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pbaldy · 2004-01-26, 08:38 PM

I appreciate all the ideas. I went with Debbie's great idea of Ray's, which I didn't know about. They had one that was barely 1/32 off the existing tires, which I hope and assume is within tolerances. The wheel is okay (they think). Unfortunately, with 2 daughters in college, getting 4 new tires if I don't need them is outside the budget.

I'm still going to look for another set of wheels to put new tires on, and use these for autocross. The RE92's should be fine while I try to relearn the sport.

Here's an interesting point. I called Santa Cruz Subaru to ask about the tolerances for tires (bought the car there, and trust them). They told me that the tires should be within 1/4" in circumference, which seems like a pretty small window. I'm certainly no expert, but I'd think you could get further off than that just with tire pressure. Are these cars that sensitive, or did I get bad information (or am I misjudging how much 1/4" is)? I'm thinking of taking all the tires off and measuring them.

2004-01-26, 08:38 PM	#12
pbaldy EJ18 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 25	I appreciate all the ideas. I went with Debbie's great idea of Ray's, which I didn't know about. They had one that was barely 1/32 off the existing tires, which I hope and assume is within tolerances. The wheel is okay (they think). Unfortunately, with 2 daughters in college, getting 4 new tires if I don't need them is outside the budget. I'm still going to look for another set of wheels to put new tires on, and use these for autocross. The RE92's should be fine while I try to relearn the sport. Here's an interesting point. I called Santa Cruz Subaru to ask about the tolerances for tires (bought the car there, and trust them). They told me that the tires should be within 1/4" in circumference, which seems like a pretty small window. I'm certainly no expert, but I'd think you could get further off than that just with tire pressure. Are these cars that sensitive, or did I get bad information (or am I misjudging how much 1/4" is)? I'm thinking of taking all the tires off and measuring them.