Back to another Subaru I have. The wheels rub against the calipers in the front. Hey, they fit, they're the right diameter, what gives?!
They're also rusty, so I am trying to replace them. In the course of looking for used wheels for an '89 Suby GL hacthback (NOT the Brat-looking hatch, the Loyale looking hatch) I have run across 5 sets of wheels! The Brat-looking hatch has one that it shares with the Brat looking wagon, the Loyale has another, the Legacy has another, and the GL hatch has another.
I think what happened was that someone didn't know the difference and put a set of 2WD offset wheels (Yeah, it appears to make a difference) on an AWD GL Hatch. These wheels are HARD to find; it looks like I can put Brat
8-spokes on it according to the Subaru parts book for 1989.Aside from this, and finding the proper wheels, is there another way to get the proper offset? I was thinking of wheel spacers; I only need 2-5mm space (I think the difference is 48mm for the 2WD wheel and 50mm for the AWD wheel). It has that wonky 4x140 bolt pattern.
Is there a safe way to 'shim' the wheels to get a few more mm of offset?