The 2000 Impreza Outback has a problem with loosing and

breaking wheel covers. Will aftermarket 15" wheel covers

fit the steel Subaru wheels. I am hoping that Subaru

wheel covers are the same as generic wheel covers and that

Subaru steel wheels aren't oddly made in some way.

I gotta keep some covers on the Impreza and OEM is fairly

expensive. Unless someone has some 15" alloy wheels to

part with reasonably, I got to use covers for now.

 

Richard

The 2000 Impreza Outback has a problem with loosing and

breaking wheel covers. Will aftermarket 15" wheel covers

fit the steel Subaru wheels. I am hoping that Subaru

wheel covers are the same as generic wheel covers and that

Subaru steel wheels aren't oddly made in some way.

I gotta keep some covers on the Impreza and OEM is fairly

expensive. Unless someone has some 15" alloy wheels to

part with reasonably, I got to use covers for now.

 

Richard

 

I don't see why aftermarket ones wouldn't fit. I can tell you that i have the same problem with my Impreza OBS, in 3 years I've lost 3 covers. Never lost one before on any other car. I've started to notice very few of the OBS's I see have all 4 of them on so it must be an issue with the way they clip on or something.

The twist-and-lock style OEM wheel covers on my dad's '97 Impreza are crap too. I thought I heard they stopped making them that way and went back to the old "pry it off with a screwdriver" style. Maybe not.

 

In any case, I have aftermarket covers on my Legacy (14") and they work fine, although they are quite ugly; I'm just too cheap to get different ones. My brother's '99 OBS has aftermarkets as well. No problems in either case.

 

Brian M.

although they are quite ugly

You could get some of those plastic spinner style from pepboys - those are the bomb.

 

Seems like a salvage yard might have a whole assortment of wheel covers you could try out for fit and maybe even for cheap.

Basic ones I just bought from AutoZone for a car I'm selling worked ok. They had two ridges that hold the ring on, one was to get a tighter fit.

 

Just go for the black steelie look

 

Steve

I've used cheap auto parts ones from Kmart on a 90s legacy. They looked better than three marked up stockers. The only problem I had with them was that I cracked one by wacking it hard with my hand. It was a while back but I think they were under $20 for four of them so you can't go too far wrong.

The funny part is when you wash and polish an old car and install new wheel covers you feel pretty good about it!

Thanks All

I didn't know if Subaru's wheels were different from

everyone else or not. The lip the wheel cover attaches to

could have been different than most cars.

Just covering all the possibilities. A good set of used

alloy wheels would be nice though. Gonna have to

shop around for them when $$$ allows.

 

Thanks

Richard