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wheel tech question?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:36 am
by internetautomart
ok. I know that we use a 5x100 bolt pattern on our wheels
but what other OE wheels will fit with no problems?
GM?
Chrysler?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:16 am
by entirelyturbo
New small Toyota 4cyl cars also have 5 X 100. Celica, Corolla, Matrix, tC, etc.
We covered VW too. Someone had Jetta wheels on his Legacy (I wasn't crazy about how it looked though).
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:27 am
by internetautomart
did they have the right offset?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:29 am
by entirelyturbo
Dunno. Probably not.
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:10 am
by IronMonkeyL255
I think newer Toyota wheels have almost the right offset (within a mm or two).
The VW wheels were off (stuck out too far), but would fit. Personally, though, I wouldn't use them.
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:08 pm
by internetautomart
IronMonkeyL255 wrote:I think newer Toyota wheels have almost the right offset (within a mm or two).
The VW wheels were off (stuck out too far), but would fit. Personally, though, I wouldn't use them.
hmm, if newer toyota works then older GM should too
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:05 pm
by jamal
Used Subaru wheels for sure fit, are cheap, and look nice. You can get a set of 16" WRX wheels with almost-new RE92s for $200 or less.
You don't want to go below +55mm offset until you're at a 6.5" wide wheel.
16x6.5 WRX wheels have a 55mm offset
16x7 2.5RS wheels have a 53mm offset
17x7.5 STi wheels have a 53mm offset
You can go a little lower than that on the wider wheels, but not by much. +48 is about the min on a 7" wheel.
Too low of offset and you'll be in the fenders and ruin the wheel bearings; too high and you'll hit the strut/spring perch.
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:09 pm
by internetautomart
yeah 16s are cheap.
I was just looking for 15s
we got potholes here, and i hate hubcaps