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Old 08-07-2006, 09:08 PM
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Wheel Clean up - Plan B

You have to use a little imagination from these pics, but I want opinions on whether I should purchase the 5 lug adapters and try to fit these Momo's, or stick to my old skool alloy rims.
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Old 08-07-2006, 09:15 PM
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to me your stock wheels look GREAT...but i think these would look better...
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Old 08-07-2006, 09:44 PM
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See how dirty the tires are, read my hard luck story!
https://www.zdriver.com/forums/lounge-off-topic-219/hard-luck-stories-ill-go-first-19582/
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Old 08-08-2006, 07:45 AM
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I think you should mount 'em just like that, dually style. Then you could hitch up a horse trailer, and...
Actually, I like your regular rims better, and I've never been a fan of adapters (as opposed to actually converting the hub). Just my $0.02. In any case, the car's looking nice!
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Old 08-08-2006, 09:54 PM
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yeah, I'm not too sure how the adaptors work, especially 4 lug to 5... would I have to change my brakes or any other issues. I just like the way they look, they will fill in my fender holes better and i'd go up to wider 225 tires instead of my 205's. and I'm gonna have to invest in fresh tires anyway pretty soon. oh hell I just don't know.

I really do not like to experiment, especially when everything is running well.
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Old 08-08-2006, 09:55 PM
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you dont have to change anything for adapters...all they do is bolt up to your 4 bolt patter and have a 5 bolt pattern on them.
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Old 08-08-2006, 09:59 PM
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do the wheels stick out any farther?
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Old 08-08-2006, 10:04 PM
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depends on the wheel lol...
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Old 08-09-2006, 08:13 AM
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4 < 5 lug adaptors that I have are 45mm thick minimum. So your wheels would need to be +45 offset to set perfectly centered. I run +38 wheels so they are brought out just slightly. They still fit inside the fenders though on my car.
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Old 08-10-2006, 10:22 AM
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I don't know what the offset is. How do I find out. Is it shown on the wheel somewhere?
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Old 08-12-2006, 09:21 AM
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the cool thing about the adapters is, they bolt on and off, so depending on the look your after, or say one has auto-x tires and the other rims have street tires. that way you dont wear out your street tires at the track.
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