SuperWhite92":acw7lqa4 said:okay, how about massive spacers to both clear the strut and get the good flush look? does that sound good to you.
Actually, I found that stock 2.5RS wheels and wrx don't fit at all on the rears. They're both somewhere around a 50 offset. They hit the strut .
My vote goes to buying Celica/Toyota offset rims rather than Subaru
lets go through this in detail then, hang on i will just go get the measurements that i took off my car ........................... are yes here we are, keep in mind this is for a narrow body car however, the distance from the hub to the strut should be the same unless toyota has got their wires crossed somewhere.
on the front the distance from the hub to the strut is 180mm - the distance from the hub to the guard is 80mm. so in total 260mm or 10 inchs, so a 9 inch wheel will fit just.
a 225 mm tyre on a 8 inch rim measures about 9 inches accross. so the max offset that can be used is 60mm. this makes sence as my 17 x 8's with a 35mm offset have about 25mm gap to the strut. so bring on the subaru wheels, most aftermarket subaru wheels have a 45mm offset.
on the rear the distance to the strut from the hub is less. i measure it to be 160mm and then 90mm to the guard. with the same wheel as pointed out above the minimum offset is 40mm. again this makes sence as i have a gap of about 5mm to the strut with my wheels. so a subaru wheel will not fit on the back however, if you run a 10mm spacer it will.
so AWDios's 9inch wide wheel probably measures 10 inches with the tyre on it. with a 30mm offset this would mean the back spacing is 155mm on the outside they would be 95mm. this would mean the hub to guard measurement on the wide body car is about 110mm.
the distance for a 17 x 8 inch wheel measuring 9 inches and a 45mm offset but having a 10mm spacer will sit 30mm from being flush with the guard. with a more typical 25mm wheel spacer this will be 15mm from the guard.
ruffneck, personally i would look around for a wider wheel and go for the larger offset. your car will drive a lot better when you get rid of the large scrub raduis on the front. i brought my wheels from the states and there is a large number of possibilities particuarly when you go for a subaru wheel.
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