urgent wheels help!!!! please
10-06-2009, 06:41 PM
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urgent wheels help!!!! please
hey, i needed new tires and got a great deal on rims with new tires. i used to have a g35 and loved my rims.
from what ive researched aftermarket rims fit mustang, g35 and 350z same bolt pattern.
I HAVE A PROBLEM.
i bought em and the bolt pattern fits and is fine, but the center hub part on the mustang is bigger than the one on the rims andd it doesnt fully set right!!!!
WHAT DO I DO? CAN I GET AN ADAPTER, OR SPACER TO MAKE THE CENTER HUB THE SMALLER SIZE?
IDK IF I HAVE TO ORDER BUT I NEED HELP ADAP ON WHAT TO BUY.
NEW RIMS ARE 33MM OFFSET
from what ive researched aftermarket rims fit mustang, g35 and 350z same bolt pattern.
I HAVE A PROBLEM.
i bought em and the bolt pattern fits and is fine, but the center hub part on the mustang is bigger than the one on the rims andd it doesnt fully set right!!!!
WHAT DO I DO? CAN I GET AN ADAPTER, OR SPACER TO MAKE THE CENTER HUB THE SMALLER SIZE?
IDK IF I HAVE TO ORDER BUT I NEED HELP ADAP ON WHAT TO BUY.
NEW RIMS ARE 33MM OFFSET
10-06-2009, 07:36 PM
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If I am understanding you correctly.
The hub centers on your car is to large to fit the rim??
If so have the tires removed from the wheels,take the wheels to a machine shop and have them machined to fit your car.
Do not try to grind them out with a grinder yourself,you will get them off center.
Don
The hub centers on your car is to large to fit the rim??
If so have the tires removed from the wheels,take the wheels to a machine shop and have them machined to fit your car.
Do not try to grind them out with a grinder yourself,you will get them off center.
Don
10-06-2009, 09:41 PM
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actually, cant i purchase wheel spacers, and solve the problem. if i got the wheel spacers form american muscle, thzt are not hubcentric, without the lip around the circle, i could just mount the rims FLUSH to the wheel spacer, and be set. correct??
10-06-2009, 09:51 PM
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yes, you can order a set (qty=4) of wheel adapters.
make sure the company knows you are going from the Mustang (5x114) to a Nissan (5x114)...they should know the proper hub sizing and make you something that will fit.
or you could simply have a locla machine shop mill out the inner flange area on the new rims to fit the mustang...how much material difference are we talking?
make sure the company knows you are going from the Mustang (5x114) to a Nissan (5x114)...they should know the proper hub sizing and make you something that will fit.
or you could simply have a locla machine shop mill out the inner flange area on the new rims to fit the mustang...how much material difference are we talking?
10-06-2009, 09:58 PM
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not allot, but idk if the material can be machined away if its thic enough.
cant i just buy a set of mustand spacers, not haing to worry about the hub size. it i get a standard pair of mustang wheel spacers, the rim would sit flush on the spacer would it not?
like these
http://www.americanmuscle.com/1in-bi...l-spacers.html
because there is not a RAISED ledge essentially the hub size of the3 wheel does not matter because the face and the hub on the rims are flush, there is no raised lip on the rim around the hub. its flush
cant i just buy a set of mustand spacers, not haing to worry about the hub size. it i get a standard pair of mustang wheel spacers, the rim would sit flush on the spacer would it not?
like these
http://www.americanmuscle.com/1in-bi...l-spacers.html
because there is not a RAISED ledge essentially the hub size of the3 wheel does not matter because the face and the hub on the rims are flush, there is no raised lip on the rim around the hub. its flush
10-06-2009, 10:01 PM
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the whole problem is the hub on the car is raised from the rotor preventing the rim to sit flush on the rotor. with a spacer WITHOUT that raised lip, the lug nut will align it, and it will sit flush against the flat spacer
