How do I go about buying new wheels for my 07 x

mkelectrus · 11-18-2012, 11:41 PM

Hello,

I really want to know how you guys picked and bought wheels for your cars. I've got enough cash saved up to replace my standard 16" wheels but I don't even know where to begin. I'm looking at discounttiredirect.com using my car specs but I feel like that's not a good way to pick out wheels.

Should I just go to a shop and tell them what car I've got and they would help me out or did you guys use a website to order wheels and then go to a shop to get them installed?

Would love some feedback soon, because I'd like to take advantage of black friday deals coming up. Thanks

AlkiSubaru · 11-18-2012, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mkelectrus

Hello,

I really want to know how you guys picked and bought wheels for your cars. I've got enough cash saved up to replace my standard 16" wheels but I don't even know where to begin. I'm looking at discounttiredirect.com using my car specs but I feel like that's not a good way to pick out wheels.

Should I just go to a shop and tell them what car I've got and they would help me out or did you guys use a website to order wheels and then go to a shop to get them installed?

Would love some feedback soon, because I'd like to take advantage of black friday deals coming up. Thanks

discounttiredirect.com is good. TireRack is another one.

If your looking for einkei (my favorite), Oakos has a great selection of Einkeis and Prodrives. The RPF1s are very popular on the forum. If you can afford it I would suggest the RSM9s. Sooo cool!

Another good choice is to honestly look on craigslist and search for "Subaru Wheels."
The other day I saw some BRZ wheels on there for an amazing price as well as some WRX ones. The nice thing about staying with Subaru stock wheels is that there are many members on this forum that run almost every kind of Subaru stock wheel out there. You can look through some here: Subaru OEM wheels that fit the Forester

I hope that kind of helps. I only run stock or Einkei, so I'm not a huge fountain of knowledge for this subject.

mkelectrus · 11-19-2012, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by AlkiSubaru

discounttiredirect.com is good. TireRack is another one.

If your looking for einkei (my favorite), Oakos has a great selection of Einkeis and Prodrives. The RPF1s are very popular on the forum. If you can afford it I would suggest the RSM9s. Sooo cool!

Another good choice is to honestly look on craigslist and search for "Subaru Wheels."
The other day I saw some BRZ wheels on there for an amazing price as well as some WRX ones. The nice thing about staying with Subaru stock wheels is that there are many members on this forum that run almost every kind of Subaru stock wheel out there. You can look through some here: Subaru OEM wheels that fit the Forester

I hope that kind of helps. I only run stock or Einkei, so I'm not a huge fountain of knowledge for this subject.

thanks a lot this helped out quite a bit, I think I'll try and find some OEM wheels from other models that will fit my car, thank you honestly you made my day hah, I didn't know that other car's wheels could be used on forester

mkelectrus · 11-19-2012, 01:40 AM

I found +55 offset wheels and I think I'll get those, but does anyone know for sure if I there would be rubbing if I used stock 215/60/16 tires on my 2007 forester x?

Philistine · 11-21-2012, 01:24 PM

I've bought all my wheels from forum members on nabisco or idsubaruclub.com

11-18-2012, 11:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
mkelectrus Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 19 Location: Colorado Car Year: 2007 Car Model: Forester X Transmission: Automatic Gallery: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	How do I go about buying new wheels for my 07 x Hello, I really want to know how you guys picked and bought wheels for your cars. I've got enough cash saved up to replace my standard 16" wheels but I don't even know where to begin. I'm looking at discounttiredirect.com using my car specs but I feel like that's not a good way to pick out wheels. Should I just go to a shop and tell them what car I've got and they would help me out or did you guys use a website to order wheels and then go to a shop to get them installed? Would love some feedback soon, because I'd like to take advantage of black friday deals coming up. Thanks

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Philistine Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 386 Location: Boise, IdaHO Car Year: 2009 Car Model: Fozzie XT Ltd Transmission: 4EAT Gallery: 0 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I've bought all my wheels from forum members on nabisco or idsubaruclub.com __________________ 2009 FXT LTD - OBP, Stg 2 2011 Ferd Ranger 4x4 2013 FXT Touring 99 EZGO TXT Freedom

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11-19-2012, 01:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
mkelectrus Forum Member Thread Starter Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 19 Location: Colorado Car Year: 2007 Car Model: Forester X Transmission: Automatic Gallery: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I found +55 offset wheels and I think I'll get those, but does anyone know for sure if I there would be rubbing if I used stock 215/60/16 tires on my 2007 forester x?

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