brown-baru Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Way cool site. I am the proud new owner of a 1985 Subie GL. Yes, it's brown. 5-spd, on-demand 4WD, just the basics. Two questions for the board; 1.) Does anyone know anything about speedywheels.com and their Desert Rat rims? I saw that they had a 4x140 bolt pattern (no joke) on a 14x6 wheel. 2.) Will an EJ22 fit in the '85 Subie? Aaah, yee of curiosity and way too much time . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajavwnsoobnut Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 might put up the exact sight that has that exact wheel cause I can't find it and they only show alloys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubaSkeet Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 welcome to our humble forum. if you have any questions whatsoever, you can most likely answer them by searching for posts on the same subject using the 'search' tool. just for future reference. dunno about that rim schpiel, if those were around i woulda thought they would be more popular round these parts... the forum parts, that is. yes, its possible to drop an ej22 in an '85. a member named mudrat79 does them. see this thread: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19341 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown-baru Posted October 5, 2004 Author Share Posted October 5, 2004 I knew there was a catch; their out of Australia! www.speedywheels.com/au/ZoomWheels/Desert_Rat.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown-baru Posted October 5, 2004 Author Share Posted October 5, 2004 Go figure . . . I tried the link, and it doesn't work. I'll e-mail them and see what I can find out . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiemech85 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 found them http://www.speedywheels.com.au/images/zoom/desert-rat.htm check out the usmb "wheels" page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 There are a few sets of desert rats floating around the forums.. Some of the older members may know where they are.. Main thing is, This place is full of people who don't want to, or can't spend a ton of cash on a 20 year old beater (myself included).. So desert rats give way to cheaper alternatives like pugs, 5 and 6 lug conversions... Welcome. Seek and ye shall find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinky Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Desert Rats are also known by us Aussies as Sunrasiers or Sunnies. Both wheels pictures below are Desert Rats. By default they're white with a red and a green stripe around the edge of the rim. It should be noted that several cases of wheels falling off cars have been attributed to the not quite right fit of these wheels. One of mine came off doing around 50MPH. The bad fit of the wheel basically caused the nuts to slowly work their way off and I had about 10 seconds of wobble / noise then the passenger front wheel fell off and I left a 300ft cut in the road where I dragged to a stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northguy Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Welcome to the board. Hope you find the rims you're after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezapar Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 As far as I know, I have the only set in America. . . They fit just fine, I've run them for over a year, no problems with lugnuts coming loose. Of course, I didn't use the stock tiny Soob lugnuts, I used bigger ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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