classic steve Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Hi all. Just bought myself another subaru. Been away for too long. Anyway its completely standard bar a wr sport backbox and panel filter upgrade. Noticed earlier the tyres are 225 45 17. Got my eye on a set of prodrive wheels and tyres with 205 45 17. Would these fit ok? Its a 2002 uk bugeye wrx ive got. And the wheels im thinking of are fitted to a 2005 blob. Cheers. Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Welcome back to burble n boost bud [emoji41] Blob and bug wrx's run the same hub centers and brakes (unless ones a sti with the bigger Brembo set up) so clearance and offset shouldn't be a issue Afaik . If it's not broke .....upgrade it 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classic steve Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 The blob isnt a sti so should fit fine. Its just the tyre size that concerns me. Is 205 45 17 ok to fit on a bugeye as ive read that 215 is the minimum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage bulldogs Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I'd personally prefer the widest tyres I can fit (better traction and wider track ) . I had 04 wrx rims on my classic with 4 pot calipers ,so I'm sure that they'll fit but unsure about the minimum width spec they recommend . If it's not broke .....upgrade it 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classic steve Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 My wrx has 225 45 17 at the minute but there garbage tyres and the road noise is horrible. Probably be better off buying some decent tyres tbh as my alloys are in good nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david1972 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 This is the info on my drivers door shut 2004 Impreza import Sent from my iphone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffLeggy Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 The tyres would be ok but as previous I would really suggest 225 45 17. The best way to sum it up is you'll get an extra 80mm surface contact, which is a lot and esp when you have power through all four corners! Goodyear F1 AS2 are cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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