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what other car manufacturer's rims fit?
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:14 pm
by starkiller
have a 96 outback and going to the junkyard to find some cheap rims, i know some make's have the 5x100 pattern but is there a list showing those with the model and year for the correct offset?
thanx!
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:19 pm
by EJ22_SLO
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:39 pm
by starkiller
yeah, that's cool showing the subie specs but need to know what OTHER makes/models/years will fit the subies
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:47 pm
by 91White-T
Dodge wheels fit, also 5 lug VW wheels. I cant think of any others right now...
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:35 pm
by entirelyturbo
A Corolla or Matrix also have 5 X 100, as well as the Scion tC.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:24 pm
by Legacy777
You can find 5 x 100 wheels. The big issue you'll run into is offset. Most of those wheels are going to have +35mm offset.
Subaru runs between +50-55mm of offset on their wheels.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:30 pm
by scottzg
VW wheels are the only ones i know of that don't have a really really different offset.
Word on the street is that going with less offset will increase torque steer and stress your wheel bearings.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 10:42 pm
by vrg3
16" VW wheels with Subaru 16"-sized tires rubbed like crazy on my car.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:05 am
by BAC5.2
scottzg wrote:Word on the street is that going with less offset will increase torque steer and stress your wheel bearings.
Increasing scrub radius does increase torque steer quite a bit, but to tell you the truth, I haven't really noticed it.
I have enough power to break traction and still haven't noticed significant torque steer. That's on 225/45/17's on a 17x7.5 ET48 rim.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:49 am
by scottzg
iirc the wider rim moves the scrub radius back in, or something like that.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:55 am
by BAC5.2
Well, scrub radius is the distance from center line to KIA, right? So I suppose a wider rim does reduce that distance, eh?
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:05 am
by JC
BAC5.2 wrote:I have enough power to break traction and still haven't noticed significant torque steer. That's on 225/45/17's on a 17x7.5 ET48 rim.
That's close (enough) to the proper offset for a 7.5" wide rim.
Saab wheels will fit, well ones off the 9-2X. That's pretty much the only one I know of. If any other ones fit it will be from some uncommon car.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:14 am
by scottzg
JC wrote:Saab wheels will fit, well ones off the 9-2X.
I wonder why....
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:50 am
by vrg3
So will wheels from the 9-2X Aero.
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:58 am
by starkiller
well, i think i have decided to go with some wrx bronze rims and triple tread tires, found a real good deal that i shouldnt pass up...thanx for all the info!
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:27 am
by BAC5.2
What is a triple tread tire?
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 7:00 am
by mgjs1
Does anyone have Scion wheels/tires up and running? They look pretty sweet and I'm guessing there is going to be a flood on the market at some point.
Check out the pic at the bottom of this auction.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Subaru-L ... 9643QQrdZ1