Had to put smaller winter tires on my car. Help?
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Hey all. As some of you know, I'm the proud owner of a 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS. No S2000 here, at least not yet!
(I got laid off a few weeks ago too, which doesn't
help.
) Anyway, I got it in a front-end smash on Dec. 14, and it recently returned from the body shop (about a week and a half ago). It's running perfectly as far as I can tell, but I went to get winter tires for it a few days ago, and ran into a problem.
Stock wheels/tires on the car are 205/55-R16s on alloys (Bridgestone Potenza RE92s, which are horrid, but I digress). I opted for a 15" winter tire, so I found some steel wheels from a Subaru Legacy, and brought them to Concord Tire in Concord, NH to mount. A proper -1 for the car is 195/65-R15. Guess what.... they RUBBED. Not much, just a hair on the left-front tire.
Interesting.
MANY RS folks get 195s for their cars, with no problems.
My conclusion was that the impact from my hit may have screwed it up. It's about 1/4" off from the other side.
Question being... what can I do about it??? I certainly can't hand over the keys for another period of time to have the body shop check it out.....
I ended up going with 185/65-R15s instead, just a wee bit narrower. The profile's still the same, the sidewall height I mean, so none of the height dynamics are off. Being a bit narrower, they may be somewhat less stable, but I haven't noticed any problems as yet. I took it to nowhere-Vermont the other day to ski, and to nowhere-New Hampshire Sunday to take a winter skid course at Team O'Neil. No problems.
So.... I guess I just wanted some opinions. Have the body shop examine the car? Another question is.... are the stock tires rubbing? I didn't have them check that, but if 195s rub, then are my 205s???
Like, HELP!
(I got laid off a few weeks ago too, which doesn't
help.
) Anyway, I got it in a front-end smash on Dec. 14, and it recently returned from the body shop (about a week and a half ago). It's running perfectly as far as I can tell, but I went to get winter tires for it a few days ago, and ran into a problem.Stock wheels/tires on the car are 205/55-R16s on alloys (Bridgestone Potenza RE92s, which are horrid, but I digress). I opted for a 15" winter tire, so I found some steel wheels from a Subaru Legacy, and brought them to Concord Tire in Concord, NH to mount. A proper -1 for the car is 195/65-R15. Guess what.... they RUBBED. Not much, just a hair on the left-front tire.
Interesting.MANY RS folks get 195s for their cars, with no problems.
My conclusion was that the impact from my hit may have screwed it up. It's about 1/4" off from the other side.
Question being... what can I do about it??? I certainly can't hand over the keys for another period of time to have the body shop check it out.....
I ended up going with 185/65-R15s instead, just a wee bit narrower. The profile's still the same, the sidewall height I mean, so none of the height dynamics are off. Being a bit narrower, they may be somewhat less stable, but I haven't noticed any problems as yet. I took it to nowhere-Vermont the other day to ski, and to nowhere-New Hampshire Sunday to take a winter skid course at Team O'Neil. No problems.
So.... I guess I just wanted some opinions. Have the body shop examine the car? Another question is.... are the stock tires rubbing? I didn't have them check that, but if 195s rub, then are my 205s???
Like, HELP!
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