RS wheels on Gen 1 Outback?

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Old 05-29-2007, 09:49 AM
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RS wheels on Gen 1 Outback?

I know they can be put on there with no fitment issues. How do you adjust the speedometer for ther 5% diameter decrease? Is there a gear that I can pull from a legacy GT or 2.5RS and slap it in in 30 minutes time?
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You are probably just going to have to deal with the speedometer being off. Changing gears in your transmission will take much more than 30 minutes.
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Old 05-29-2007, 10:31 AM
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If anyone could explain how to gain access to it, it'd be appreciated. I know in some cars it's quick, some it's lengthy. But no car have I seen it necessitate major transmission work.
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I've never heard of anyone changing speedometer gearing when changing tires...
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Originally Posted by paulpas
If anyone could explain how to gain access to it, it'd be appreciated. I know in some cars it's quick, some it's lengthy. But no car have I seen it necessitate major transmission work.
Oh, I misunderstood. By gear I thought you meant tranny gear, but that didn't make any sense. I get it now, too early in the morning I suppose.

But like DLC said, I've never heard of people doing that for a minor tire size difference. I'd just as soon keep in mind that my spedo is reading about 5mph lower.
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Put a different size tire on so your overall diameter stays the same.
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You have to open the transmission case to change the speedo gearing; I'm not sure just swapping out the sender will do the trick. I've run on a few sets of RS and WRX wheels with the shorter tire height on my OB, and your speed will show you going about 7-8mph faster than you actually are at ~65 (actually doing 58).

Honestly, it's not worth messing with, as the speedos are off a little bit when stock anyways. I eventually swapped to a JDM 4.11 transmission from a 250GT and the new sender/gear gave me the correct speedo reading, but it was just a bonus, never something I'd pull the tranny for.
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