[Bogonici]

Hello everybody.I have a question for you.I hope that you can help me .
I want to change my OEM 16" wheels with some bigger wheels (17" or 18" ).I own a 2006 Forester 2.0 X.I know that the bolt pattern for this model is 5*100 ,and the ET sizes are between 38-50(I am not sure).

I don't want to spend a lot of money on brand-new wheels.I have around (350-450 pounds to spend).I think that I won't keep this car more than 2 years,but I think that bigger rims are good upgrades for my car.And i also need and want new tires...which are pretty expensive.

I don't know if Volkswagen Golf 4 rims match with my car.I have found some nice and cheap Wolfrace wheels,but their ET=35.I am not sure if I can mount them on my car ,or mounting them will affect something..
I also want to know what i must change at my car if I'll mount some Golf wheels on it.

Thank you.

 

[crewzer]

The standard Forester rims have a 48mm ET (offset). Everything else being equal, using wheels with a 35mm ET will push each wheel out by 13 mm (~1/2 inch).

It might be worth looking through this thread to see if anyone had tried anything similar: http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/f72/tire-size-wheel-size-offset-etc-log-will-fit-11836/

Best of luck!
Jim / crewzer