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Set of four 5 X 100, 14" American Racing wheels. 14mm offset. They have tires of unknown history. I'm told these may fit a Subaru.

They will bolt up, but you may have caliper clearance issues. I had issues with Chrysler 14" steelies on the front of my Lego.

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Set of four 5 X 100, 14" American Racing wheels. 14mm offset. They have tires of unknown history. I'm told these may fit a Subaru.

14mm offset is unacceptable. OEM alloys in a 14" size run 50 to 55mm offsets. I suspect the 14mm offset is a typo.

14mm offset is unacceptable. OEM alloys in a 14" size run 50 to 55mm offsets. I suspect the 14mm offset is a typo.

 

thanks. I'm checking with him about the offset. I don't want to drive 1 hour round trip to pick em up and find out these wheels won't even fit my suby. I'd like to know before I pick em up.

 

thanks again!

seller says 14mm is stamped on the wheel so I guess they wont fit?

pretty unlikely they would fit. The bolt circle is OK - 100mm.

 

now for the other question - WHY would you want to go to 14 inch wheels???

 

go get a set of factory 15 (or 16 if they will clear) inch alloy wheels

14" wheels were the stock size on the early Legacy and Impreza. Nothing wrong with them and they will work just fine on those models.

 

Later models went to 15" and 16" to accomodate the larger front brakes and the desire of "bigger is better."

 

I run 16" WRX wheels on my '97 Impreza with low profile tires to keep the odometer error to a minimum and they look just fine. However, I run 14" wheels on the same car for rallycross to reduce weight and because 14" tires are less expensive than 15" sizes (besides I don't know of anyone who makes 16" rally tires that I could afford).

seller says 14mm is stamped on the wheel so I guess they wont fit?

I think he's mis-reading something here. Most American Racing wheels for the Subaru are 38mm offset; they will fit but the reduced offset has the potential of premature wheel bearing failure.

I have a set of these for sale in the FS forum. They are 15"x7" width and 34mm offset. The reduced offset gives a wider stance since the tires are further out than stock. They came off a '98 Legacy and I bought them before I realized the significance of the offset. They are fine for most Subarus but there is that issue of long term reliability resulting from pre-mature wear on the wheel bearings.