Welcome, actually there's a whole wheel tire forum here...Wheels and Tires - Subaru Forester Owners Forum
and within...http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f72/215-70-16-bfg-all-terrain-126696/

 

Thanks for that link, I will post in there. I did come across that thread though from my google searches but nobody mentioned any problems with rubbing in the front wheel wells.

 

@strider I'm going to move this thread to the "Wheels and Tires" sub-forum.

Also, check your PM... you have mail. :wink:

Bobby...

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I just installed some 215/70/r16 General Grabber AT2's on my '01 forester with SG struts. I get the same issue with rubbing on the mudflap/plastic wheel well liner at half lock. I'm going to take a wheel off today and check it out, see if the plastic can be ground down or removed. I'll report back..

 

The shop that installed my 215/70/16 ground/cut off the plastic. (I had it done at a 4x4 shop that used to making tires fit)

 

I pulled off my tire to take a look at where it rubs and pulled off the stock mudflaps. The part of the mudflap that sticks the most into the wheel well goes over another plastic liner that more or less lines the entire inside of the wheel well. If you pull that off a bit it is covering a welded metal seam.
That entire seam could easily be pounded down with a sledge to give about another 1" of space for the tires when you turn the wheel. I ended up taking a dremel to the mudflap where there was obvious rubbing and just cut it off. The mudflap still mounts up just fine. I also pounded down that little metal seam just a hair. There is still a *little bit* of rubbing but I'd say its 10x better than it was. The tires will wear the plastic down a bit and the tires themselves will wear to give more room but I might still go in and completely pound down the metal and cut the remainder of the plastic liner that covers it, off.

Hope that helps. I can post pics if desired.