drdisque wrote: It's so they don't show you wheels that don't come in your car's bolt pattern (this is coming from a guy who has had two cars with weird bolt patterns).
Easily solved by requiring the bolt pattern as part of the search parameters...Works like a charm on the Discount Tire Direct site, among others that allow similar such useful search capabilities.
Rocket Racing makes some cool ones too.
chaparral wrote: I like using wheels that were stock on something somewhere. The tooling and engineering costs of a stiff, durable, light wheels are easier to amortize over 300,000 wheels than 3,000. So I'd look up what your bolt pattern, size, and backspacing correspond to and find my wheels on car-part.com.
I completely agree, however finding what I want is nearly impossible without very thick spacers. About the time GM started going bigger with wheels they were also going with much higher offsets. G-bodies used a close-to zero offset, but only used 14 or 15" wheels. There are the rare 16" GTA staggered wheels from F-bodies, but by the time they made it to 17", it was F- and Y-body only with very high offsets.
5x4.75 patterns in 17x9 with a near zero offset are going to be aftermarket only.
Use 17x9 bullit wheels with the appropriate spacer/adapter. Good quality wheels at stupid cheap prices. Got less than 300 in the seton duster.
I shop for wheels on Craigslist, and I find killer deals on exotica all the time.
I don't even look on there without expecting to find an irresistible deal.
I was going to start a thread on wheels. But, this one popped up.
Does anyone know where I can find 16X6 wheels that will fit my Spectra5? I bought it with 17X7 but I want to autoX in street not ST.
In reply to Kia_Racer:
Check my link on the first page.
Have you tried these guys?
i agree with bullitt wheels with adapter spacers. that's what i ran on my caddy and everyone thought i had silver tt2's after i painted the blue oval silver to match the cap.
Check this place out. It's in australia but the prices are pretty good for nice wheels with lots of sizes and any offset/bolt pattern you want. I ordered a staggered set for my GT6. Great quality and they ARE very light.
http://www.allwheels.com.au/home.php?cat=250
What about wheels that are darn close? How much variation can I get away with in the bolt circle? I'm just thinking that most BMWs were 120mm which equals 4.72". 4.75" equals 120.65mm. Is half a millimeter really an issue?
Did I just find an awesome GRM solution to finding cool wheels? (other than the fact that most BMW wheels are high offset)
Not really. I know a few guys that rock bmw wheels on chevelles. If I could find the set I want, id be one of them.
Of the ones you pictured I like the Minilites.
Duke wrote: It's also to make damn good and sure that you don't buy something radical and then get pissed off at them when it doesn't fit.
They don't stop you from buying tires that don't fit -- why are wheels different?
curtis73 wrote: What about wheels that are darn close? How much variation can I get away with in the bolt circle? I'm just thinking that most BMWs were 120mm which equals 4.72". 4.75" equals 120.65mm. Is half a millimeter really an issue? Did I just find an awesome GRM solution to finding cool wheels? (other than the fact that most BMW wheels are high offset)
lots of bmw guys roll gm wheels from what i understand, and i have known several camaro guys to use bmw wheels. my wife ran the ford bullitt wheels on the rendezvous for 3 years, 114.3 wheels on a 115 pattern. i snugged the lugs then torqued them but the .7mm difference was not noticeable when installing nor did it cause any issues in 3 years of daily driving and 50k miles. the hub bore was extremely close if not the same, but as much as the internet engineers will try and tell you that all wheels need to be hubcentric or you'll die and those little plastic rings will save your life, tell that to any pickup truck with an aftermarket rim that has a hub bore big enough to clear anything ever made plus a center cap who hammers it offroad without snapping studs.
Very true, patgizz. I have abused non-centric wheels pretty hard with no issues.
That snugging pattern is what I was concerned about. If they aren't hub-centric, I run the risk of pulling them centered to the first stud. But again, I may not even be able to detect a 0.5mm offset until 90 mph.
I guess if I have issues I could get centric rings for them, too.
Check summit racing's brand. They have on called yhe 143 that is probably in the right size for cheap.
TeamIII sells a minilite knock off that will fit.
Let me know how 9.5" wide works in front. I am in a similar situation with my car.
I think the minilites would be furcking sweet. Only I wouldn't go over a 15" with them. I'm thinking 15x8 with a 255/60 on it, if it would fit.
Porches in Potomac falls MD. That's where my enkeis came from.
I think BMW roadstars would look unbelievable on there, you'd have to get a full set of rears though...
codrus wrote:Duke wrote: It's also to make damn good and sure that you don't buy something radical and then get pissed off at them when it doesn't fit.They don't stop you from buying tires that don't fit -- why are wheels different?
i'd wager that most people cant mount tires themselves which requires the inclusion of a 3rd party shop that could say they wont fit. if you buy wheels with tires mounted anyone with a jack and lug wrench can bolt them up with lots of potential damage.
of course i'd still prefer to be able to search with only pattern/offset etc.
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