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Old 02-17-2009, 06:13 PM   #501
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^WOW!!!!! bad choice of words on my part!! Who knew!!!

...haha, ok, now I give the justy even more cred.


...and a link to the article is up within minutes lol nothing gets past nasioc
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Old 02-17-2009, 06:22 PM   #502
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No way, you can go bigger! I ran 225/55/16 all-season and 205/60/16 winter tires on my 03 TS wagon at stock ride height with no issues. I even had sedan control arms and lateral links, which pushed the wheels out towards the fender edges. It probably helped that I was running a fair big of negative camber.

Big tires FTW!
sounds interesting, got any pics?

my stock size is 205/50/16, these are 205/60/15 (smaller rims)
i had a feel around the wheel arch in mine, and i thought the first place to scrub would be the inside wall, so I guess pushing the wheels out further would help to a point
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Old 02-17-2009, 08:27 PM   #503
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with my rally bumper...and borrowing a friend's wheel so i could finish the rallyx. i had a little too much fun on another course. notice my wide body on the drivers side



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Old 02-17-2009, 09:08 PM   #504
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I guess mine would fit better in this thead than rally prepped

RA basic flaps
higher profile tyres on smaller rims, total +5% over stock size



I'll be getting action shots in a few weeks from a rallyx
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Old 02-17-2009, 09:13 PM   #505
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Im like your evil twin... Rally Innovations skidplate/lightbar, rally armor flaps, yakima rack





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Old 02-17-2009, 09:42 PM   #506
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^ looks sick!

I don't see many "rally-esque" evos around
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Old 02-17-2009, 10:08 PM   #507
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Here you go, 225/55/16. WRX front springs and Forester STI rear springs with sedan control arms and lateral links.

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Old 02-17-2009, 10:12 PM   #508
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nice!
got any pics straight on the wheel like my second pic?
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Old 02-17-2009, 10:22 PM   #509
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Nope, because it looks cooler when the wheels are at a jaunty angle

With those tires, I didn't have any room to go wider or taller without fender and strut rubbing issues. They are approximately an inch larger in diameter than the tires you are running.

TS/RS wagons equipped with undersized 15" wheels and have funny "stock" tire sizes that are actually smaller than those on RS sedans and 2.5i wagons (205/55/16), even though enough space is available for the the "correct" size tire. Subaru compensates for the small tires by using a 3.9 final drive ratio on TS/RS wagons. Weird, huh?

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Old 02-17-2009, 11:29 PM   #510
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my ride. not lifted, but oversize tires for rallyx/winter. stock springs/struts for now, but rallitek sways+endlinks, ebay stb's. Have sti springs & dspecs on the way...

205/60/16!


205/55/16's borrowed before i got the set of tires above.


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Old 02-17-2009, 11:34 PM   #511
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Nope, because it looks cooler when the wheels are at a jaunty angle

With those tires, I didn't have any room to go wider or taller without fender and strut rubbing issues. They are approximately an inch larger in diameter than the tires you are running.
that's a shame, means i won't be able to fit the smallest 4WD tyres i could find, 215 70 15


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TS/RS wagons equipped with undersized 15" wheels and have funny "stock" tire sizes that are actually smaller than those on RS sedans and 2.5i wagons (205/55/16), even though enough space is available for the the "correct" size tire. Subaru compensates for the small tires by using a 3.9 final drive ratio on TS/RS wagons. Weird, huh?
no idea what mines like, it's stock is 205/50/16, its australian 2005 RS wagon

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Old 02-18-2009, 04:21 AM   #512
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What hood is that?
Stock Hood , the duct vent was duplicated from an IMPREZA WRC S10 in Scotland after 3 years of searching .
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Old 02-18-2009, 04:22 AM   #513
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Old 02-18-2009, 10:15 AM   #514
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Same here i want some Enkie RC G4 so bad in gold but the Prodrive p7 are good for the street





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Old 02-18-2009, 10:35 AM   #515
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Im like your evil twin... Rally Innovations skidplate/lightbar, rally armor flaps, yakima rack
That's an awesome setup, I dig the car!
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Old 02-18-2009, 11:18 AM   #516
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Any fit issues with the brakes? And where did you get them. They look fantastic...
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Old 02-18-2009, 11:21 AM   #517
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i love this thread. i'll be picking up my skidplate/rallyinnovations lightbar this spring
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Old 02-18-2009, 11:44 AM   #518
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Any fit issues with the brakes? And where did you get them. They look fantastic...
nope, they are gravel spec 15x7 and clear GrN brakes (15x6.5 also do)

Rallispec carries those
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Old 02-18-2009, 01:28 PM   #519
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general makes the grabber at2 in 215/65/16 (which is .4" smaller outside diameter than the 215/70/15's you listed). I used to run them on my legacy wagon with outback struts/springs.
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Old 02-18-2009, 07:19 PM   #520
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Posted way, way after I opened the reply window
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Old 02-18-2009, 08:14 PM   #521
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glad i'm not the only one with a roof scoop!
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Old 02-19-2009, 12:29 AM   #522
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That's the winter set-up. Come spring, some type of 17inch rim (Grids?)
Prodrive Alcon Brakes
I can vouch for this car's awesomeness
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Old 02-21-2009, 02:13 PM   #523
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The Grabber AT2 also comes in a 205/75R15 which are listed at 26.8" diameter on tirerack. I probably am going to be running some on my Outback instead of the stock 205/70-15 all terrains when I start rallycrossing it in the stock AWD class.
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Old 02-23-2009, 11:01 AM   #524
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My daily driver for Colorado mountain roads.





More pics in the Top Scoob 009 thread.
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Old 02-23-2009, 11:51 AM   #525
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^^^nice!!
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