E36 Bottlecaps apparently kinda-sorta fit on an Olds Bravada.
Also 205/60r15 doesn't look nearly as goofy as I thought they would. New tires are still going on the original wheels ASAP though, we just had these laying around for some reason.
E36 Bottlecaps apparently kinda-sorta fit on an Olds Bravada.
Also 205/60r15 doesn't look nearly as goofy as I thought they would. New tires are still going on the original wheels ASAP though, we just had these laying around for some reason.
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That's not a terrible look, I gotta admit.
Chadeux wrote: E36 Bottlecaps apparently kinda-sorta fit on an Olds Bravada.
120mm is about 4 3/4". Extremely close.
The funny part is, GM Enkei wheels are not the same bolt pattern as the studs. Snug the lug nuts down equally finger-tight and the nuts will only contact on one edge, on all five. I think the hubs are 5x115 but the wheels are 5x114.3 (4 1/2").
Stuff like this is why I always torque wheels in three passes: lightly, zipped down a bit, and then the torque wrench comes out...
Yeah I'm not convinced it's actually safe, I'm just going to baby it on my like 5 mile commute to work until I get my red truck fixed.
Is it less unsafe because it's only 5 miles?
They fit or they don't, think about the motorists you may be taking out.
I don't like the slight bolt pattern mismatch thing. In my mind, the more concentrated stress from unevenly seated lug nuts has to increase the risk of wheel failure. And for most of us, there's no way to determine just how much that risk is increased.
Chadeux wrote: Yeah I'm not convinced it's actually safe, I'm just going to baby it on my like 5 mile commute to work until I get my red truck fixed.
You will be fine. BMW wheels on GM and vice-versa is done all the time, including on tracked cars.
Torque the wheels, drive it a few miles, torque them again. Drive a few miles, check torque again. Betcha they aren't moving.
The theoretical difference in bolt pattern is about a third of a millimeter per lug nut. About ten thousandths. Do you really think the manufacturers are holding wheels to that tight of a tolerance? How about the cheap crap hubs people buy from Rock Auto and the like?
We're ALSO assuming that GM didn't just metricize the hubs to 120mm and still call it 4 3/4"!
Oh lord, don't let iadr see this, he'll have a coronary. 
Needs lowered 
They didn't fight me at all going on. And it doesn't feel strange at all driving it (well other than the speedometer being off by a huge margin now). Especially as a short term solution, I feel this is no where near the stupidest thing I've done to a vehicle. Really the only problem is the CV axle stud pokes through the center of the wheel so the center caps don't fit on the front.
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