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Re: Any better wheels for my 96?
Posted by spiv (more from spiv) on Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:40:18
In Reply to: Any better wheels for my 96?, Franck, Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:24:38
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Bolt circle of all the 5-bolt hubs is unusually large and makes it VERY difficult to find alternate wheels!
One viable alternative is to find 4-bolt hubs/drums off a GT850 or Montecarlo 850 and swap those in; there's a wider choice of alternate wheels in 4-bolt, but those MC hubs are getting pretty scarce, and the faithful would march on your castle with flaming torches if you sacrificed a savable GT/MC to get the hubs!
Late Sonett axle tube uses same 5-bolt drums as 96, so no help there...
Jack A. had a place cut the center out of a stock 96 wheel and weld it onto a wider rim; this allows use of wider tires but doesn't improve appearance, since the middle is still the stock wheel.
So, about the only other approach is to find a style of custom wheel with a large enough center to cover the bolt circle, then get supplier to custom drill the correct holes. Not cheap! If you get this done, be sure to post pix & specs, as a lot of us would like to see it...
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