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Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering
.. My goal is to find a 15x7 rally wheel that fits, the tricky part being something that clears the tie rod. ..
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I found these mentions of confirmed fitment of R15 wheels. IIRC trick was offset.
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this shop lists twins compatibility for these Enkei RC-G5 wheels. You can contact them if it's really test-fitted-confirmed. 15x6.5" +35 and 15x7" +35
- Team Dynamic Rally1 wheels 15x6 +25
#1 #2
- Team Dynamic Rally1 wheels 15x6
+52(?!) but
15x7 +53 needed spacer
- Rota Slipstreams, 15x7 35mm fit...
barely.
- VW AVUS Wheels
15x6.0 +38 (need ball seat lug nuts)
#2
- 15x6.5 ET40
Dodge Neon wheels
- unknown spec and maker
R15 on TRD showcar
As eg. 15x6.5 +45 Braid Acropolis
doesn't clear , trick seems to be 1) rally-ish wheel barrel design for brake clearance, 2) AND lesser offset then "normal subaru of around +45" for suspension clearance. Please do report here on forum found confirmed clearance/fitment in wheel directory too, when you will find your wheels. Very scarce nfo on clearing R15 otherwise
Also imho no need to go for MOST rugged rally wheels, as what are you going for - for reasonable/mild rallying, no? Without those 5+ meter high jumps
. So imho "tarmac rally" wheels should also be considerable option, no need to go for even stronger (and even heavier) gravel or ice rally wheels. Though ice/snow rally wheels may offer interesting option of wheels that can be run with abnormally narrow winter tires .. something opposite to your wished x7 wheel width though.
P.S. while many small spokes may protect better from snow getting in, imho they might be PITA to clean from accumulated snow/ice with brush later on no unlike from lesser count wider spaced spokes, no? May protect better against gravel/rocks getting into brakes though. Still, as hint from one local rally car prep shop, they were making custom for specific car/brakes/wheels plastic "scrapers" to attach to brake calipers or control arm, that scraped off excess snow from inside of wheel, not letting it accumulate there in first place
. - imho you can custom make something like that for yours too
. I'm thinking of getting something similar for my R16 wheels sometime too. Otherwise it's almost given that after i visit winter ice tracks, driving home with "rebalanced" wheels with uneven ice/snow/frozen dirt extra weight inside wheel with all that vibration/wobbling is not fun until i pressure-wash it off.