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Old 03-20-2004, 11:49 PM   #3
hph
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There may be some 15" wheels that fit, but Subaru's don't.

I saved a set of 15" Forester wheels from my 99S to use for winter on my new XT and discovered the hard way that the new brakes are bigger than the old ones. Grump grump grump (although I reckon the bigger brakes are a good thing).

My solution was to buy an extra set of 16" wheels from Subaru (they sell the 5-spoke ones that come on the XS models) for winter and put the stock tire size on them.

One bonus of doing this is that you're not on the taller side-wall tires that would go on the 15" wheels, and handling isn't degraded so much. HPH
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