Danny 5door

Whats the offset of a UK imprezza and are they 4 or 5 stud?

Old_Fart

5 stud pcd100(?) offset aim for 51 to 53...48 known to foul rear arches but can usually get away with removing the rubber strip under there.
Chucky

Andy Tang

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Information about 17" wheels and tyres, some of the information is my opinion (tyre choice) other info is fact

On the classic shaped Impreza (MY92-00):

PCD 5 * 100 (same as VW, Audi, etc but they use an offset of ET35 which will make the wheels stick out by 12mm too much!!!)
ET 48-53

Subaru/Prodrive recommended tyre size: 205/45 R17
Alternative (wider range) tyre size: 215/40 R17

(Do a search on tyres, as opinions will vary. Below my personal opinion)

Tyres to consider: Goodyear Eagle F1/Toyo Proxie TS-1/Bridgestone SO-3

Tyres not recommended: Avon ZZR/Pirelli PZero

(Personal experience)

I ran wheels with an offset of ET45 and they caught on the lip of the arch. Removing the rubber on the arch can help, but I feel it was made worse by the choice of 215/40R17 tyres. 205/45R17 tyres are not as wide and *may* have made a difference.

In the end I changed them for the OZ Prodrive P1 wheels, with an offset of ET53 (I think) and even with 215/40R17 tyres, there was no issue!

Danny Fisher

Andy, Subaru recommend Pirelli PZero's. These are good if you do a lot of motorway driving, as they are hard wearing, but it takes a lot to get them up to temp.

Dan