Richard1296 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smpol19 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 The 2000 Impreza Outback has a problem with loosing andbreaking 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmm001 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 although they are quite uglyYou 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virrdog Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outback_97 Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Just go for the black steelie look Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard1296 Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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