your steering

xscirocco16vx · Post by **xscirocco16vx** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:49 am

I had a set of '95 GTI VR wheels on my wagon untill i smacked a jersey barrier with the rr and broke it

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